摘要
Industrialization and urbanization are stages that no nation＇s economic development can bypass. They should be complementary and coordinated, but since the founding of New China in 1949, including the decades since reform and opening up in 1978, the two have become decoupled. On one hand, as has been widely noted, urbanization has lagged behind industrialization; on the other, people are uneasy about the race to urbanize, and especially about new-type urbanization, fearing that it may lose impetus unless supported by industrialization. For transitional China, especially against the background of today＇s new-type urbanization, this issue is of critical importance. To review the course of Chinese urbanization has taken and compare it with industrialization in the context of transition enables us to sum up our positive and negative experiences and serves as reference material for the sound development of future urbanization. With these considerations in mind, we have organized a special issue dedicated to Chinese urbanization. The four papers selected focus on different dimensions of this question.
Industrialization and urbanization are stages that no nation's economic development can bypass.They should be complementary and coordinated,but since the founding of New China in 1949,including the decades since reform and opening up in 1978,the two have become decoupled.On one hand,as has been widely noted,urbanization has lagged behind industrialization;on the other,people are uneasy about the race to urbanize,and especially about new-type urbanization,fearing that it may lose impetus unless
