On Phasing and Quantitative Analysis of the Integration of Urban and Rural Areas in China
Co-existence of the dual social and economic structures,so as the disparity between urban and rural areas,is the result of both the co-existence of traditional agriculture and modern industry and the isolated development of these two areas.It is a common phenomenon in the developing countries and an indispensable stage in social and economic development of each country all over the world.Based on the social and economic dual structures,this paper analyses,in the perspective of urbanization and industrialization,the rules of the progressing of urban-rural relationship,then puts forward not only the 5 stages and 5 features of the progressing but also the indexes and measures to analyse the progressing.After analysing the integration of urban and rural areas in China,the paper comes to the conclusion of what stage the development of China's urban-rural relationship is now at.