从政区的角度说,镇是介乎城乡之间的一个比较特别的单位名称。我们在说“城镇户口”这个短语时,镇的意思是接近于城市的;而在说“乡镇企业”这个短语时,镇却又拉近了和乡村的关系。所以,镇留在我们脑海里的概念,似乎既有城市的一些主要特征,又有乡村的某种田野风貌;在政 From a political district’s point of view, the town is a relatively special unit of land between urban and rural areas. When we say the phrase “urban hukou,” the meaning of the town is close to that of the city. In the phrase “township and village enterprises,” the town neighbors the rural community. Therefore, the concept of the town in our minds seems to have both some of the main features of the city and some of the rural landscape;