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China's urbanization is shifting from a period of rapid growth to a period of stable development

2025-09-03   

The Central Urban Work Conference has systematically summarized the great achievements made in the implementation of the urbanization strategy and has made a scientific judgment of historical significance thatChina's urbanization is transitioning from a period of rapid growth to a period of stable development." This significant judgment reflects the value-oriented shift from "material" topeople" in urbanization, reshapes the relationship between urban and rural areas from "separation" to "integration," and optimizes the economic logic from "land dependency" to "innovation-driven." It represents a major innovation in the theory of Chinese-style urbanization and is a blueprint for a new pattern of industrial-agric and urban-rural relations. It provides fundamental guidance for establishing the historical position, development path, and policy orientation of urbanization and rural revitalization in the new stage and new.

Scientifically grasp the historical process of urbanization from the period of rapid growth to the period of stable development.
The differences between the growth period and the stable development period in the urbanization process are reflected in the fact that the former is marked by rapid breakthroughs, while the latter is characterized by steady maturity., due to the differences in development paths among different countries, the manifestations of the two stages also exhibit their uniqueness. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that, to a extent, how to properly handle the relationship between urban and rural areas and the relationship between industry and agriculture determines the success or failure of modernization. Looking at the history of modernization various countries of the world, some countries have not properly handled the relationship between urban and rural areas and the relationship between industry and agriculture. As a result, agricultural development has fallen behind rural development has lagged behind, and there is a shortage of agricultural product supply. These countries are unable to effectively absorb rural labor force, and a large number of unemployed farmers flock urban slums. Rural areas and rural economies are declining, industrialization and urbanization are in trouble, and even social unrest is caused, eventually falling into the "middle income".

Under the influence of the Industrial Revolution, urbanization has produced tremendous positive effects, completely changing the form of traditional agricultural society. In economic field, the regional division of economic activities has been formed, which has improved the efficiency of human production; in the social field, the agglomeration of population has formed urban lifestyle, which has improved the living standards of human beings; in the ideological field, the diffusion of urban civilization has promoted the progress of human civilization. While bringing positive effects to beings, the rapid concentration of population has also led to increased pressure on urban ecological environment, traffic congestion, housing shortage, shortage of land supply, and rural depression. Before industrialization both Britain and the United States once launched an agricultural revolution, which prompted the transfer of agricultural labor force to industrial departments and cities. After the basic realization of industrialization, industrial agriculture was implemented through the reverse subsidy of industry to agriculture, and then the second agricultural revolution was implemented. However, the rapid urbanization speed of Latin American countries exceeded the level of development, and rural immigrants poured into cities in large and disorderly numbers, which not only caused confusion in the urbanization process, but also led to the stagnation of agriculture and decline of the countryside. Urbanization carried out on the basis of relatively stagnant agriculture has not only made the countryside increasingly impoverished, but has also led to urban poverty and, and has hindered the coordinated development of urban and rural relations. At present, the urbanization of developed countries has entered a stable and mature stage, while Latin American countries fallen into the "middle income trap". Its development characteristics fully show that a good relationship between industry, agriculture and urban and rural areas is an important guarantee for the stable development of socio-economy.

Edit:Luo yu Responsible editor:Wang er dong

Source:Learning times

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