20世纪以来的一百多年，传统乡土中国发生了重大转变，既有辉煌的成就，也有重大曲折，期间也伴随着众多学术探索和争论。在本书中，作者解决的第一个问题就是寻找乡村社会的根基，作者提出了中国乡村的根基在家户制的观点，这在农村基础理论方面是一个突破；其次，作者描述、探讨了中国农村社会形态的变迁和更迭，从区域社会底色的角度探索集体经营和家庭经营的根基和发生机理；第三，现代化、城镇化、城乡一体化使得当下乡村处于一个新的历史条件之下，必然要求创新乡村治理。作者以调研为基础，探讨了中国农村城镇化的有效实现方式。

In the more than 100 years since the 20th century, traditional native China has undergone major transformations, with both brilliant achievements and major twists and turns, accompanied by many academic explorations and debates. In this book, the first problem solved by the author is to find the foundation of rural society, and the author puts forward the view that the foundation of China's rural areas lies in the household system, which is a breakthrough in the basic theory of rural areas; Secondly, the author describes and discusses the changes and changes in rural social forms in China, and explores the foundation and mechanism of collective management and family management from the perspective of regional social background. Third, modernization, urbanization, and urban-rural integration have made the current countryside under a new historical condition, which inevitably requires innovative rural governance. Based on the research, the authors explore the effective ways to achieve rural urbanization in China.（AI翻译）