摘要
China is experiencing the most extensive and fastest urbanization in human history.Since the reform and opening-up in 1978,with rapid industrialization,750million people have moved to cities and towns and the urbanization rate has increased from 17.9% to 57.4% by the end of 2016.As a result,the total number of cities
China is experiencing the most extensive and fastest urbanization in human history. Since the reform and opening-up in 1978, with rapid industrialization, 750 million people have moved to cities and towns and the urbanization rate has increased from 17.9% to 57.4% by the end of 2016. As a result, the total number of cities has increased to 655, and these cities constitute the emerging multicenter networked urban systems （National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2017）. The transformation from ＂rural China＂ to ＂urban China＂ has been completed, and China has officially stepped into the ＂second half＂ of its urbanization.
