Development of golf industry is geographically unbalanced on the Chinese mainland, favoring China's coastal regions, according to a report by the Forward Group, one of China's largest golf management companies.
At the end of 2010, China had 490 18-hole golf courses, including 97 courses in Guangdong Province, 70 courses in Beijing and 51 in Shandong Province. In contrast, Sichuan Province and Chongqing had fewer than 1/7 the number of courses of Beijing...
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