The State Council issued the Urban Renewal 15th Five‑Year Plan, directing
stronger measures to activate existing land stock and promote mixed-use spatial
development. It mandates a positive list for mixed land development, tighter
planning-control requirements, a land‑use control and planning‑permit system,
and multi‑department parallel approvals with joint supervision to enable legal
conversion of land use and building functions. Projects that use existing land
or property to develop state‑supported industries may receive a transitional
policy preserving land‑user status and planning conditions for a limited period,
in principle up to five years; after the transition, land‑use payments may be
handled via lease or negotiated transfer. The plan encourages multi‑party
redevelopment, calls for reasonable cuts to tax and fee burdens on land
consolidation, exchange and joint development, standardizes long‑term leases,
lease‑then‑transfer and flexible‑term supply, supports sale‑with‑plan land
transfers, and says industrial and commercial land‑use right renewals will be
advanced lawfully and prudently.
