| The rural urbanization is an important mark of our society's developing towards modern civilization, a significant carrier and propeller of the industrialization and modernization, and an inevitable law for the development of productivity. Speeding up the pace of the rural urbanization is significant to the full development of our society and economy, and to the effective resolution of the problems facing our agriculture, rural areas and farmers. Longyan is a mountainous, old revolutionary base and less-developed area. Since China's reform and opening to the outside world, the rural urbanization in Longyan has developed quickly and taken elementary shape, and laid a good foundation for the modernization of the agriculture and rural economy. But generally speaking, the rural urbanization in Longyan is still in a low level: the infrastructure is old; the guiding strength of the centre cities is weak; the development among cities and towns is uneven; the cities and towns are small; and the cities and towns can not bring their gathering and scale effect into full play. And now it is the main task for Longyan to take the chance of constructing the economic zone on the west side of the Straits to speed up its rural urbanization process, so as to catch up with other well-developed cities and towns and to develop Longyan's economy rapidly, healthily and harmoniously. By analyzing the general rule of rural urbanization, exploring the four practice models of our country's rural urbanization, and using the theories of growth pole in Regional Economics, the thesis mainly analyzes the history, current situation and problems, and then puts forward the development model and solutions to the rural urbanization in Longyan, so as to make the society and economy in Longyan develop well and rapidly.This thesis is composed of six chapters: Chapter 1 elaborates the research meaning, subjects, and methods; Chapter 2 systematically concludes the connotation, general laws, and driving policies of the rural urbanization. It is the theoretical support for the rural urbanization in Longyan. Chapter 3 systematically analyzes the four practice models of our country's rural urbanization and concludes their experience; Chapter 4 systematically analyzes the development situation, advantages and key factors of Longyan's society and economy, at the same time elaborates the process and present characteristics of the rural urbanization in Longyan as well as its problems; Chapter 5 explores development models and countermeasures of speeding up the rural urbanization in Longyan; Chapter 6 is the conclusion. |