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Researcher Wu Guobao from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Delivers Lecture at Our Institute On the morning of April 30, 2025, Researcher Wu Guobao from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) was invited to deliver an academic lecture titled China's Urbanization Pathways and Changes in Urban-Rural Disparities at our institute. The lecture was chaired by Professor Zhang Liguo, Dean of the institute, and attended by over 30 faculty members and students from within and outside the institute. 
Researcher Wu Guobao emphasized that a correct understanding of China's urban-rural issues requires knowledge of the actual circumstances regarding the progress in narrowing the urban-rural gap and promoting common prosperity, the pathways and implementation mechanisms for narrowing the urban-rural gap and achieving common prosperity, and urbanization pathways and changes in urban-rural disparities. This includes aspects such as the household registration system, rural land reform, the context of a large nation, and traditional rural culture. During the lecture, Researcher Wu presented numerous data charts on urban-rural disparities and common prosperity, providing a clear understanding of the changing trends in various current data points. He also provided a detailed analysis of the implementation mechanisms for narrowing the urban-rural gap and promoting common prosperity. These mechanisms include income, labor force, agricultural product prices, equalization of basic public services between urban and rural areas, new technologies, new business formats, and integrated urban-rural development. Furthermore, he proposed four pathway models for urbanization of China's population. 
In the final segment of the lecture, Researcher Wu interacted with the faculty and students, engaging in in-depth discussions on the lecture's theme. The atmosphere was one of strong intellectual curiosity. This lecture provided valuable academic guidance for the attendees, contributed to enhancing the university's scientific research standards, and proved to be highly rewarding for all participants. [Extended Reading] Wu Guobao, a native of Xiushui, Jiangxi Province. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Department of Planning and Statistics of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics in 1984 and received his Ph.D. from the Department of Rural Development, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1998. He has long been engaged in research on poverty alleviation and development theory and policy. His main research areas include poverty reduction, microfinance, well-being, and rural development. He previously served as a member of the Expert Advisory Committee of the State Council Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development (2010-2020), and as a member of the expert group for the assessment and evaluation of poverty county exits under the State Council Poverty Alleviation Office. He has also served as a Senior Poverty Alleviation Advisor for the Asian Development Bank's China Resident Mission, and as a consultant for various multilateral and bilateral agencies including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, World Food Programme, AusAID, DFID, and GTZ. He has successively led or participated in over 80 academic research projects and consultancy programs, including World Bank technical assistance projects, Asian Development Bank technical assistance projects, major National Social Science Fund bidding projects, and National Natural Science Foundation projects. He has published more than 20 academic monographs in both Chinese and English. His research findings have been awarded the Ministry of Agriculture Soft Science Second Prize, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award, the China Rural Development Research Award, and the Sun Yefang Economics Prize. School website link: //short91.org/news-show-6483.html
（翻译/刘艳荣）
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