建国以来中国新城市设置

近１５年来中国经济对外开放促进了新城市的增长，然而，有关中国城市化研究显示较好的英文数据库短缺，且一些分析结果不够全面，文章对中国新城市的设置进行分析，同时也试图对影响中国新城市设置的因素和政策进行评述。

DESIGNATION OF NEW CITIES IN CHINA

The opening of the economy in China during the last 15 years have contributed to the rapid urban development. It is worth to notify three new evolution trends of Chinese urban system. The first trend identifies the emergence of mega urban regions. The second trend is to rebuild a closer tie between the Chinese urban system and the global urban system through the development of the world (global) cities and international cities. The third trend shows the fast polarizxed development in hinterlands and peripheries around advanced economic regions. However, the research literatures on Chinese urbanization in English have shown the scarcity of good databanks and the analysis results are incomplete. Some researchers always doubted the quality of the data. This paper, using the most complete and most recent data, reviewed the designation of new cities in China since 1949. This paper also sought to examine the various policies and to explore the underlying factors that affected the designation of new cities.