The "National New Urbanization Plan" proposes to "focus on the construction of humanistic cities" and "build the city into a charming humanistic space with profound historical heritage and distinctive characteristics of the times." It can be said that it has found the deep and deep roots of my country's urbanization The fundamental issue is also a major strategic deployment of "leading the cow by its nose".

The national new urbanization plan proposes "focusing on the construction of humanistic cities", which is in line with the universal laws and essential requirements of human urban development

Cities originated very early and have various forms. But in terms of the basic understanding and judgment of what an ideal city is, in theory, based on the famous saying of Aristotle in ancient Greece - "In order to live, people gather in cities; in order to live better, they live in cities." In reality, Represented by the concept of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo - "Better City, Better Life", this problem has been solved, that is, the essence of the city is to provide a "valuable, meaningful, and dreamy" lifestyle. It is based on the production of material civilization and the construction of institutional civilization. At the same time, it transcends basic material needs and practical social organizational forms, and provides individuals with higher-level goals and broader development space. Therefore, the essence of a city is culture. , an ideal city is a cultural city.

This is not only reflected in urban theoretical research, but also highlights a major shift in urban development methods. As for the former, urban research has gradually shifted from "population agglomeration" that is most valued by traditional urban sociology and "political and economic structure" that is most valued by new urban sociology, to "art and culture" that is most valued by humanistic urban sociology. As Mumford emphasized, "A city is not just a group of buildings... it is not only the concentration of power, but also the ultimate destination of culture." As far as the latter is concerned, the urban development model has gradually shifted from the ancient "political city" with "politics and military as the fundamental purpose" to the modern "economic city" with "industry and commerce as the core functions" to the contemporary "ecological and environment-oriented city". "Cultural city" with quality of life as its main content. A cultural city is different from a "political city" and an "economic city". It goes beyond the city's original defense, commerce and other practical functions. It is a production method that uses cultural resources and cultural capital as the main means of production, and the service economy and cultural industry as the main production methods. , urban concepts, forms and models that take people's knowledge, wisdom, imagination, creativity, etc. as the main conditions, and improve people's quality of life and promote the all-round development of individuals as the social development goals. Paying attention to the construction of humanistic cities is a new measure of urban development. It reveals that the purpose of urban development is not to increase the urban population, nor to aggregate economic aggregate and wealth, but to whether the city provides a "valuable and meaningful" , have dreams” lifestyle. This is the true implementation of "people-oriented" in urban development.

Taking humanistic cities as the strategic goal of new urbanization is a profound understanding of the main contradictions and road consciousness of my country’s cities at the current stage

Looking at the urbanization process of New China, the top 30 With "planned economic system" and "household registration management system" as key words, my country has followed a political urbanization development path led by the state. Since the reform and opening up, my country has chosen another development model of "economic urbanization" with "market economy" and "population mobility" as its prominent features. Objectively speaking, these two types of urbanization have their historical inevitability, but also have limitations that are difficult to overcome and have left many sequelae. Specifically, the fundamental problem of political urbanization is that it leads to the shrinkage of the urban economy and the decline of the urban population. Urbanization led by politics. As Napoleon said, "Politics is destiny", the state and the government monopolize all means of production. , also controls the fate of everyone. Administrative means not only determine what is produced and what is not produced, but also determines whether people "enter or leave the city." The main problem of economic urbanization centered on GDP is that, on the one hand, the widespread use of modern industry and technology has viciously damaged and polluted nature, making the resource and environmental pressure faced by the sustainable development of cities close to the "red line". On the other hand, modern culture and urban lifestyle have seriously impacted and destroyed traditional cultural values ??and social order, and contradictions in social crisis, moral crisis and psychological crisis have intensified. The two approaches have the same goal, which directly threatens the "valuable, meaningful and dreamy" nature of cities and has become the main contradiction and key issue affecting the healthy development of Chinese cities.

It can be seen from this that after relatively successful resolution of political and economic problems, the social and cultural fields that have always been ignored began to become obstacles on the way forward. This raises a new question of "how to be a human being in the city." It can also be said that what concepts, qualities, abilities, and culture are needed to make a person a "contemporary person" who can adapt to the urban environment and development needs. The top-level design and implementation of "focusing on humanistic city construction" focuses on the protection of cultural resources, the cultivation of cultural mentality, the construction of cultural values, and the improvement of cultural quality, which will help to cultivate a large number of "real people" who adapt to the urban living environment and comply with the laws of urban development. Urban people", this is the most urgent practical need of new urbanization. Building a humanistic city has a bearing on the overall situation and is an imperative.