Changing Spatial Elements in Chinese Socio-economic Five-year Plan: from Project Layout to Spatial Planning

Lei Wang is assistant professor in the Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Hallsworth research fellow in Manchester Urban Institute, The University of Manchester. He earned his PhD from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include spatial development in China and its sustainable challenges in the process of rapid urbanization and industrialization. His research analysis tends to use eastern China as the empirical test bed as it is relatively more developed to allow meaningful analysis of the dynamic process of change. Recently, he focuses on planning system evolution and regional spatial restructuring from high-speed railway development in China. In last 5 years, he has published 20 academic papers in both Chinese and English.

Introduction.- Spatial Planning and Governance: Literature Review.- Conceptual Framework and Methodology.- Changing Spatial Planning in the Chinese FYP System.- JSYR Plan Articulated in Jiangsu 11th FYP System: The Process, Rhetoric and Realities.- Spatial Planning Articulated in Suzhou Municipal 11th FYP: Plan Coordination and Development Control.- Conclusion and Discussion.