Chonglan Fu is a Research Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and has served successively as the Director of the Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies at CASS, the Director of the Urban Development Department of CASS Graduate School, and Professor at the Department of Sociology of GSCASS. He is also a member of the Urban Planning Society of China, Dean of the Institute of Modern Urban-Rural Development Planning of CASS and member of the Beijing Municipality Specialist Counsel Body.

Examines how China's urban development reflects the country's culture and philosophy

Showcases the traditional culture which underpins the emergence of cities in modern China

Examines the traditional Chinese concepts of yin and yang, bagua, and the Wu Xing

PART ONE Chinese Urban History and Chinese Civilization.- Resplendent Brilliance of Chinese Urban History in the World Urban History.- The Geographical, Economical, Social and Cultural Background of the History of Chinese Urban Evolution.- The Exploration of the Several Major Factors Affecting the Formation and Development of Chinese Cities.- Theories and Methods to Study Chinese Urban History.- PART TWO THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF CHINESE CITIES.- The Origin of Ancient Chinese Cities.- Cradle of Chinese Urban Culture.- Urban Development of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the System of Enfeoffment.- Urban Development over the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.- Xianyang----the First Major City of Feudal State Power in Chinese History.- Chang'an----A Capital City Originating from a Village.- The Evolvement and Development of Luoyang.- Capitals and Landscapes of the Three Kingdoms.- South-Ascendingand North-Descending Phenomenon in Urban Development in Northern Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties.- Daxing City-the National Unified Centrum of Water Resources.- Chang'an and the Grand Canal of the Tang Dynasty.- Cities During the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period, and the Turning Point of Chinese Urban History.- Prosperity of the Capital City Kaifeng and the Bian River.- Lin'an in Southern Song -A Great Convergence of Southern and Northern Cultures.- Springing Up of Cities of Liao, Jin, and Western Xia and Transformation of the History of Minorities.- Unprecedented Urban Development of the Yuan Dynasty.- The Cities in the Ming Dynasty and the Germination of Capitalism.- Transformation of Chinese Cities in the Early Qing Dynasty.- The Urban Evolution in Modern Times.