It has been 80 years since the “Hu Line” was put forward in 1935, while the pattern of uneven distribution of population in China hasn’t changed much. However, some key factors affecting population distribution are facing from quantitative to qualitative transformation in new historical conditions. Different from natural conditions, accelerated economic and technical conditions and the strategy requirement from social policies may change the pattern of the “Hu Line”. In this process, the new urbanization is the goal of breaking through the “Hu Line”, namely, relative equilibrium of population distribution in space, balanced development of regional industry and the equalization of urban-rural public services. At the same time, the new urbanization may give an important impetus to the breakthrough of “Hu Line”. The example of Xinjiang Province provides an evidence of the possibility of breaking through the “Hu Line” in the western regions. Therefore, relevant departments should actively build population flow channels to gradually realize the space equilibrium of population distribution, strengthen industrial development to achieve the region balance of industry and promote the integration of public services to realize the region equilibrium of livable conditions.
ZHANG Yong-yue & SONG Yan-jiao & ZHANG Chuan-yong
. The New Urbanization and the Possibility of a Breakthrough in the “Hu Line”[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2015
, 47(2)
: 101
-112
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DOI: 10.16382/ j.cnki.10005579.2015.02.013