The Science and Technology Work Conference on Urbanization and Township Construction, which aims to implement the CPC Central Committee’s spirit in building a new socialist countryside and facilitating urbanization, was organized  by MOST’s Department of Rural Science and Technology on April 8 in Beijing.

The conference reviewed the general plans and research progress in urbanization drive and township construction during the Eleventh Five-Year Period, and discussed the development approaches and priorities in this regard during the Twelfth Five-Year Period. Attendants held in-depth discussions and exchanges. They proposed to cater urbanization projects to local needs, in order to speed up urbanization and improve people’s livelihoods in rural areas.