1996年度中国城市规划学会小城镇规划学术委员会年会于6月17日至19日在河南省南阳市举行。这次年会学术交流的中心命题是跨世纪的小城镇规划。会上有13位同志宣读论文和发言。与会者各抒己见,学术气氛十分活跃。现将这次学术讨论的主要情况简述如下:武汉城建学院规划院院长白明华同志在题为《要真心实意地搞好小城镇规划建设》 In 1996, the annual meeting of the Academic Committee of Small Town Planning of China Urban Planning Society was held in Nanyang City, Henan Province from June 17th to 19th. The centerpiece of the academic exchange at this annual meeting is the cross-century planning of small towns. There were 13 comrades reading papers and speeches at the meeting. The participants expressed their opinions and the academic atmosphere was very active. The main facts of this academic discussion are briefly described as follows: Comrade Bai Minghua, Dean of Planning Institute of Wuhan Urban Construction College, stated in the book “To do a good job in the planning and construction of small towns”