一、城镇化与“新型城镇化”——中国特色城镇化道路截至2011年底,中国内地城镇人口比重已达到51.27%。近年来,我国城镇化率每年都会增长一个多百分点,已成为全球城镇化增速最快的国家之一。2011年,我国城镇人口首次超过农村人口,这一变化将会给我国的社会结构、经济发展、区域格局带来一系列影响。 I. Urbanization and “New Urbanization” - Urbanization with Chinese Characteristics By the end of 2011, the proportion of urban population in Mainland China had reached 51.27%. In recent years, the rate of urbanization in our country has increased by more than one percentage point each year and has become one of the fastest growing urbanized cities in the world. For the first time in 2011, the urban population in our country exceeded the rural population, and this change will bring a series of impacts to our country’s social structure, economic development and regional pattern.