Study On Adjustment Of China’s Rural Infrastructure Configuration

It is putted forward in the Number One Document issued by the Chinese Central Government: Strong agricultural constitutes the precondition of a strong national condition, rich farmers can bring one country’s prosperity, and the stability in rural areas is key for social stability. Thus, the three problems (agriculture, farmers, and rural areas) are closely connected with the national prosperity and social stability. Consequently, we should make vigorous efforts to advance modern agriculture, make firmly progress in the construction of new countryside, fully implement the thoughts of Scientific Outlook of Development and ultimately establish a harmonious society. with favorable agricultural policies, our country is allocating more national financial resources to agriculture, farmers, and rural areas, thus it can greatly enhanc the comprehensive agricultural productivity, increase farmers’income, and creat a new stage in the construction of new socialist countryside. However, modern agriculture and rural development have been hampered by the following factors: the long-existing dual structure between urban and rural areas, the poor rural infrastructure (such as transportation, watering system, electricity, communication, gas and heating supplies, and environmental and hygiene conditions), insufficient investment, and the Irrational layout. the conditions of rural infrastructure can not meet with the devolopment need of the modern agriculture and countryside. Therefore, there are strong theoretical and practical significance in researching rural infrastructure space configuration.Based on the previous researches of rural infrastructure configuration at home and abroad, the present study starts with the current condition of China’s rural infrastructure, making an analysis of the factors and evolution mechanism of China’s rural infrastructure configuration; finding the problems and reasons in China’s rural infrastructure configuration, offering a general evaluation of the quality of China’s rural infrastructure configuration; and giving some suggestions about how to improve China’s rural infrastructure, based on some the international experiences.The study is composed of seven chapters.The first chapter: Introduction. It’s a brief account of research background, purpose, and significance, the literature review of the relevant domestic and international researches, and the research design and methodology.The second chapter: Theory and Analysis of Adjustment of Rural Infrastructure Configuration. The chapter gives a definition of rural infrastructure, its contents, and relevant theories, presents an analysis of the factors affecting the effectiveness of rural infrastructure configuration, and displays an exploration of the mechanism in rural infrastructure configuration.The third chapter: Analysis of Current Condition of China’s Rural Infrastructure. It gives a present analysis to our county’s rural infrastructure based on the data about rural transportation, watering system, energy, environment and hygiene. It also reports the survey of rural infrastructure, especially the comparative analysis of the China’s rural infrastructure at different towns and villages, and summarizes the characteristics of China’s rural infrastructure at different regions.The fourth chapter: Comprehensive Analysis of China’s rural infrastructure Configuration at Different Provinces. Based on the current condition of China’s rural infrastructure, the chapter makes a layer-based analysis of the China’s rural infrastructure configuration at villages and towns and its spatial disparity in different provinces. The comprehensive analysis reflects the overall situation of China’s rural infrastructure configuration in different provinces. Specifically, the uneven investment in China’s rural infrastructure is investigated by means of Unbalance Index, containing the following 5 dimensions: rural population, rural area, rural gross production value, social fixed asset investment, and rural fixed asset investment.The fifth chapter: Optimization of Rural Infrastructure Configuration in Mi Yun County in Beijing: An Empirical Study. Based on the configuration theory of China’s rural infrastructure and its assessment, the chapter makes a case study of Mi Yun County in Beijing, exploring the current conditions of rural infrastructure at villages and towns in Mi Yun county. Analysising the overall development strategy of Mi Yun County and also testifing the general law and approaches in optimizing the rural infrastructure.The sixth chapter: Optimization of Rural Infrastructure Configuration: Solutions and Analysis. Based on the foregoing theoretical and empirical analysis and evaluation of the optimization of the China’s rural infrastructure configuration, and coupled with the contemporary rural economic and social conditions in China, the chapter comes to the following modes of optimization: the multi-layer spatial layout at towns and counties; establishment and improvement of technological standard system governing the designing of rural infrastructure; the mechanism of joint efforts in establishing and utilizing the rural infrastructure; investment and financing management of rural infrastructure configuration; exemplary case of integrated key technologies in rural infrastructure configuration; management supervision of rural infrastructure; essential role played by the government and market in the establishment of rural infrastructure.The seventh chapter: Conclusion, Innovations, and Prospective Researches. The chapter is a summarization of the fundamental conclusions, major innovations, inadequacies, and the possible follow-up researches.