Commercialization of Residence and its Regional Distribution in Contemporary Urban China

本研究项目旨在解释住房革命的实际情况及其对当代中国改革开放后城市区域结构变动的意义。本项目包括四个主题；住房革命的发展历程；国家背景下城市住宅商品化的地域差异；北京和上海几种住宅开发类型及其空间分布，以及包括材料加工在内的住宅供应结构。通过对这些主题的研究，当代中国城市的住房革命与土地革命相结合，寻求在改革开放后建立社会主义资本主义市场经济。北京和上海是中国政治和经济上的领先城市，在中国住宅商业化中处于突出地位。住房市场有经济适用房、共管别墅和其他租赁房等几种类型的商品房。在市中心建成区改造项目中，针对城市较高经济水平的活动，促进高层和中层住宅的供应。

The research project intends to explain the actual condition of the housing revolution and its meaning' to the transaction of urban regional structure after the introduction of reform and open policy in contemporary China. The project includes four main theme; development process of housing revolution, regional difference of commercialization of urban residence in the national context,. several types of residential development and their spatial distribution in Beijing and Shanghai, and residential-supply structure including material processing.As a result of research of these main themes, the housing revolution in contemporary urban China has been proceeding combined with land revolution searching for establishing socialist- capitalism market economy after the reform and open policy. Beijing and Shanghai politically and economically leading cities of China are prominent position in commercialization of residence in China. Housing market has several types of commercial houses such as economic and suitable housing, condominium and villa, and other rental houses. In the downtown redevelopment projects of built-up area aiming at higher economic urban activities promote to supply high-rise and middle-rise residential buildings.