By Zhang Liang & Liu Yicheng, Research Team on “China’s Urbanization Experience for Countries in Africa”, Center for International Knowledge on Development

Research Report, No.202, 2021 (Total 6267) 2021-7-20

Abstract: Optimizing allocation of land resources for demand plays a supportive role in the high-quality development of China’s urbanization. In recent years, different localities have explored a host of good practices suitable for local conditions and they are summed up as follows: making plans across the board for proper layout of optimized land use; regulating land stock management for stronger control over the land market and steady supply of land; improving the land requisition mechanism to resolve possible conflicts in this process; integrating land to develop park areas for industrial concentration; tapping into the potential of stock land by second-time development of land inefficiently-used or unused; and coordinating the respective roles of government and market in providing guidance and enhancing the quality and efficiency of land supply. Thus some general principles should be followed regarding land allocation in China’s new type of urbanization and they include smooth transition between plans, coordination between the government and the market, economical and intensive use of land, and construction funding through the government’s land revenue.

Keywords: urbanization, demand for land, optimized allocation of land