Book title: Regional Development Research in China: A Roadmap to 2050


Editors: Dadao Lu, Jie Fan


Contents

Abstract …………………………………………………………………… 1
1 Regional Development and Regional Development Research …… 3
1.1 The Attribute of Regional Development Research …………………………… 4
1.2 Basic Perspectives on the Current Situation of Regional Development
Research …………………………………………………………………………12
1.3 The Return and Innovation in Mainstream Regional Development
Research …………………………………………………………………………15


2 Basic Trends and Scienti c and Technological Demands of
Regional Development ……………………………………………… 19
2.1 Basic Trends of Regional Development ………………………………………19
2.2 Scienti c and Technological Development Tasks in Regional
Development ……………………………………………………………………26
2.3 Scienti c and Technological Demands of Regional Development
in China (to 2030) ………………………………………………………………28
2.4 Scienti c and Technological Demands in Regional Development
(2030–2050) ………………………………………………………………………35


3 Major Research Issues and Roadmap Design in Regional
Development Research …………………………………………… 39
3.1 Scienti c and Technological Development Objectives in Regional
Development ……………………………………………………………………39
3.2 Roadmap Design for Scienti c and Technological Demands in RegionalDevelopment Research …………………………………………………………43
3.3 Transition of the Scienti c and Technological Field in Regional
Development Research …………………………………………………………59


4 Integrated Propositions of Regional Development Research … 61
4.1 Theory of Territorial Function Formation and Regional Development
Patterns in China …………………………………………………………………61
4.2 Forecast of Urbanization and Overall Mechanism of Urban-Rural
Integration …………………………………………………………………………65
4.3 Ecological Compensation Theory and Approaches to Achieve Coordinated
Regional Development …………………………………………………………69


5 Strategies and Actions of Chinese Academy of Sciences ……… 73
5.1 Basic Strategy and Overall Deployment ………………………………………73
5.2 Implement Long-term Research Plan and Establish the Simulation and
Decision Support System for Regional Sustainable Development
in China ……………………………………………………………………………77
5.3 Start Pilot-Research Programs and Establish Platform of “Simulation and
Decision Support System for Regional Sustainable Development
in China” …………………………………………………………………………82


Appendix 1 Monographic Studies on the Roadmap of Scienti c and
Technological Development in Regional Development …
…………………………………………………………… 85
A1.1 New Factors and Mechanisms Affecting Regional Development …………85
A1.2 Roadmap of Spatial Organization of Industries ……………………………93
A1.3 China’s Agricultural and Rural Development Roadmap ………………… 101
A1.4 Prospects and Spatial Pattern of China’s Urbanization ………………… 109
A1.5 Leisure Demand Changes and Regional Development ………………… 119
A1.6 Transport and Communication Technologies and Regional
Development ………………………………………………………………… 125
A1.7 The Status Quo and Research Progress of Ecological Environment and
Resource System in China ………………………………………………… 131
A1.8 Roadmap of Regional Management Systems …………………………… 138



Appendix 2
Studies on the Roadmap of Scienti c and Technological
Development in the Development of Typical Regions
………………………………………………………………………… 147
A2.1 Developed Eastern Coastal Regions……………………………………… 147
A2.2 Revitalization and Sustainable Development of the Old Industrial
Bases ………………………………………………………………………… 155
A2.3 Sustainable Development Roadmap for Mountainous Areas
of China ……………………………………………………………………… 163
A2.4 Scienti c and Technological Roadmap for Research on Regional
Development in Border Areas of China to 2050 ………………………… 172
References ……………………………………………………………… 182
Epilogue ………………………………………………………………… 191