目前,我国正处于城镇化快速发展阶段,城镇化率已超过50%,到2020年预计将达到60%。城镇化每增加一个百分点,意味着1300多万农村人口转移到城镇。城镇化不仅可以扩大投资,而且能够促进消费,对扩大内需具有重要推动作用。李克强副总理曾撰文指出,扩大内需最大潜力在于城镇化。国际上有经济学家曾经预言,中国的城镇化和美国的高科技是21世纪带动世界经济发展的“两大引擎”。在城镇化成为中国未来经济发展 At present, our country is in a stage of rapid urbanization with an urbanization rate of over 50% and an estimated 60% by 2020. For every 1% increase in urbanization, more than 13 million rural people are transferred to cities and towns. Urbanization can not only expand investment, but also promote consumption, which plays an important role in boosting domestic demand. Vice Premier Li Keqiang once wrote that the greatest potential for expanding domestic demand lies in urbanization. Some economists in the world have predicted that the urbanization in China and the high technology in the United States are the “two engines” that will drive the world economy in the 21st century. The urbanization has become China’s future economic development