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China's 12,000 designated towns and more than 40,000 rural market towns have experienced a major transformation since the institution of rural reforms in the late 1970s. Rural industrialization based on the concept of “leaving the soil but not the village, entering the factory but not the town” has contributed to the revitalization of many small towns. But this rural urbanization has also brought about a number of problems in the countryside, leading many to propose the adoption of the concept of“leaving the soil and the village” as another basis of China's small town urbanization. This essay attempts to examine this transformation, particularly the recent criticism and adjustment made to the small town urbanization program.
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Tan, K.C. China's small town urbanization program: Criticism and adaptation. GeoJournal 29, 155–162 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00812812
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