中国城市化政策的艰难选择及其启示

新中国建立之初，由于在发展模式上选择了计划经济体制，以及对世界城市化的发展趋势和规律缺乏认识等原因，政府推行了知识青年“上山下乡”、经济性“下放”等反向城市化政策。改革开放以后。又由于对人口压力的非理性回应和对“城市病”的过度担忧等原因，政府推行优先发展小城镇而不是直接推进城市化的政策。从政策的角度探讨新中国成立以来我国在城市化过程中的失误和教训，对于中国未来科学的城市化政策的制定具有重要的理论和现实意义。

China's Urbanization Policies: Hard Choices and Enlightenments

Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China,the government has implemented a policy of deurbanization,e.g.the policy of educated urban youth going and working in the countryside and moutain areas;the policy of transferring urban workers to work and live in countryside.The reason of this decision is due to the choice of planned economy as the model of development and also due to the fact that the policy-making leaders at that time lacked a correct understanding of the trend and principles in ur...