Q: How should the idea, "urbanization and agricultural modernization are complementary to each other", be understood as suggested by the Government Work Report?

Answered by: Xu Xiaoqing

Simultaneous urbanization and agricultural modernization are indispensible to China's industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization.

In the process of urbanization, more rural residents are moving to cities and towns, creating secondary and tertiary industries.

Industrial development, a force for urbanization, creates job opportunities for rural people moving to cities and towns. Therefore, urbanization can only improve through an increase in labor productivity and a transfer of labor forces.