Characteristics and evolution of urban-rural relations from the perspective of enterprise affiliated network: Taking Weinan City as an example

Taking Weinan City, Shaanxi Province as an example, guided by the theory of "Factor Flow" and "Strength of Weak Ties" in urban-rural relations, supported by the enterprise headquarters-branch and structural hole model, this study compares the overall characteristics and patterns of the networked development of urban-rural relations in Weinan City from 2010 to 2020, and summarizes the different types and patterns of urban-rural relations under the influence of enterprise affiliated network. The aim is to provide paths and suggestions for achieving future urban-rural integration development and rural revitalization in Weinan City. The results indicate that: ① Under the influence of economic activities of urban and rural enterprises, the urban-rural relationship in Weinan City has shown a certain trend of network development, and the network scale is constantly expanding; ② The number of structural holes between urban and rural network subgroups is constantly decreasing, and the number of nodes contained in the maximum network subgroup is gradually increasing. The scope of urban-rural integration is wider, but the position of the central urban area of Weinan as the core node controlling all structural holes between network subgroups has not changed; ③ By comparing and analyzing the control ability of all network nodes over structural holes in the network from two aspects of effective network scale and network constraint, the urban-rural relationship in Weinan City is summarized into three types: mature, developmental, and start-up urban-rural network relationships.