To standardize the management of special plans across the province, enhance digital empowerment, optimize inter-departmental coordination, and refine process management, Zhejiang is continuously advancing the in-depth and practical implementation of specialized land and spatial planning through four “one” initiatives: “one checklist to coordinate types of special plans,” “one blueprint to coordinate spatial layout,” “one ledger to coordinate resource guarantees,” and “one set of mechanisms to achieve inter-departmental collaboration.”
　　I. A single list to coordinate specialized regulatory types
　　Since the institutional reform, Zhejiang has taken the National Land and Space Planning Outline and the provincial-level Master Plan for Land and Space as guiding documents. Focusing on major issues such as land and space governance and the assurance of resource elements, Zhejiang has worked jointly with relevant provincial departments to systematically review “8+X” categories of specialized plans (where “8” refers to eight key specialized plans closely linked to the master plan—covering industries, environmental protection, urban development, transportation, water conservancy, and other related areas—and “X” represents other specialized plans with generally lower levels of correlation). Zhejiang has also preliminarily developed a catalog list of provincial-level specialized plans for land and space.
　　In the "Administrative Measures for Special Planning of Land and Space in Zhejiang Province (Trial)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Administrative Measures"), Zhejiang clearly stipulates that all types of special land and space plans at various levels across the province shall be managed through a catalog and list system. The formulation and dynamic adjustment of the catalog and list for special land and space plans at each level shall be the responsibility of governments at or above the county level or planning coordination and deliberation bodies. For special plans—such as municipal and public service facilities—that share similar spatial utilization attributes and have strong interconnections, relevant departments are encouraged to jointly prepare these plans, thereby better achieving plan coordination.
　　II. A single blueprint for coordinated spatial planning
　　Given the uniqueness of land space, there are often spatial conflicts and contradictions between special plans and the overall master plan, as well as among different special plans themselves. In the course of planning coordination, Zhejiang has also found that conflicts and contradictions among special plans are far more numerous than those between the overall master plan and special plans. To address this issue, Zhejiang explicitly set forth in its “Management Measures” the coordinating principles of “safety first, protection first, people’s livelihood first, and efficiency first.” Furthermore, it clearly stipulates that project priorities should be determined at the national, provincial, municipal, and county levels, taking into account both project demands and actual supply capacities in a comprehensive and scientific manner to ensure the rational and appropriate alignment of spatial elements, thereby enabling each type of special plan to find its proper place and fully leverage its strengths.
　　Building on this foundation, Zhejiang has also streamlined and integrated 29 spatial safety control bottom lines across eight major categories, along with 14 controlling indicators, providing strong support for the coordinated spatial layout of various facilities under a single, comprehensive blueprint. Among these mandatory requirements are the permanently designated basic farmland, ecological protection redlines, and urban development boundaries—delineated and managed by the natural resources authorities—as well as spatial control bottom lines and requirements set forth by other government departments. Once the “Chu River-Han Boundary” in land and spatial planning becomes clear and well-defined, relevant departments will be better positioned to carry out specialized planning preparation and revision work.
　　III. A single ledger for coordinated resource allocation
　　To ensure the effective implementation of special plans, Zhejiang has laid down clear provisions in its "Management Measures" regarding both the mapping and database entry of these special plans and their dynamic maintenance. Each special plan must establish a vector database of major projects, enabling better implementation of “one map” and “one database” coordinated management through the Zhejiang Provincial Spatial Governance Platform. This will help build an implementation and management mechanism in which spatial layout follows the planning and resource elements follow the projects.
　　Over the past year and a half, Zhejiang has coordinated more than 5,000 major projects across the province during the delineation of the “Three Zones and Three Lines” and the preparation of the provincial master plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan period. This effort has saved approximately 510,000 mu of land required for these projects and reduced the amount of stable farmland occupied by projects by about 150,000 mu. Meanwhile, all patches identified as involving conflicts or disputes have been forwarded to the relevant departments for further coordination and optimization of spatial planning.
　　IV. A single mechanism to achieve departmental collaboration
　　To strengthen the coordinated management of special plans and enhance the efficiency of natural resource allocation, Zhejiang has explicitly stipulated in its “Management Measures” that the entire lifecycle management of special plans must be conducted on a unified platform. Under this closed-loop architecture, the platform provides online data services—including “base maps,” “baseline data,” and “bottom-line indicators”—required for plan preparation, as well as analytical functions such as plan consistency checks. Relevant departments will systematically advance their work according to the business processes defined by the platform, which include task preparation, scheme formulation, review and approval at meetings, formal filing and approval, and implementation supervision. Information from each stage must be recorded on the platform, and all related documents, materials, and deliverables must also be archived and circulated through the platform.
　　Next, Zhejiang will thoroughly implement the special planning requirements set forth at the first National Spatial Planning Annual Conference, fully leveraging the advantages of the “integrated multi-plan” reform. In accordance with the “four unifications”—unified planning, unified standards, unified data, and unified platform—we will actively explore establishing working mechanisms such as expert committees to put into practice the aforementioned “four priorities” and other spatial coordination rules. We will further study and address issues related to the coordinated management of special plans and the spatial compatibility of various facilities, thereby promoting joint planning, collaborative blueprint development, shared protection of bottom lines, joint implementation and management, and shared outcomes. This will effectively enhance the coherence of planning, ensure the effective transmission of planning intentions, improve the scientific rigor of planning, strengthen the authority of planning, and jointly create a new mechanism for managing special plans through cross-sector collaboration.