China's urban population will exceed 240 million in the next 15 years, the study says

Beijing Ten mid-spring 15th Xinhua China International Economic Exchange Center Secretary-General, the former deputy minister of Commerce Wei 15th in Beijing, "the first China's urban economic development and international Cooperation Forum" proposed, the relevant research report shows that by 2025,　　More than 240 million of China's new 350 million-city population will be active. Data show that China's urbanization rate was only 19.8% in 1978.　　As of 2008, the rate of urbanization in China has progressed to 44.9%, with urban cities developing from 193 to 661 and urban population reaching 590 million. Wei said that at present, China's GDP of 70%, industrial value added 60%, the tertiary industry of about 80% from the city, urban economy has become the mainstay of China's economy. But China is still in the middle stages of urbanization.　　It can be foreseen that in the future, China's urbanization is expected to maintain a rapid development trend for quite a long time. In the context of rapid development, China's urban economy is facing tremendous development opportunities. According to the McKinsey Global Research Institute, according to the current development trend, by 2030, the proportion of Chinese urban GDP to GDP will increase to more than 95%, the urban population will reach 1 billion.　　By then, there will be more than 221 cities with more than 5 million people in China, with 23 in large cities. Wei pointed out that the rapid development of urbanization has played an active role in the change of China's economic and social structure. At the same time, China's urban economy in the rapid development process is also facing serious challenges.　　The unprecedented rapid expansion of Chinese cities, while bringing strong impetus to economic growth, has also led to problems such as declining urban environmental quality, traffic congestion and deteriorating living conditions. Wei that China is now in the critical period of urban economic development. On the one hand, in order to further optimize the economic structure and promote the good and fast development of the national economy, it is necessary to improve the overall quality of the economy and international competitiveness, accelerate the pace of urbanization and give full play to the economic pull of urbanization. At the same time, we should adhere to the urbanization road with Chinese characteristics and make efforts to form a new urban development format with resource saving, environment friendly, economic efficiency and social harmony. Finish)