In China, revitalization of the rural community has become a key national strategy which aims at redressing the problems of regional imbalance, stimulating rural growth and building a modernized and affluent country. A wide body of academic research has already been completed on many aspects of rural regeneration. But, a holistic perspective is still badly needed, because revitalization of the Chinese countryside is a gigantic social engineering project that requires coordinated, careful, and comprehensive considerations in its society, culture and economy. How to build up a livable, vibrant and resilient community is the crux of rural regeneration. At present, the rural community and grassroots governance in China are experiencing tremendous challenges, threats and transformations under the wave of rapid urbanization. The peri-urban areas, which embody both rural and urban features, have become the hot spots of social confrontations and contentions. What is an effective model of governance for these peri-urban areas? How to address the social conflicts in the rural society arising from the unequal distribution of social benefits? How to enhance neighborhood identity and social pride of the urbanized villagers? These are some of the important questions which need to be examined through scholarly research, intellectual debates and empirical studies in order to identify the right strategy and policy for rural revitalization.
乡村振兴战略是中国共产党在新时代建设社会主义现代化强国的重大战略，是解决我国城乡发展不平衡、乡村发展不充分矛盾的重大举措，也是决胜全面建成小康社会的重大历史任务。学术界围绕乡村振兴战略提出的时代背景、历史意义、基本内涵、制度保障、实施举措等方面开展了大量研究。振兴乡村是一项系统工程，需要乡村产业、生活和文化的协同发展。因此，如何重建乡村宜居社区是乡村振兴的核心问题。我国的城郊地区，处于从乡村到城市转型的关键转折点，兼顾城与乡的双重特点，是矛盾最易发、频发地区。在快速城市化进程中，乡村基层治理正在发生实质性转变，面临着一些新的挑战。例如，如何有效地治理兼具城、乡特征的现代化乡村？如何解决由利益分配不公引起的乡村社会矛盾？如何增强村民的社区认同感和归属感？通过实证研究，从城郊型社区重建的实践中提炼经验，可为乡村战略的实施提供有价值的参考和借鉴。本次会议围绕乡村振兴战略，交流和研讨城郊型社区治理实践案例和理论分析成果。

This Symposium examined important issues related to the characteristics of community and neighborhood in the Chinese context, institutional innovation in community/neighborhood governance, collective property rights reforms, mobility and inclusion of migrant workers, and so on. Collective property rights reform is a research focus of this Symposium because collective property rights system constitutes the key institution in China’s rural governance. Community/Neighborhood Governance and Collective Property Rights Reform are the two key themes of this Symposium, which include but do not limit to the following main discussion topics:
Defining features of Chinese rural community and new neighborhood
• Mobility and inclusion of migrant workers
• Transformation in rural governance
• Rural collective property rights reform
• Research methodology and methods in governance and property rights reform
此次会议深入了探讨社区的实质性内涵、社区治理制度变迁、集体产权制度改革变迁、农民工迁徙流动和市民化等内容。其中，集体产权制度被认为是乡村社区治理运行的制度基础，是社区治理的重中之重。因此，集体产权改革是本次会议讨论的一个重点。本次会议的两大议题为社区治理和集体产权改革，具体包括但不仅限于以下议题：
• 乡村社区的实质性内涵
• 社区治理变迁
• 农民工迁徙流动和市民化
• 农村集体产权制度改革
• 社区治理和集体产权研究方法探讨