城镇化是中国社会变革的重要环节。改革开放以来,中国的城镇化水平不断提高,城镇人口占总人口的比重从1978年的17.92%上升到2012年52.6%,但民族地区城镇化水平总体还不高,许多地方城镇化率还只有30%到40%。有必要指出,不能仅仅从这些数字的高低去简单地看民族地区的城镇化,而要更多关注数字背后隐含的信息,其中就 Urbanization is an important part of social change in China. Since the reform and opening up, the urbanization level in China has been continuously increasing. The proportion of urban population in the total population has risen from 17.92% in 1978 to 52.6% in 2012. However, the urbanization level in ethnic areas is generally not high, and the rate of urbanization in many places is still low 30% to 40%. It is necessary to point out that we can not simply look at the urbanization of ethnic areas from these high and low levels, but rather pay more attention to the hidden information behind numbers. Among them,