Study On The Construction Of Small Cities And Towns In Western Region

The sudden emergence of small cities and towns is the most spectacular and successful achievement of the change of rural village economy in China since 20n century. Due to the differences in natural environment, location, economic policy and ideology between eastern region and western region, the construction of small towns and cities has already become the mainstay of the economic development in the eastern region of China, while in the western region it clearly lags behind. The construction of small cities and towns in the west is an important component of the large-scale development strategy in west China. It concerns not only the steady development of rural economy in the west, but also the development process of China's modernization.The obvious backwardness of the construction of small cities and towns in the west is reflected not only in the natural and economic conditions, but also in the standard and speed of the development. By deep analyses we see the construction of small cities and towns in the west clearly lags the east in the attraction of cities and towns, radiation function, industrial structure, shift of rural labour force, complete facilities and comprehensive complete reforms. By contrasts and analyses of the construction of the small cities and towns in both the east and west, the essay finds out the crucial reason of the backwardness of the west, and. in accordance with the distinctions of the west, creatively puts forth the general idea for the construction of the small cities and towns in the west. Combining with the advantages of natural resources and products of the west, the selective modes of construction of cities and towns are suggested as follows: function radiation, stocks, tourism, suburbanization, market orientation, ecological conservation and scientific and technological innovation. The construction of small cities and towns should be scientifically planned and reasonably distributed to bring the economic, social and ecological benefits into the state of unity. Learning from the experience of other countries and following the law of their own development of small cities and towns the west should promote the development reasonably with distinctive features, neither going ahead too far from the present condition nor lagging behind.To prove the handleability of the strategic selections of the above modes, the essay, adopting the methods of historical and logical, qualitative and quantitative, and standardand positive analyses, systematically analyzes various problems concerning the west development of small cities and towns. In the light of the policy of large-scale western development of the Party Central Committee, the essay also puts forward the measures and ideas in detail to deal with the problems. The essay consists of three parts.1. The analyses of present theory concerning the construction of small cities and townsFirst, analyze the present theory of the construction of small cities and towns. On the basis of the distinction of the intension and extension of the small cities and towns, the essay briefly explains of the small cities and towns the nature, characters, laws of formation and development, status and roles, and the relations between world urbanization and industrialization. And second, discuss the importance of intensifying the development of small cities and towns. After careful analyses of the conception, property and function of small cities and towns, and of the statistics and data, the essay fully demonstrates that the construction of small cities and towns is a grand strategy of promoting rural village economy and social development.2. The analyses of the present conditions of the construction and development of small cities and towns in the westIn this part the essay first analyzes the present conditions of the development of small cities and town in the west with focus on the problems of the slow rate, lower standard, week radiation function, poor infrastructure, irrational industrial structure and unreasonable distribution. And...