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BAI Yun
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2026.06.013
Yuxi Normal University, Yuxi, China
This paper takes “Yu Village” (Zhongwei Community), a peri-urban community adjacent to the central urban area of Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, as a case study to explore the pathways for economic integration and transformation of peri-urban communities during rapid urbanization. Based on field research and secondary data, the study systematically analyzes how the community, through a “market-induced, collectively-led” model, has successfully transformed from a traditional agricultural village into a regional commercial node through three stages: “market revitalizing the village”, “commercial expansion”, and “industry-city integration”. The research finds that the outcomes of this integration are manifested in a tertiary industry-dominated economic structure, deep embedding into the urban supply chain and functional system, and diverse, flexible labor mobility. However, the current integration still faces dilemmas of “primary integration”, such as low industrial sophistication, locked-in value chains, and insufficient synergy with urban industries. Accordingly, this paper proposes a four-pronged approach focusing on optimizing the industrial structure, enhancing industrial value-added, deepening urban industrial synergy, and strengthening supporting measures to propel its transition from “serving the city” to “integrating into the urban industrial chain”, providing theoretical insights and practical references for the integrated development of similar peri-urban areas.
urban-rural integration, peri-urban community, collective economy, commercial node, industrial transformation, Yuxi
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