Academic research on the urbanization of farmers and the issue of farmers moving into high-rise buildings is highly active in the context of urbanization and many studies have regarded the centralized settlement of farmers as an efficient way of rural modernization and development based on a single standpoint of economic and social development. However，with the rise of the theory of Chinese-style modernization and the policy shift of rural revitalization，the development-oriented policy path that aims to emulate western modernization models has gradually come under scrutiny and questioning.. From the theoretical perspective of Chinese modernization，combined with the micro-cases of different stages of farmers’ centralized residence in the suburban development zone of Y Village，this paper reveals how development discourse marginalizes the traditional livelihood of farmers and translates it into economic indicators by virtue of the development truth of modern cities replacing traditional villages，so as to make the main livelihood demands of peasants give way to the centralized policy development planning. This paper theoretically traces and reflects the developmentalism logic behind the policy of centralized residence of farmers and the long-term rural reconstruction policy，and discusses the new development context of rural construction and urbanization based on the theory of Chinese modernization.