Abstract:

Sustainable development of resources cities has been a intricate problem in the world. Tongchuan, as a typical resources city on coal mining, has to take preventive measures against resources exhaustion. To accelerate economic transformation and fulfill sustainable development will be great strategic tasks for Tongchuan in the future. Through giving concrete evidences and analysis of economic features and existing problems of Tongchuan, on the basis of summarizing the works on economic transformation in the past years and drawing on the successful experiences of other cities in this regard, the ideas for transforming the resource-based economies of Tongchuan are presented; concrete measures are put forward to adjust and optimize industrial structure and accomplish industrial upgrading, to carry out the strategy of urbanization and perfect urban facilities, and finally to solve the development problems and create good conditions for economic transformation. Beneficial references for Tongchuan in economic and social sustainable development are summarized as well.

Key words:  resources city, economic transformation, sustainable development