摘要
Given its national conditions,China cannot simply copy the European and American model of modernization, which was driven by industrialization. The Communist Party of China adopted a "small city and town" strategy in 1998 in recognition of the success of towns that thrived even without state investment.However,this development strategy also faces a series of challenges.China should draw on international experiences and prevent the emergence of social malaises such as slums,mafia groups and crimes that occurred in some other large developing countries with a population of above 100 million.The key to developing small cities and towns in China is to reform the ownership of rural community land and township enterprises,reform local governance structure,and balance the relationship between statutory towns and village self-governance.
Given its national conditions, China cannot simply copy the European and American model of modernization,which was driven by industrialization.The Communist Party of China adopted a'small city and town' strategy in 1998 in recognition of the success of towns that thrived even without state investment.However, this development strategy also faces a series of challenges.China should draw on international experiences and prevent the emergence of social malaises such as slums, mafia groups and crimes that occurred in some other large developing countries with a population of above 100 million.The key to developing small cities and towns in China is to reform the ownership of rural community land and township enterprises, reform local governance structure, and balance the relationship between statutory towns and village self-governance.
