Abstract:

The new towns or rural - urban fringe areas tend to be the regions which are intermixed with various population flows from urban, countryside and other provinces. This can be regarded as one of main characteristics of urbanization and population redistribution in China. The issue of social reconstruction in a suburban area is therefore emerging. This issue contains a wide range of contents such as source of population, household registration, education attainment, and composition of economic activities. In essence, the issue of population and social reconstruction reflects the fact of dual rural - urban structure and the lagging of urbanization level behind economic developments. A variety of problems such as urbanization, suburbanization, and floating population should not be viewed separately. A comprehensive perspective of social reconstruction is very essential in conducting an in - depth study on these problems.

Key words: suburbanization, urbanization, population, social reconstruction