著名地理学家胡焕庸先生于1935年提出中国人口地理的重要分界线（简称“胡焕庸线”）,被广泛认可和引用,是中国地理学发展的重要成果。2014年底,李克强总理参观人居科学研究展时,高度关注胡焕庸线,并提出了胡焕庸线能否突破的问题。胡焕庸线因而再度引起争论和热议。据此,组织了一些地理学者围绕该问题进行学术讨论,力图从不同层面展现学者们对胡焕庸线的理解与反思,从而深化胡焕庸线的科学价值和现实意义,进而指导中国新型城镇化战略的实施和区域实践。

Hu Huanyong, a famous geographer, discovered a divide of population geography in China in 1935 (hereinafter referred to as the Hu Line), which was an important achievement in the development of the discipline of geography in China, and was widely accredited and cited. In November, 2014, Premier Li Keqiang raised a question about the Hu Line, when he visited the exhibition of sciences of human settlements in the National Museum of China. This question is whether the Hu Line can be broken or not again caused a stir. Hereby we invited some geographers to have academic discussion on this question, aiming to demonstrate their understanding and reflection on the Hu Line from different perspectives. Thus, the scientific value and practical significance of the Hu Line are deepened, and furthermore, the Hu Line can provide reference for the implementation and regional planning of the new-type urbanization in China.