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Since the 1990s, China has gradually put forward the theories featuring new urbanization and coordinated regional development, and put them into practice. In the Report on the Work of the Government 2019, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang proposed that “We will promote coordinated development across regions and improve the quality of new urbanization”, drawing the public’s attention to new urbanization and coordinated regional development again. This paper first sorts out China’s research on new urbanization and coordinated regional development, mainly concentrating on the connotations, dynamic mechanism, strategic paths and models, and policy tools. Then it summarizes the major research results, including (1) the strategic theory and policy for spatial integration; (2) the theory and policy of main functional zones; (3) the urbanization theory and policy with city clusters as the major form; (4) the agglomeration theory and policy in the context of integration. And finally it proposes the major directions for further research: (1) innovation-driven cities and coordinated regional development; (2) compact cities with green, low-carbon, smart and humane features; (3) difficulties in the innovation of new urbanization system and mechanism; (4) leading research on the agglomeration theory and policy in the context of inter-connectivity.

Based on the panel data of 16 prefecture-level cities in Anhui Province from 2010 to 2020, this paper uses computer technology to construct an evaluation index system for the digital economy and new urbanization, and selects a coupling coordination model for calculation and quantitative analysis. The results show that during the sample period, the coupling and coordination level of the digital economy and new urbanization in 16 prefecture-level cities in Anhui Province showed an upward trend, and the overall spatial distribution characteristics of “high in the south, secondary in the middle, and low in the north” were presented. The coupling and coordination degree of provincial capital cities and areas south of the Huaihe River is higher than that between Jianghuai and north of the Huaihe River. In 2020, cities in Anhui Province will basically enter the advanced coordination level in an all-around way.

“People's livelihood, sustainable development, quality” is the connotation of new urbanization. Proceeding from the connotation of new urbanization, the new urbanization development level evaluation index system is constructed by many factors of population urbanization, environment urbanization, infrastructure and public services, resources and environment. Combining with Extenics and being based on TOPSIS builds a new type of urbanization development level comprehensive evaluation model, taking new urbanization pilot cities as the research object. Research combines with data for empirical analysis, and gives further suggestions to raise the level of new urbanization in Henan province.