Abstract:Urbanized areas are areas whose main function is to provide industrial and service products. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the urbanization rate of China’s population will exceed 70 percent, thus entering a long-time stage of high urbanization levels. The strategic positioning of urbanized areas will be defined as county-level administrative districts with a high concentration of scientific and technological innovation resources, new quality productivity, and new-type industrialization. In terms of strategic layout, the scope of urbanized areas will be optimized to promote the concentration of population and economy in urban agglomerations, metropolitan areas, and central cities, and to strengthen the suburbanization of mega cities, as well as the integrated development of urban and rural areas. In terms of functional upgrading, it will promote the layout of new quality productivity and new industrialization in different urbanized areas according to their comparative advantages, and strengthen the leading role of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, and Chengdu-Chongqing area. In terms of spatial quality, it is necessary to promote the livability, intelligence, and resilience of cities.