The Research On The Level And The Trend Of The Gap Between Urban And Rural Areas In Guangdong Province

It is necessary to handle the relationship between urban and rural areas properly and coordinate urban and rural development, which is the inevitable choice and practical requirements for building a harmonious society.Based on the reality of the gap between urban and rural areas in Guangdong Province, the paper collects a lot of statistical data and uses methods of statistical measure to speak with the data. the main ideas and views are as follows:1 stly, By a VAR model, the paper examines the mechanism between economic growth, urbanization, urban bias, FDI and urban-rural inequality. Empirical analysis shows that economic growth, urban bias and FDI are the Granger cause to urban-rural inequality; the responses of urban-rural inequality to economic growth, urbanization, urban bias and FDI are positive.2ndly, the paper further reveals the basic trend of the changing gap in residents' income, consumption, social security and social investment.3rdly, by choosing 3 first-class indexes and 14 second-class indexes, the paper conducts statistical monitoring of the gap between urban and rural areas in Guangdong Province. Statistical monitoring shows that, from 2005 to 2008, the average of the composite index of the gap in Guangdong Province is 87.77%, indicating that the gap between urban and rural areas in Guangdong Province is too large.Finally, with regard to deep-seated problems caused by the gap between urban and rural areas in Guangdong Province, the paper puts forward lots of measures and policy recommendations.