Land-use planning in China: Past, present, and future
CHEN Wanxu, PAN Sipei, YE Xinyue
Table 1 Evolution of China’s land-use planning classification system (Ma et al., 2018)
Year Stage Classification Standard Name
(Promulgation Department)		 Classification Unit Purpose Classification Focus
AL CL UL
1984 Exploratory stage
(1978-1985)		 Current Land Use Classification and Meaning
(NARC)		 8+46 Land Detailed Survey, Land Change Survey √ √
1989 Running-in stage
(1986-2002)		 Classification and Meaning of Urban Land Use
(FNBLA)		 10+24 Urban Cadastral Survey √
1990 Code for Classification of Urban Land Use and Planning Standards of Development Land (GBJ 137-90)
(FMC)		 10+46+73 Urban Master Plan, Urban Land Statistics √
1993 Standard for Planning of Town and Village GB (50188-93)
(FMC)		 9+28 Planning of Town and
Village		 √
1998 Classification of Land Used in General Plans for Land Use
(FMLR)		 — General Plans for Land Use √ √
2001 National Land Classification (Trial)
(FMLR)		 3+15+71 Land Change Survey,
Cadastral Inventory		 √ √ √
2002 National Land Classification (applicable during the transitional period)
(FMLR)		 3+10+52 Land Change Survey √ √ √
2007 Preliminary maturity stage
(2003-2017)		 Land Use Status Classification Criteria (GB/T 21010-2007)
(GAQSIQ & SA)		 12+57 Land Change Survey, Planning Evaluation, Statistics, and Registration √ √
2007 Standard for Planning of Town (GB50188-2007)
(FMC)		 9+30 Township Master Planning √
2010 Usage Classification and Meaning of Land Planning
(FMLR)		 3+10+25 General Plans for Land Use √ √
2011 Code for Classification of Urban Land Use and Planning Standards of Development Land (GB 50137-2011)
(MOHURD)		 2+9+14 Urban Master Plan √
8+35+42 Regulatory Detailed Planning
2014 Village Planning Land Categorization Guideline
(MOHURD)		 3+10+15 Village Planning √
2017 Current Land Use Classification
(GB 50188-2017)
(FMLR)		 3+76 Land Change Survey,
Cadastral Survey, General Plans for Land Use		 √ √
2018 Brand new stage
(2018-)		 Standard for Urban and Rural Land Classification and Construction Land Planning (Exposure Draft) (MOHURD) 2+10+25 Urban Master Plan, Regulatory Detailed Planning √
2019 Guidelines on Zoning and Use Classification of Urban and County Terrestrial Spatial Planning (Draft for review, informal)
(MNR)		 28+102+24 Planning Zones, Use
Classification		 AL, CL, NCRL, MU, MPP