新型城鎮化建設
當前，中國城鎮化發展既面臨巨大機遇，更面臨諸多難題。尤其要看到，在這樣一個擁有13億人口的發展中大國實現城鎮化，在人類發展史上沒有先例。粗放擴張、人地失衡、舉債度日、破壞環境的老路不能再走了，也走不通了。我們要堅持正確的目標、對頭的方法，努力走出一條新路來。要堅持這樣的指導思想：從中國基本國情出發，遵循規律，因勢利導，使城鎮化成為一個順勢而為、水到渠成的發展過程，爭取到2020年實現常住人口城鎮化率達到60%左右。
當前推進城鎮化的主要任務是:推進農民工等農業轉移人口市民化；提高城鎮建設用地利用效率，防止城鎮化大量圈佔土地、低效利用；建立多元可持續的城鎮化資金保障機制，改變過度依賴土地財政的局面；優化城鎮化佈局和形態，改善人居環境；提高城鎮化水準，實事求是定位，科學務實規劃；加強對城鎮化的管理。
城鎮建設要體現尊重自然、順應自然、天人合一的理念，依託現有山水脈絡等獨特風光，讓城市融入大自然，讓居民望得見山、看得見水、記得住鄉愁。
New type of urbanization
At present, China is faced with both tremendous opportunities and many difficulties in its urbanization efforts.
It is particularly important to note that never in the history of human development has a country like China, a large developing country with a population of 1.3 billion, attempted to urbanize.
China can no longer urbanize by taking the old path of seeking inefficient and blind development, creating an imbalance between population and land, relying on borrowed money and damaging the environment; in fact that path will lead the country nowhere.
China must aim for the right target, take a correct approach and open a new road.
The following should be China's guiding thought for urbanization: to proceed from its basic national conditions, observe objective laws and make the best use of the current situation to ensure that urbanization is a process of development in which the country acts when the situation is advantageous and success comes naturally.
China needs to make sure that about 60 percent of its people become permanent urban residents by 2020.
At present, the main tasks for urbanization are to grant urban residency to more rural migrant workers and other rural people who have moved to cities; make more efficient use of urban land for construction purposes and prevent too much land from being expropriated for urbanization and used inefficiently; establish a diversified and sustainable mechanism for funding urbanization; put an end to China's overreliance on land-based finance; improve the structure and form of urbanization and the living environment; raise the level of urbanization, realistically define what a city should be like and make proper plans for its development; and improve the management of urbanization.
In pursuing urbanization, China needs to respect and be in tune with nature and ensure unity between man and nature.
Making use of current mountains, waters and other unique landscapes, China needs to integrate cities into nature so urban dwellers can enjoy the view of mountains and waters and are reminded of their hometowns.