Design Research of New Rural Architecture and Courtyard Landscape in North Jiangsu Plain

In the research, buildings and landscapes in new countryside in northern Suzhou plain were explored and courtyard construction and landscape characteristics in Xuzhou were introduced and analyzed. Based on existing problems, some solu- tions were presented with consideration of natural resources and climates. Under guidance of sustainable development, a change is facilitated on the design thoughts to seek something new in design and practice, and some optimized schemes about building and landscapes were proposed as well.

The impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on the“health poverty alleviation”of rural households in China

This study investigates the impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme(NRCMS)on rural households to escape poverty.We employ the instrumental variable method,the IVProbit model,to analyze the national data from the rural-resident field survey by the China Family Panel Studies(CFPS)in 2016.Based on the large-scale data,we found that,first,the hospitalization of family members is the key factor in increasing the risk of the family falling into poverty.The NRCMS has significantly reduced the likely risk of falling into poverty.Second,the impact of the NRCMS on poverty alleviation varies among groups with different levels of income.There is no impact on the upper-middle and high-income groups;in contrast,the NRCMS has substantially improved the capacity of low-income rural families to prevent poverty due to illness,especially for the lower-middle-income group.Third,there exist significant regional differences in the impact of NRCMS on the health poverty alleviation of rural households in China.The NRCMS has successfully reduced the risk of rural households in the western region falling into poverty,simultaneously,no significant impact on those in the eastern and central regions.In order to diminish and eliminate poverty eventually and boost rural residents'capacity for income acquisition,we propose the following:raise the actual compensation ratio of the NRCMS,control the rising expense of NRCMS by promoting the payment method reform,construct the comprehensive healthcare system in the western region,strengthen the medical security for the poor in remote area,and enhance the living environment for rural residents.

Application of Renewable Energies in the Construction of New Rural Residences

Based on the significance of renewable resources in relieving energy crisis,application of renewable resources for reducing energy consumption of rural housings and carbon emission of traditional energies are believed as an inevitable choice for the construction of a conservation-minded society.Taking easily-acquired and low-cost solar energy,biomass energy and rainwater for example,strategies of applying renewable resources in rural housings are discussed.And the research focuses on the application of solar energy PV Power System and solar energy photo-thermal power system in rural residence,significance of power system such as methane and waste reusing for the integrated utilization of biomass energy and residence,and also recycling and cooling effects of intermediate water.

Research on the Harmonious Development of New Rural Communities under the Perspective of Balancing Urban and Rural Areas

On the basis of offering a definition of New Rural Communities (NRCs), the paper analyzes the values of New Rural Communities and argues that the construction of NRCs is able to contribute to the enhancement of the comprehensive agricultural production capability as well as the development of social productivity. Meanwhile the incomes of the rural residents can be boosted, which denotes the realization of a harmonious society where the achievements of China's reform and development are shared by each citizen. Moreover, the construction of NRCs facilitates the economization of land use and thus improves the overall living standard of the residents, while helping to cut the administrative cost and promote democracy at the primary level. This paper also points out various problems arising during the construction of NRCS in China: blindly following suit in accordance with the modes of the urban communities; lack of funds, which leads to the absence of the supporting mechanisms of NRCs; vague positioning and the ensuing shortage of impetus for continued development. Finally, the paper raises the corresponding measures and suggestions: first, based on reality, make overall planning and scientific arrangement; second, the government should play the dominant role while respecting the principal position of the rural residents and introducing the market mechanism; third, increase science and technology input and attach equal importance to economic and social benefits; fourth, broaden fund-raising channels while completing the supervision mechanism.

Labor Market Aspects of the ＂New Rurality＂： Employment, Commuting and Entrepreneurship in Rural Sweden

Around two thirds of the Swedish rural areas experienced positive net migration during the period 2003-2005. This paper examines the development in the Swedish rural areas from the perspective of the ＂new rurality＂ or the new rural economic order with regard to migratory movements. The paper analyzes determinants of net migration to rural areas in general and to different types of regions, and the impacts of in-migration on rural labor markets, self-employment and other socio-economic conditions. The determinants of the migration pattern were mainly the size of adjacent local and regional centers, income and education levels that all had positive impacts, while commuting distance and unemployment rate had contrary effects. In comparison with the original inhabitants, the newcomers had lower incomes, a lower employment ratio and a lower degree of entrepreneurial activities, but higher education levels. These differences might be explained by the age differences between stayers （older） and in-migrants （younger）. This indicates that the two groups were in different stages of their life cycles. One central conclusion drawn from the paper is that the effect of in-migration on the composition of the rural population is about the same in rural areas all over Sweden.

Sensitivity of Personal Account Accumulated Value of New Rural Social Pension Insurance to Variation of Uncertainties

The personal account of new rural social pension insurance raises funds in the form of individual premium-paying,collectively pooled subsidy and government subsidy.The personal account accumulated value has a decisive influence on the payment level of personal account pension.The personal account accumulated value has a direct or indirect relationship with the income level of farmers,premium-paying level,the insured period,investment return rate of funds and other factors.Analysing the impact of infinitesimal variation of these factors on accumulated value of personal account pension,is of great significance to improving and consolidating personal account,and achieving sustainable development of new rural social pension insurance.

Study on New Rural Residential Construction and Residential Culture in Longnan Region of Gansu Province

Residential construction is the important part of new rural construction,also the great event relating to the living of the general farmers,but also the physical appearance of rural area.Taking advantage of the post-quake reconstruction and new rural construction,combining with the inheritance and development of traditional culture,the new rural construction should be the first to be launched,constructing applicable and beautiful residences with rich residential cultural connotation.Longnan Region is economically underdeveloped,but it is with a beautiful environment and the forest coverage rate is high.Therefore,the discussion and investigation on the residential style and culture in this district are of great significance to the construction of the ethnic,economic and beautiful residential construction mode during new residential construction in Longnan Region.Through the analysis of the economic situation,environmental condition of Longnan Region and the analysis of the structure,function,architectural composition and existing problems of the present residence,the author discussed the style and structure of the present residence.The author also studied the protection and inheritance of the residential culture in Longnan Region,emphasizing the inheritance and development of residential culture and gave new cultural connotation to the new rural residential construction.All these provided reference for the new rural construction and planning in this area.

Analysis of Rural Tourism Development in Zhejiang Province under New Rural Construction

Based on analyzing the current situation of rural tourism in Zhejiang Province,the exiting problems were analyzed,then the development methods and strategies were put forward.

New Rural Community Planning to Cope with the Coordinated “Threezation”

The paper targets at reasonable planning and construction of new rural communities on the basis of coordinated "three-zation"(new urbanization, industrialization and agricultural modernization, hereinafter referred to as "three-zation"). Through summarizing the connotations of new rural community construction coping with the coordinated "three-zation", and analyzing the role of new rural community in the "three-zation", planning and design of Gaocun Community was taken for example to propose strategies for the planning and construction of new rural communities, and promotion of the coordinated "three-zation".

Research on financial support in new rural reconstruction

The new rural reconstruction in China cannot develop without financial support. At present, the limitations on rural finance supply constitute one of the bottlenecks in the ＂Three Nongs＂ （agriculture, countryside and farmers） problems. The paper starts from the present situation, analyses the reasons why rural finance has current difficulties and puts forward proposals for policy reform.

The New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme and Its Implications on Rural Labor Migration in China：Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys

In 2003, China initiated the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme （NRCMS） in order to provide basic health care coverage for the rural population. However, the NRCMS has had a marked impact on rural-urban labor migration as its current regulations present a barrier for cross-region participation in the NRCMS, and its reimbursement system is biased when the enrollees seek medical services outside their location of hukou, a household registration system in China. This paper performs a variety of empirical tests on a panel data set from the China Health and Nutrition Survey （CHNS） to study how the NRCMS affects rural residents＇ work location choices. We observed a ＂locking effect＂ on potential rural migrant workers and a ＂pulling effect＂ on existing ones. According to the results, the NRCMS has discouraged rural residents from working outside their location of hukou, lowering the probability of relocation by 3.52 percent. Meanwhile, the NRCMS system actually encourages existing migrant workers to return home. This paper concludes that the NRCMS has to some extent restrained the free flow of the labor force and exacerbated the migrant worker shortage.

Creating the Role of Rural Teachers as New Rural Sages under the Background of Rural Revitalization Based on Organizational Change and Planned Happenstance Theories

In the context of rural revitalization,people are re-examining the issue of creating the role of teachers as“new rural sages”.However,most of previous studies ignored the school organizational change in the process of reform.The planned happenstance suggests that teachers should maintain a positive mindset about the eventualities in their careers.Based on the organizational change theory,this paper gave some advice to help teachers in playing a role of new rural sages:①rooting in local culture and enhancing teachers’sense of belonging,②providing compensation for teachers in a targeted way,and③providing a comprehensive and objective evaluation mechanism for ensuring teachers’participation in social governance.

Research on Sightseeing Leisure Agricultural Development Based on New Rural Construction——A Case Study of North Jiangsu Province in China

The paper has introduced the connotation of new rural construction,agricultural industrialization,leisure agriculture and North Jiangsu Region,and proposed that leisure agriculture has made following effects on the development of North Jiangsu:promoting rural production of North Jiangsu and improving villagers' life standard;developing agricultural ecological resources in North Jiangsu and facilitating agricultural sustainable development;and transferring surplus labors in North Jiangsu and increasing the value of human resources.It has concluded natural condition,resources condition,human condition and market condition for leisure agricultural development in North Jiangsu.On this basis,it has proposed countermeasures to accelerate leisure agricultural development in North Jiangsu.The government should give political and financial support and provide vocational training;it should create the development concept and business organization mode of leisure agriculture;build service consciousness and make brand publicity with the market as the guidance;perfect government's function,complete organization management and expand public service;and reform rural financial credit system and formulate leisure agriculture insurance measures.

Study on New Ruralism and Rural Ecotourism Development——A Case Study of “Green Homeland, Prosperous Countryside” Project in Lin’an City, Zhejiang Province of China

Core concept of new ruralism was interpreted, harmonious development pattern of new ruralism studied, overseas development practices introduced, experience and enlightenment of new rural construction summarized. Through studying typical cases of rural economic development in Lin'an City, Zhejiang Province, problems in the construction of modern new rural areas, cultivation of characteristic agriculture and transformation of traditional agriculture in the urban-rural integration were analyzed, suggestions were given as "expanding multiple functions of agriculture, developing modern ecotourism agriculture, promoting the compound development of agricultural resources on the basis of science and technology". Successful experience of western countries in this field was borrowed, and it was proposed that guiding role of government should be fully played in the innovative development of this field.

Leapfrog and Inheritance of New Rural Construction in Urbanization——A Case Study of Haiyang Village of Jiangxia District of Wuhan City in China

The paper has introduced characteristics and study status of new rural construction, illustrated the connotation of leapfrog development of new rural construction, and considered that new rural construction is an important measure to solve "three rural" problems. How to conduct new rural construction in urbanization is a critical issue in social and economic development in China. Based on the favorable condition and development mode of current new rural construction, by taking new rural construction of Haiyang Village in Jiangxia District of Wuhan City for example, it has analyzed the leapfrog development in terms of traditional agriculture, villagers' life quality and rural concept, and the inheritance in terms of culture and rural appearance, so as to give enlightenments to new rural construction in the future.

NEW RURAL SPACES: THE IMPACT OF RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION ON RURAL-URBAN TRANSITION IN CHINA

Since the 1980s, rural-urban transition has been becoming one of the most important aspects in China’s fast transformation from traditional to modern modes. From the perspective of change of rural space, this paper examines the impact of rural industrialization on the rural-urban transition. After an introduction to the issue of rural-urban transition in rural-urban continuum, a historical overview of the transformations of China’s rural space in economic, social and geographical structure is presented. This is followed by an analysis of regiotal uneven development among provinces in rural industrialization and rural-urban transition. It is concluded that the fast industrialization of rural area has brought on many radical transformations of rural space in China, especially on the formation of new rural economic, social and geographical spaces and the uneven development of rural-urban trgnsition among the eastern, central and westem areas.

Analysis on the Optimization of New Rural Social Endowment Insurance in Changsha,Zhuzhou and Xiangtan

On the basis of the investigation on the status quo of pilot area of rural endowment insurance in Changsha,Zhuzhou and Xiangtan,farmers' demand on insuance in the new pilot area of rural endowment insurance is expounded from two aspects:farmers' awareness on insurance is increasing gradually;farmers' ability on insuring is increasing.The growing demand of farmers on insuring and the conflicts between the supply of rural endowment insurance and the system construction are analyzed.The problems are inadequate input of funds,low level of social security;imperfect fund-collecting mechanism,serious vacancy;low level of fund management and operation,poor ability of inflation-proofing and appreciation;backward laws and regulations and instability of system.On the strength of the analysis above,the government should innovate and compound fund-collecting mechanism;establish "G-C-F" three-pillar model and set up "BSI" the third party custodian;accelerate the legislation of new rural pension system so as to push forward the optimization of new rural pension insurance system in Changsha,Zhuzhou and Xiangtan.

Analysis of Heilongjiang Province New Rural Construction Financial Backing

解决社会主义新农村建设中的资金问题是关乎新农村建设的关键。深化农村金融改革与创新，建立分工合理、功能齐全、辐射全面、互助互补、适合黑龙江省新农村建设要求的农村金融体系，加快业务经营战略转型，改善新农村建设信贷资金供需矛盾，是推动黑龙江省社会主义新农村建设的关键。

Sustainable Development of New Rural Finance in China

Rural finance is the weakest link in China's financial system. There are still many problems in the traditional rural finance, such as poor business conditions, imperfectly competitive financial markets, and credit information asymmetry; the phenomenon of farmers' loans difficulty has not been fundamentally changed. In order to improve the current situation of rural finance, the state proposes to develop new rural finance and innovate upon rural financial system. The new rural finance has many good development advantages, such as adequate information, flexible operation, and good potential quality of the assets. It is necessary to innovate upon financial products and services, establish the purpose of serving agriculture, countryside and farmers, strengthen the supervision of credit, and improve the financial infrastructure construction, so as to achieve sustainable developments.

Rural Tourism, Shanxi Merchants’ Culture and New Rural Construction of Socialism

Rural tourism was a new form of tourism gradually emerging in China in recent years. It satisfied urban residents' pursuit of nature and had a promising market prospect. New rural construction of socialism was an important historical task in the process of economic and social development of China at present and in future period. New rural construction was the important basis of rural tourism development and meanwhile rural tourism development could promote new rural construction. Shanxi Merchant's Culture of Xi Village in Jinzhong City was a kind of excellent rural tourism resource. Developing rural tourism was one of the effective ways to promote new rural construction of socialism in Xi Village.