统筹城乡发展是解决“三农”问题、建设社会主义新农村的有效途径,是构建社会主义和谐社会的迫切需要,也是践行科学发展观的必然要求。党的十七届三中全会对新形势下推进农村改革发展的若干重大问题作出了决定,明确提出统筹城乡经济社会发展,建立促进城乡经济社会发展一体化制 Balancing urban and rural development is an effective way to solve the “three rural issues” and building a new socialist countryside. It is an urgent need for building a harmonious socialist society and a necessary requirement for implementing the scientific concept of development. The Third Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee has made a decision on a number of major issues concerning the promotion of rural reform and development in the new situation. It has clearly proposed that the overall economic and social development in urban and rural areas should be coordinated and that the integrated system of urban and rural economic and social development should be established