| Urbanization is recently one of the hottest topics in both theoretical and practical circles. In the article, the key concepts we mainly focus on are urbanization, industrial structure upgrading and inter-provincial immigration, which are actually interrelated and interdependent with each other. We intensively discuss the relationship between the comparative advantages of industrial structure upgrading, the immigration related to the household registration system problems, and the intra-regional urbanization path and inter-regional urbanization path.On the basis of other experts and scholars’previous studies, and with the use of New Structural Economics theory, the article first sets forth the background and significance for the study, puts forward the main studying focus, and elaborates a studying framework and the possible innovative points. Then we go through some domestic and overseas representative academic theories and research achievements so far. Then we make a brief theoretical model and empirical story. We also set an econometric model, and skillfully use the statistics software to analyse the model through collecting and systematizing national and provincial panel data, so as to put forward policy recommendations.The result of study shows the facts that when talking about industrial structure upgrading, it’s in line with the comparative advantages aimed at local farmers in most provinces. But when it comes to comparative advantages aimed at outsiders, the eastern region fits most, while the industrial adjustment of the central region goes against this kind of comparative advantages, and the impact of industrial structure in the western region is not significant. In terms of the household registration system, most provinces have two household registration gates respectively aimed at local farmers and outsiders, the one for local farmers is always loose which helps make great contribution to intra-regional urbanization, while the other one sets strict limits on outsiders. The policy is not clear in eastern and central region, and the impact of the household registration on the inter-provincial immigration of the western region in not significant because of its own particularity.On the basis of empirical study, the article figures out two main problems lying in those two different urbanization paths. One is that the industrial adjustment goes against the comparative advantages aimed at outsiders, the other is that two unequal household registration will block the process of urbanization. Thus, at the end, the article further puts forward several concrete measures, aiming at offering some valuable reference for China’s urbanization. |
