On December 4, the 2025 National Territorial Spatial Planning Annual Conference opened in Nanjing, Jiangsu. The theme was “Planning Leads High-Quality Urban Development”. The annual meeting emphasized that during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, it is necessary to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Party Central Committee, adhere to the people-centered approach, and continue to deepen the “integration of multiple regulations” reform from the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, with spatial governance and spatial structure optimization as the core. It is necessary to give full play to the integrated advantages of territorial spatial planning and “two unification” in accordance with the “four integrations” requirements, promote the transformation from “blueprint” planning to “governance” planning, move from drawing the future to shape the future, and further strengthen the leading role of planning in high-quality urban contextualized development.

On December 4, the 2025 National Territorial Spatial Planning Annual Conference opened in Nanjing, Jiangsu. The theme was “Planning Leads High-Quality Urban Development”. The annual meeting emphasized that during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, it is necessary to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Party Central Committee, adhere to the people-centered approach, and continue to deepen the “integration of multiple regulations” reform from the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, with spatial governance and spatial structure optimization as the core. It is necessary to give full play to the integrated advantages of territorial spatial planning and “two unification” in accordance with the “four integrations” requirements, promote the transformation from “blueprint” planning to “governance” planning, move from drawing the future to shape the future, and further strengthen the leading role of planning in high-quality urban contextualized development.