从撤县设区到区界重组——我国区县级行政区划调整的新趋势

我国的城市化发展与城市行政区划调整密切相关。目前涉及到城市及城市地区的行政区划调整以区县级行政区划调整为主,主要包括"撤县(市)设区"、"区县合并"和"区界重组"这三种类型。本文通过对1983年以来所有撤县(市)设区和区县合并案例的发生特征进行统计分析,认为2000年以前我国的城市化发展表现出广泛的城市数量扩张与重点城市规模扩张并举的特点;2000年以后则表现为建立在经济发展基础之上的城市大规模扩张。继而本文总结了近几年来区界重组的发生情况,认为随着我国城市化发展从城市规模扩张进入到城市功能与内涵提升的新阶段,区界重组正在取代撤县(市)设区和区县合并,成为我国区县级行政区划调整的新趋势。

FROM TURNING COUNTY INTO DISTRICT TO DISTRICT RESTRUCTURING: A NEW TREND IN COUNTY-LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION ADJUSTMENT IN CHINA

The urbanization in China is closely related with the administrative division adjustment of cities. Currently, county-level administrative division adjustment has great impact on urbanization. It includes three main types: "turning county into district," "integration of district and county," and "district restructuring." Statistical analysis on all the cases of "turning county into district" and "integration of district and county" from 1983 suggests two characteristics of China’s urbanization. That is, before the year of 2000, there was a massive growth in the number of cities accompanied with urban expansion of major cities. After 2000, there was a wide range of urban expansion based on the economic development of cities. And the summary about the cases of "district restructuring" occurred in recent years suggests that the urban development of China has entered the new stage from the expansion of urban scale to the improvement of urban quality and function. Consequently, the type of "district restructuring" will be the main direction in county- level administrative division adjustment in China.