建国以来,正式建制的城市由1949年的132个发展到1988年的434个。其中100万人口的特大城市(按非农业人口计算),从5个发展到28个,城市总人口由3949万人发展30081万人,占全国人口的比重由7.3%上升到27.4%,其中非农业人口由2741万人增加到14049万人,比重由5.1%上升到12.8%。1988年434个城市国民生产总值为7024亿元,占全国50%, Since the founding of the People’s Republic, the number of officially established cities grew from 132 in 1949 to 434 in 1988. Among them, the mega-cities (non-agricultural population) with 1 million population have developed from 5 to 28. The total urban population has increased from 39.49 million to 300.81 million, accounting for 27.4% of the total population in China, from 7.3% to The agricultural population increased from 27.41 million to 140.49 million, the proportion rose from 5.1% to 12.8%. In 1988, the gross national product of 434 cities was 702.4 billion yuan, accounting for 50% of the national total.