Urban-rural relations are fundamental economic and social relationships that need to be properly addressed during the modernization process of human society.Integrated urban-rural develop-ment is a necessary requirement of Chinese-style modernization,driven by rigorous theoretical,histor-ical,and practical logic.Since the reform and opening-up,China's urban-rural relations have gradu-ally moved towards integration,but a significant institutional gap still exists,posing challenges to ur-ban-rural integration.Improving the system and mechanisms for urban-rural integration is essential for coordinating and effectively implementing both the new urbanization strategy and the rural revital-ization strategy.Key actions include accelerating the urbanization process with counties as central hubs,breaking down the barriers of the dual urban-rural system,creating a policy framework that fa-cilitates the two-way flow of resources,speeding up the integration of urban and rural infrastructure,and raising the equalization of basic public services between urban and rural areas.By establishing a continuous framework of"city-county-town cluster-village cluster",true integrated urban-rural de-velopment can be realized.