Chinese Urbanization:Achievements and Prospects to Be Pursued

This paper systematically reviews the different stages of China's urbanization process since 1949,its achievements and problems it faces.It offers in-depth discussion on the trends of Chinese urbanization,i.e.maintaining rapid growth;making small and medium- sized cities the main driver in development;and focusing on central and western China as the major areas to be urbanized.This paper analyzes new-type urbanization for instance to set up comprehensive urban system that meets the requirements of having a high urbanization level,such as focusing on developing medium-sized cities of one to two million people,using city clusters to encourage population concentration and following an urban construction model that is intensive and compact;and finally this paper proposes policy suggestions for boosting the healthy development of new-type urbanization,including reforming current models for urban-rural governance and establishing development zones,reactivating the normal process of creating cities,and establishing and improving relevant policy systems.