[简答题]Topic. Urbanization in China

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Now people in significant numbers are aware of a popular word“urbanization”．We can see or hear it in the newspapers，magazines，TV programs and all kinds of confer ences．Urbanization has aroused wide-range attention in China．Various people hold various opinions of this phenomenon．However，the common questions we are concerned with are what is meant by urbanization，and whether it has good effects on China or not
Urbanization that has been closely connected with industrialization in history refers to a process in which an increasing proportion of an entire population lives in cities or the sub- urbs of cities．It as a process is coming to an end in developed countries．Contrary to devel oped countries，this process in the developing countries is just burgeoning．The census data indicate that in the past fifty years since 1 950 the percentage of urbanization has increased to over 40%．
China is also confronting the same problem．The pace of industrialization and urbaniza tion in China has been on the increase．There are more and more peasants flocking into cit ies to earn their livings．With this trend，some authorities claim that urbanization will con- tinue in the following 20 years．
Some people have paradoxical opinions about urbanization．People who view it from the positive perspective believe that urbanization will accelerate our economic growth，and the use of land will become more effective because of the big density of population．Yet other people obj ect to this idea．They fear that a series of problems and negative influences will arise with urbanization．There will be more slums around the cities and more difficulties in finding a job．
In my opinion，it is inevitable that urbanization will bring some problems．But since it has existed and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages，we should deal with it as well as possible．Some actions should be taken actively to resolve the problems it will bring about．First，since many slums have already appeared in the rural areas，we needn’t to stop the pace just because of that．Second，in order to create more jobs，we should pro mote our productivity instead of preventing peasants from working in cities．Altogether， once these problems are solved，urbanization in China will be a successful process that not only benefits Chinese people but also avails to Chinese economic development．