Abstract: Abstract:： Urbanization is inevitable when a particular stage of social and economic development has reached. As a social and economic developmental process，urbanization has its own law. Following the law is the basic guarantee for promoting healthy urbanization. Although China's urbanization is
experiencing rapid development and has achieved great progress thanks to the promotion of every level of governments，there are still problems caused by the violation of the law. In spite of some innovations，many problems in China's urbanization are closely related to misunderstanding of the essence of
urbanization and its laws，ignoring of the successful experience of foreign urbanization，and the state domination over the urbanization process. In order to clarify the essence of urbanization，understand its law，and promote healthy urbanization in China，this essay elaborates on the mechanisms for the urbanization process. By comparing with successful experience of the developed countries，it identifies the main problems of China's urbanization since reform and opening up and provides some suggestions for the healthy urbanization in China according to its innate law.

Keywords: Urbanization, Essence of Urbanization, Innate Law of Urbanization, China's Urbanization

摘要： 城市化是社会经济发展到一定阶段的必然产物,它作为一种社会经济发展过程自有其内在的规律性。遵循城市化规律是推进城市化健康发展的基本保证。改革开放以来中国城市化在各级政府的推动下迅猛发展并取得显著成就,但也存在违背城市化规律、盲目推进城市化发展的不少问题。中国城市化发展中的诸多问题,与对城市化本义和城市化规律认识及实践的偏差等密切相关。为了正本清源城市化本义,正确把握城市化规律,推进中国城市化健康发展,文章首先阐述城市化发生机制及发展规律等基本理论,总结发达国家城市化的成功经验;其次,以其为对照,考察改革开放以来中国城市化的发展及存在问题,并对如何根据城市化规律、推进中国城市化健康发展提出建议。

关键词: 城市化, 城市化本义, 城市化规律, 中国城市化