We explore the potential for rural and urban community needs assessment research in China, particularly in response to increasing rural to urban internal migration. Models for migration and community development are presented. We identify various methods that can inform social development planning, intervention, and evaluation. A collaborative community development field school in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was conducted with US and Chinese students and faculty. Plans for, and initial results of, a qualitative rural needs assessment are described. A semi‐structured urban resident needs assessment survey and the results of a small pilot study are presented. Challenges of international collaboration and implications and suggestions are reviewed.

本文探索了在中國農村和城市社區進行需求評估研究的潛力，特別是在回應不斷增加的城鄉人口流動。作者描述了各種移民和社會發展模式，並確定了幾項可用於社會發展規劃，干預和評估的方法。作者在廣西壯族自治區建立了一所由美國和中國的學生和教員合作的社會發展田野考察學校，並描述了計劃的內容和初步結果。作者在文中描述了一個評估城市居民需求的半組織性調查和一個小型試驗研究的結果，並探討國際合作所面對的挑戰，影響和建議。

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