A Discussion of the Questions on the Developing Strategy of Small Towns in Western China

The urbanization level of our country seriously lags behind the average level of the world, and the level of urbanization of western China lags behind that of more developed areas in eastern China. The key to change this situation is to improve the urbanization level of western China by depending upon the existing regional central cities, by constant amelioration of the industrialization of the agriculture in the west and by choosing a west-specific development strategy to greatly develop small towns. The strategic ways include: (1) The comprehensive and coordinated regional development strategy; (2) The spot-and-line exploitation strategy; (3) The development strategy in orders and degrees.