Fan Gao is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Fudan University. He specializes in urban–rural dual economic structure transformation, agricultural economics, political economics, and development economics.

• 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Political Economy Analytical Framework for China’s Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 4. Measurements and Evolutionary Stages of China’s Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 5. Formation and Performance of Separated Urban-Rural Economic Relationship in China 6. Imbalanced Integration: Urban-Rural Economic Relationship at the Beginning of Reform and Opening up 7. Manifestation and Forming Mechanism of Imbalanced Integration of Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 8. Main Economic Effects of Imbalanced Integration of Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 9. Collaborative Integration: China’s Urban-Rural Economic Relationship in the New Era 10. Conclusions and Prospects

Fan Gao is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Fudan University. He specializes in urban–rural dual economic structure transformation, agricultural economics, political economics, and development economics.

• 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Political Economy Analytical Framework for China’s Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 4. Measurements and Evolutionary Stages of China’s Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 5. Formation and Performance of Separated Urban-Rural Economic Relationship in China 6. Imbalanced Integration: Urban-Rural Economic Relationship at the Beginning of Reform and Opening up 7. Manifestation and Forming Mechanism of Imbalanced Integration of Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 8. Main Economic Effects of Imbalanced Integration of Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 9. Collaborative Integration: China’s Urban-Rural Economic Relationship in the New Era 10. Conclusions and Prospects

Fan Gao is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Fudan University. He specializes in urban–rural dual economic structure transformation, agricultural economics, political economics, and development economics.

• 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Political Economy Analytical Framework for China’s Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 4. Measurements and Evolutionary Stages of China’s Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 5. Formation and Performance of Separated Urban-Rural Economic Relationship in China 6. Imbalanced Integration: Urban-Rural Economic Relationship at the Beginning of Reform and Opening up 7. Manifestation and Forming Mechanism of Imbalanced Integration of Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 8. Main Economic Effects of Imbalanced Integration of Urban-Rural Economic Relationship 9. Collaborative Integration: China’s Urban-Rural Economic Relationship in the New Era 10. Conclusions and Prospects