Rural Urbanization in Guangdong's Pearl River Delta

Abstract

Since 1978, urbanization has made rapid headway in China. The dualistic configuration in which cities and rural areas were separated has broken down and a new era of coordinated urban-rural development has arrived. China is a large agricultural country in which the farming population remains predominant even today. In discussing Chinese urbanization, rural urbanization is a necessary topic. As to the road of rural urbanization, it is still being hotly debated in the academic community. This article will explore the issue with rural urbanization in the Pearl River Delta as the case study.