Abstract:

The efficiency, equity and efficiencyequity coordination degree of the urban and rural informatization development in 31 provinces in China was calculated using the models of efficiency, equity, and efficiencyequity coordination degree. And in accordance with the values above, the urban and rural informatization development levels of 31 provinces was divided into five levels, i.e. high level, relatively high level, medium level, relatively low level and low level. The classification of the efficiencyequity coordination degree indicated a significant and highly stable spatial difference in the urban and rural informatization development level of China during 2007 to 2010. The efficiencyequity combinations showed that the spatial differences above had different reasons, which implied that the promoting policies in the urban and rural informatization could be formulated accordingly.

Key words: Urban and rural informatization, Coordinated development, Spatial difference