New Urban Land Use Standards in China to Revolutionize City Planning.
The Code for Classification of Urban Land Use and Planning Standards of Development Land was updated in 2012 to meet the changing needs of urban and rural development in China. The new version includes innovations in land-use classification and planning standards. The goal was to align with national laws and policies on intensive land-use. The revisions were based on an evaluation of the previous version and aimed to address remaining issues in the implementation of the Standards.