Commenting on the domestic and international resources of urban development on the basis of research results,the significance of the resource-based cities urbanization performance study is revealed.Subsequently,the urbanization performance of the formation mechanism is discussed from the characteristic of urbanization of resource-based citie.Based on resource-based cities of the life cycle model,it indicated that the process of urbanization of resource-based cities is also the process of city transformation.It involves resources,industry,and spaces,which includes the changes of resource development from a single development to coordinated development,the transitions of industrial structure from the dual structure to the multi-structural,and the transformation of space structure from discretion to aggregation.Finally,it demonstrates the conversion of resources type city using Qianxi county in Hebei Province as an example.