Based on qualitative data from in-depth interviews,participative observation,and literature study,this paper aims to get insights into the patterns and process of the citizenization of native villagers living in Liede Community,which is the first redeveloped urban village in Guangzhou.Investigation on villagers’ citizenization level is carried out to examine how the redevelopment project affects villagers’ citizenization.Our finding reveals that the redevelopment project has improved villagers’ living conditions and income levels remarkably,has facilitated the mixed housing patterns of diversified social groups,and has increased their chances to be integrated into urban social life.Nevertheless,as villagers kept their traditional mode of thinking,behavioral habits,and lifestyles,the citizenization process made little progress in terms of land ownership,management mode,mode of livelihood,and citizen identity.Therefore,the Liede redevelopment project has turned out to be a “passive citizenization” process,i.e.,villagers merely received socio-economic benefits from the redevelopment passively but remained isolated from the socio-economic and cultural system of the city.Finally,this paper proposes some policy suggestions to promote the citizenization from both conceptual and practical perspectives. Based on qualitative data from in-depth interviews, participative observation, and literature study, this paper aims to get insights into the patterns and process of the citizenization of native villagers living in Liede Community, which is the first redeveloped urban village in Guangzhou. Investigations on villagers’ citizenization level is carried out to examine how the redevelopment project affects villagers’ citizenization. Our finding reveals that the redevelopment project has improved villagers’ living conditions and income levels remarkably, has facilitated the mixed housing patterns of diversified social groups, and has increased their chances to be integrated into urban social life.Nevertheless, as villagers kept their traditional mode of thinking, behavioral habits, and lifestyles, the citizenization process made little progress in terms of land ownership, management mode, mode of livelihood, and citizen identity .Therefore, the Liede redevelopment project has turned out to be a “passive citi zenization ”process, ie, villagers simply received socio-economic benefits from the redevelopment passively but isolated from the socio-economic and cultural system of the city .Finally, this paper proposes some policy suggestions to promote the citizenization from both conceptual and practical perspectives