Abstract: Based on the survey data from 343 rural households migrating from the Three Gorges to the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang， this paper analyses the two resettlement forms （relatively concentrated and completely scattered） and their impact on the formation of two interpersonal communication states as well as on the migrants' social adaptation. The analysis shows that the interpersonal communication states in the migrants' settlement significantly influence the migrants' social adaptation， be it communicating with other migrants or with the local residents. Both improve the migrants' entrance or acceptance into the local community.

Key words: rural migrants from the Three Gorges, resettlement forms, interpersonal communication, social adaptation