城市化是改革开放以来中国经济增长的主要动力之一。在过去的30年里,中国的城市规模和人口都成倍地增长。在各大城市,精心规划的市中心、中央商务区、各类高科技和经济开发区、高档住宅小区和现代化的基础设施逐步使中国城市变成了全球城市体系不可分割的一部分;另一方面,中国也经历了大规模的农村人口向城市迁移的浪潮。在旧城区的边角地带和城乡结合部出现了大量非正规住房和城中村。这些地段成了农民工和其他城市贫困人口的主要聚居地。中国的城中村不同于其他发展中国家的贫民窟和棚户区,是中国快速城市化过程中特有的现象。本文将讨论如下问题:如何界定中国的非正规住房?城中村和非正规住房在快速发展的城市化过程中发挥着什么样的作用?城中村和非正规住房的未来在哪里?本文的主要观点来源于最近几年在中国城市开展的多个调研项目。由于本文字数限制,我们归纳总结了主要的研究结果。对于城中村和非正规住房,我们建议应该谨慎处理:它们应该被给予发展改善的机会,从而逐步转变为现代城市的一部分。此外,我们建议在城市郊区尽快进行一次有关集体土地所有权、郊区农村人口户籍管理、城中村私有房产及小产权房等的综合制度改革,以建立一个统一、公平的城市住房与土地市场体系;消除城乡之间、不同人群之间的不公平政策壁垒,使城市里的农民工和其他贫困人口可以通过努力工作来改善他们的居住与生活条件,并逐步积累个人及家庭财富,有机会在房屋市场中向上流动。 Urbanization is one of the major drivers of China's economic growth since its reform and opening up. In the past 30 years, China's urban size and population have doubled. In major cities, well-planned urban centers, central business districts, various high-tech and economic development zones, upscale residential areas and modern infrastructure have gradually transformed China's cities into an integral part of the global urban system. On the other hand, , China also experienced a wave of large-scale rural population migration to the cities. A large number of informal houses and urban villages have emerged in the corner of the Old City and in the urban-rural junction. These lots have become the main enclaves of migrant workers and other urban poor. China's urban village differs from the slums and shanty towns of other developing countries in that it is peculiar to China's rapid urbanization. This paper will discuss the following questions: How to define informal housing in China? What role do urban villages and informal housing play in the rapid urbanization process? The future of urban villages and informal housing? From a number of research projects conducted in Chinese cities in recent years. Due to the limitation of this article, we summarize the main findings. For villages in villages and informal houses, we suggest that they be handled with caution: they should be given the opportunity to develop and improve, and thus gradually transformed into modern urban areas. In addition, we suggest that a comprehensive system reform on collective land ownership, household management of rural rural population, private property in urban areas, and small property rooms should be conducted in the suburbs of cities as soon as possible so as to establish a unified and fair urban housing and land market system; Unfair policy barriers between urban and rural areas and among different groups of people make it possible for migrant workers and other poor people in urban areas to work hard to improve their living and living conditions and to gradually accumulate personal and family wealth and to have opportunities in the housing market In the upward flow.