The integrated development of urban and rural areas is a major strategy for China's economic and social development, and efforts to promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas in the new era are an important focus for realizing the strategy of rural revitalization. Since the founding of New China, the integration of urban and rural areas in China has been accompanied by different characteristics at different historical stages of economic and social development.Since the founding of New China, the integration of urban and rural areas in China has been characterized by different features at different historical stages of economic and social development, and the process has been characterized by many twists and turns, with a unique internal logic and integration path. Clarifying the logic and path is of great significance to better promote the high-quality urban-rural integration in the new era. This paper finds that the core of China's urban-rural integrated development is the development of farmers, its essence is market-determined resource allocation, and its characteristic is national development strategy and planning leadership. China's urban-rural integrated development is continuously realized in the historical process of China's economic and social development, which is long-term and comprehensive. In this new historical stage, urban-rural integrated development faces new opportunities and challenges, and only by objectively analyzing the needs of the times can we promote the realization of high-quality urban-rural integrated development.