2025 China Urban Development Summit: Urban Renewal and Rural Revitalization are driven by dual wheels
Recently, the 2025 China Urban Development Summit was grandly held in Beijing. Government officials, experts, scholars and corporate representatives from all over the country gathered to discuss the dual-wheel drive strategy of urban renewal and rural revitalization. The summit focused on the core issues of future urban development and released a number of key data and policy suggestions, pointing out the direction for China's urbanization process.
1. Core topics and backgrounds of the summit
As China's urbanization rate exceeds 70%, urban development has entered the era of stock renewal. At the same time, the in-depth promotion of the rural revitalization strategy has also provided new opportunities for urban-rural integration. The summit is centered around the following core issues:
1. How to activate the value of existing space in urban renewal
2. How to achieve industrial upgrading and talent return in rural revitalization
3. How digital technology empowers coordinated development of urban and rural areas
2. Key data release
| index | 2023 data | 2025 goals |
|---|---|---|
| Urban renewal investment scale | 2.5 trillion yuan | 3.8 trillion yuan |
| Special funds for rural revitalization | 1.2 trillion yuan | 1.8 trillion yuan |
| Urban-rural income ratio | 2.45:1 | 2.2:1 |
| Smart city coverage | 45% | 65% |
3. Urban renewal practice cases
At the summit, many cities shared successful experiences in renewal and transformation:
| City | Project name | Investment amount (billion yuan) | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | Huangpu River cross-strait project | 120 | 500,000 square meters of new public space |
| Chengdu | Tianfu Greenway System Construction | 80 | 5,000 kilometers of greenways were built |
| Guangzhou | Old village renovation plan | 200 | Improve the living environment of 300,000 residents |
4. Innovation model of rural revitalization
In terms of rural revitalization, various places have explored a variety of innovative models:
| province | Pattern name | feature | Drive employment (10,000 people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang | Future rural construction | Digital empowerment + industrial integration | 12.5 |
| Sichuan | Pastoral complex | Culture and Tourism + Agriculture + Community | 8.2 |
| Jiangsu | Characteristic pastoral countryside | Keep nostalgia + modernization | 6.8 |
5. Expert views and future prospects
The president of the China Urban Planning and Design Institute pointed out: "Urban renewal and rural revitalization are not separated, but mutually promoting relationships. Through the two-way flow of factors, complementary advantages can be achieved."
A professor at the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University emphasized: "In the future, urban and rural development must adhere to people-oriented approach, and must pursue economic efficiency, but also focus on cultural heritage and ecological protection."
The summit finally released the "Top Ten Trend Forecasts for Urban and Rural Development in 2025", including:
1. The coverage rate of smart communities will reach 80%
2. The rural e-commerce market size exceeded 3 trillion yuan
3. The coordinated development mechanism of urban agglomerations is more perfect
4. Green buildings account for more than 60%
5. The rural cultural and tourism industry has an average annual growth of more than 15%.
6. Conclusion
The 2025 China Urban Development Summit provides important ideas for coordinated urban and rural development in the new era. Driven by the dual wheels of urban renewal and rural revitalization, China is moving towards a higher quality and more sustainable urbanization path. The delegates agreed that only by adhering to the integrated development of urban and rural areas can we realize the beautiful vision of common prosperity.
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