This paper examines the regional disparities in China's urbanization since 1980s.The data are collected from census publications,which are province-based and corrected for consistency.Three indicators including the coefficient of variation(CV),the Gini coefficient and the Theil index are used for analysis.Findings reveal that the inter-provincial disparities in urbanization narrowed in the studied period.But,since 2000,it has been reduced greatly.In contrast,inter-regional disparities in urbanization has in...