INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF CHINESE CITIES IN THE MIDST OF ECONOMIC-REFORM

Socialist ideology, state control, and economic planning played signif icant roles in shaping the internal structure of Chinese cities before the adoption of economic reforms in 1978. They led to an internal str ucture of Chinese cities that is quite different from that of Western cities, with mixed land use and social areas formed mainly on the basi s of the locations of work places. Post-1978 economic reform has broug ht market mechanisms to Chinese cities, and their internal structure n ow is undergoing rapid change. Urban planning and development control in guiding these changes is urgently needed.