The appearance of urbanization drives up the cost of farmers going to cities.

"our governance is governance with Chinese characteristics, which is to deprive farmers of their land and sell them at low prices through administrative power to form high financial returns of the government in exchange for urban development. We have built a seemingly luxurious city in the governance space. This luxurious appearance of the city, in terms of the cost of the city and the power of public services, has created a huge gap for farmers, making it more and more difficult to enter the city. " On December 14, 2014, Li tie, director of the Urban and small Town Reform and Development Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, was in Sanya? This is what was said in the International Forum on Finance and Economics.

Li tie: apparent urbanization drives up the cost of farmers going to the city

Li tie pointed out that over the past 30 years, Chinese cities have developed very rapidly, and the income they have gained is different from that of foreign countries, mainly through land sales, which serves a limited population and excludes foreign people from public services. "in the process of urbanization, the pressure on land in China is unprecedented, and this pressure has greatly increased the opportunities for China to attract investment, and the labor cost is more than twice that of Southeast Asia, but our land cost is low. this is an indisputable reality."

In recent years, on the one hand, the government has set up particularly luxurious industrial parks, on the other hand, the government has developed ecological space and sold land prices very high. Li tie said, "this has led to the emergence of a large number of high-priced real estate, and this high-priced real estate has to provide supporting facilities." Once these things are formed, you will find that farmers can not come in because the cost is too high. " It was hoped that medium-sized cities could absorb more people, but the luxurious mode of development, investment, government compensation and infrastructure make the cost too high, there is no way to allow more farmers to enter the city.

Li tie said frankly: "Today, the interests have been solidified, farmers go to cities only as a part-time worker, enterprises do not give them more opportunities such as social security contributions, and the government is unwilling to provide more services. The better the city, the more stringent the conditions for settling in the city, the mega-cities have the best resources and the most employment opportunities, but they still control the opportunities. China's cities are going up and down, and what the mega-cities look like is also done at the bottom. The entire urban governance structure, on the premise of a solidified pattern of interests, has played a substantial role in repelling urbanization. "

The following is a transcript of his speech:

Li tie: the central government proposes urbanization, people-oriented and sustainable development. People-oriented involves migrant workers, the floating population between cities, there are more than 300 million in stock, can they enter the city to enjoy public services, can they buy a house in the city, can they settle in the city? Although the central government has promulgated the policy, there is still considerable resistance to the implementation of the policy in various localities. Why link the process of urbanization with urban governance today? In the course of our governance, there are probably several problems that have been solved:

First, is the so-called governance in accordance with the way of planned economy or the way of market economy? I'm afraid we'll have to think about it. Governance includes economic governance and social governance. With regard to economic governance, China's cities have developed very fast in the past 30 years, and the income obtained is different from that of foreign countries, mainly by land sales, so that the population served is limited, so the foreign population is excluded from public services.

Second, the governance process is related to the overall growth trajectory and performance requirements of China. We learn more from international experience this year, but in fact, we hope that within a shorter period of time in office, our cities can change and catch up with and surpass the level of developed countries in Europe and the United States. therefore, we build a seemingly luxurious city in the space of governance. At the same time, there are hundreds of millions of farmers who will enter the city in the future and now. This luxurious appearance of the city, in terms of the cost of the city and the power of public services, has created a huge gap for farmers, making it more and more difficult for them to enter the city.

Third, even if the central government has put forward a policy on land, Beijing still needs strict control, not only on the population, but also on the industry. This phenomenon of governance, which violates economic management, is still happening. Our governance is the governance with Chinese characteristics, which is to deprive farmers of their land and sell them at a low price through administrative power to form high government financial returns in exchange for urban development. And this governance process promoted by the government, one of the biggest characteristics, both short-term behavior, at the same time the waste of resources is very serious. Therefore, as a result, we can see that the city is developing so fast, but the problem of the city is getting bigger and bigger.

This year I went to Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The urbanization of these three places is very different from that of China. Most typically, in the process of urbanization, we pay more attention to the appearance of things. Or do we pay more attention to all aspects of real life? Many of our officials and many ordinary people are entangled in these aspects, and we all want to look good, but demolishing our house is worth discussing. Taiwan is certainly not good-looking, much worse than the mainland, but life is very convenient, and so is Japan. And in this unattractive process, the function of the whole street and community is very good, traffic congestion is not serious, and public transport is particularly developed. Why don't we go this way? Back to what the host said, under the new normal, how to face the population restricted area of urbanization, sustainable development, and what kind of changes have taken place in the process of government management and governance, I am afraid that we should focus on discussing the issue.