On the afternoon of October 18, lu Ming, distinguished Professor of Antai School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and visiting professor of our school, visited the first lecture hall of School of Economics and Management and delivered lecture 80 of "Lilu Forum". He delivered an academic speech entitled "Urban and Rural and Regional Pattern in the New Development Stage". Centering on the space of structural adjustment of urban and rural and regional development, urban and rural and regional development under the double economic cycle, and the policy Suggestions of urban and rural and regional development, Professor Lu Ming deeply discussed how to realize a new pattern of balanced urban and rural and regional development through agglomeration in the new stage of development. According to Lu Ming, if free flow of factors is allowed, population will flow from backward regions to developed regions, and the regional difference measured by per capita GDP will be reduced, eventually leading to regional balance. In the new stage of development, China should deepen the reform of the household registration system, strengthen the role of metropolitan areas as growth poles, strengthen investment in the education of children of floating population, and enhance the flexibility of land and housing management, so as to lead the Chinese economy to a new stage with the four metropolitan areas, Lu said.

Lu Ming professor is an excellent representative of China's outstanding young economists, he on China's urban and rural and regional economic development important journals published a large number of research results at home and abroad, the author of "the power of space, geography, politics, and urban development, the" big city ", to provide academic and policy implications, not only caused strong repercussions in academic circles and resonance, also get attention and recognition policy makers. Professor Lu Ming was the youngest of the nine speakers at the symposium on economic and social experts hosted by General Secretary Xi on 24 August 2020, and made Suggestions on the country's 14th five-year Plan for regional development.

This seminar is one of the academic activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the School of Economics and Management. The forum adopts the form of "offline + offline". About 200 teachers and students, including Professor Dong Zhiqiang, Professor Liu Wish and Associate Professor Zhang Tianhua, vice Dean of The School of Economics and Management, participated in the forum through offline or online. Many teachers and students discussed professor Lu Ming's new concept of "balance in gathering" and said that they benefited a lot from the lecture.