持续城镇化对中国推进实施联合国可持续发展目标的作用

中国过去40年城镇化发展迅速,从数字指标上看,不仅走过了一条迅速提升工业化水平的道路,也走过了一条快速城镇化道路。然而,中国城镇化发展重"量"而轻"质",偏重于城镇数量增多和城镇化速度的提升,而对城镇化的质量和效益的提升、人民生活水平和文明程度的共同提高、资源生态环境的保护、城镇就业、第三产业发展等城镇化的本质问题关注不够。2015年,联合国通过的2030年全球可持续发展目标(SDGs)明确要求建设包容、安全、有抵御灾害能力和可持续的城市和人类住区,中国新型城镇化应以可持续发展目标为导向,如何将SDGs的具体要求用于中国新型城镇化的发展显得尤为重要。为此需要构建城市可持续发展水平评估机制,测评中国城市可持续发展目标实施状况;通过推进城市绿色创新实践,拓宽中国城市可持续发展目标践行路径。

Roles of sustainable urbanization in promoting the implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goals in China

In China, urbanization has been rapid in the past 40 years. In terms of numeric indicators, China has not only experienced a rapid upgrade in industrialization but also rapid progress in urbanization. However, urbanization in China has focused on "quantity" rather than "quality", increase in the number of cities and towns, and promotion of the speed of urbanization rather than on essential issues such as improvement in the quality and efficiency of urbanization, improvement of the people''s living standards, protection of resources and ecological environment, provision of more employment opportunities, and development of the tertiary industry. "Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable" has been addressed in the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). China''s new urbanization should be oriented towards sustainable development. It is important how to apply the specific requirements of UN SDGs for the development of China''s urbanization. We hold the view that new urbanization has to meet the requirements for the implementation of sustainable development goals from the following two aspects:establishment of an evaluation mechanism to measure the delivery of China''s urban sustainable development goals, and development of more alternative paths for achieving the urban sustainable development goals through promotion of green innovation practices.