The Reasons for the Slow Progress of New Urbanization1. The urbanization rate of registered population is still much lower than that of permanent resident population.2. Land urbanization is still faster than population urbanization.3. There is still a risk that urbanization will turn into the real estate.We should take the development of urban agglomerations as the breakthrough for new urbanization. There are two main issues involved.1. The problem of population agglomeration driven by industrial agglomeration.2. The problem of optimal allocation in factor agglomeration.Suggestions on Using the Urban Agglomerations to Promote New Urbanization1. We should accelerate the establishment and improvement of a unified residence permit system for all the people, and promote the equalization of basic public services.2. We should fully implement the work of confirming rural land rights.3. We should proactively reform the fiscal and taxation system, consider to implement a comprehensive property tax in urban agglomerations, and actively study appropriate tax rates for all property and links, so as to broaden the tax base and stabilize the tax revenue.4. We should reform the performance assessment system of local government officials, build a diversified comprehensive assessment mechanism which covers total economic growth, per capita growth, ecological and environmental protection. 5. We should adhere to the basic principle of market dominance and government guidance, and properly handle the relationship between the government and the market, so as to let the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and make the government better play its role.
