记者从日前召开的全国村镇建设工作会议上了解到,“十五”期间,我国村镇建设的主要任务和发展目标已经确定。这就是:优化小城镇发展布局;扩大重点发展小城镇的规模;加强基础和公共设施建设,完善小城镇功能;促进集镇向建制镇发展,基础较好的小城镇向小城市发展; The reporter learned from the National Conference on the Construction of Villages and Towns held recently that the main tasks and development goals for the construction of villages and towns in our country have been determined during the 10th Five-Year Plan period. This is to: optimize the layout of small town development; expand the scale of small cities and towns; focus on the construction of basic and public facilities, improve the functions of small towns; promote the development of towns to built towns, and develop small cities with good foundations to small cities;