Abstract: Since the 1980s, rural urban transition has become one of the most important aspects in China’s fast transformation from traditional to modern modes.From the perspective of changes of rural spaces,this paper examines the special background of the simultaneous transformations of the social economic structures and the economic system. After an introduction to the issue of rural-urban transition in rural urban continuum,a historical overview of the transformations of China’s rural spaces in economic,social and geographical structures is presented. This is followed by an analysis of regional uneven development among provinces in rural industrialization and rural-urban transitions. It is concluded that the fast industrialization of rural areas has brought on many radical transformations of rural spaces in China.This has had serious consequences for the formation of China’s new rural spaces, especially in the change of economic social structures and the development of Rurbans and "desakota" regions,and especially in the eastern coastal developed areas. However, some problems and negative effects, such as the uneven transition in economic,social and geographical space and uneven development among the eastern,middle and western zones,should be weighed.