In general terms, the level of urbanization of the region of low social class structure has the characteristics of the traditional agricultural society, the high level of urbanization areas of social class structure more inclined to the characteristics of the modern industrial society.

First of all, industrialisation, in the case of industrialization, promotes the diversification of the social class structure by promoting changes in the structure of employment. Industry and agriculture is a huge difference to the height of the organizational degree and professional division of labor, industrialization greatly increased employment opportunities and positions, different positions have different income compensation and authority, so as to affect the social status of different professionals.

Urbanization generally refers to a country gradually in the process of industrialization of agricultural population to non-agricultural population majority majority, by the majority of rural residents into urban residents in the majority, from agricultural country to industrial countries, from rural society to urban economic and social development of the society.

Generally, when the economy develops to a certain level, the transformation of the consumption structure requires the formation of the corresponding consumer subject. In modern society, the main focus of consumption is in cities. In the social hierarchy, the main force of consumption is the middle class.

The urbanization level is not high and the urban-rural dual structure, means that the current China's large population also crowded in the countryside, the rural population accounts for most of the consumer market, it is not enough to support the growth of the economy as a whole.