Abstract:

The transformation of farmers into townspeople is a complex social systematic project. It is not only a transformation of farmers' social status and occupation (non-agricultural transformation), nor merely a regional transference of farmers' resident location (urbanization). It includes a series of changes in role consciousness, ideology, social rights, behavior patterns and modes of production and life, and it is an integral process in transition from a role of farmer group to that of urban resident group. Like agricultural modernization and rural urbanization, the transformation of farmers into townspeople will produce a positive and great influence upon the building of our country's integration of urban and rural areas.

Key words: transformation of farmers into townspeople, urbanization, non-agricultural transformation