In recent years, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the work of “Multiple Plans Integration”. In the Central Urbanization Working Conference, “National New Urbanization Plan (2014 - 2020)”, the Central Economic Working Conference, and “Overall Plan of Ecological Civilization System Reform”, they proposed to support the cities and counties to advance “Multiple Plans Integration”, draw up unified city and county spatial plannings, and form the overall requirement: one city/county, one plan, one blueprint step by step. Based on the development aspirations of governments at all levels, through the project practices in Sihui, Zhaoqing, Huizhou, Yingde, Dongguan and other areas, Our institute has made a series of explorations and attempts in changing the main practices, extending the achievement contents, innovating the working methods and clarifying the key working points.

1 Change the Main Practices

1. Do overall planning for the three structures: Space, scale and industry, improve the wholeness of the urban work

A. Plan the all-around spatial development pattern, and promote the expansion and quality. Formulate a unified spatial development strategy, define the spatial structure system of urban and rural areas, guide the spatial layouts of these four types: construction and non construction, urban and rural, ground and underground, increment and stock. B. Limit content, delimit the total amount, revitalize the stock, and optimize the increment. Use the methods of resource carrying capacity evaluation and urban development simulation to predict population and construction capacity scientifically. C. According to the development of new industrialization, new urbanization, agricultural modernization, optimize the all-around pattern of industrial development and implement the land demand of the recent “13th Five-Year” key projects.

2. Do overall planning for the three links: planning, construction and management, improve the systematicness of the urban work

A. Solve the departmental planning differences and formulate unified processing principles to ensure the adjustment of different spots dealt with according to the laws and regulations, and provide support for one blueprint. B. Based on the results of “Multiple Plans Integration”, promote the urban master planning, medium-term adjustment of land use planning, forestry ecological red line planning, environmental protection and ecological strict control area delineation and other statutory planning linkage adjustments. C. Construct spatial information platform, achieve the joint approval, and greatly enhance the service efficiency. Meanwhile, promote the “smart urban and rural” construction through the industrial and commercial integration, local taxation, power supply, water supply and other big government data. See Fig. 1. 

3. Do overall planning for the three layouts: town, agriculture and ecology, improve the suitability of urban development

Do overall planning for the three categories of space. Delimit town, agriculture and ecological space in Sihui City, and give full play to the benefits of various land use. Delimit the bottom line of ecological protection precisely, define the relationship between protection and development, designate the all-around city control line system according to the power divisions of relevant departments. See Fig. 2-4.

2 Extend the Achievement Contents

1. An all-around space planning system

A. Study on the top-level design of the spatial planning system, and define the rigid and flexible control contents the all-around space. B. Clear the core contents of the urban and rural overall planning: Firstly, plan the pattern, delimit three kinds of space: Ecology, agriculture and town, and lay the development pattern; secondly, keep the bottom line, delimit the control line system covering the whole area; thirdly, Optimize the layout of construction land according to the key platform; finally, implement the recent “13th Five-Year” key construction projects.

2. A space planning information platform to realize data, services and decisions “three in one”

Collecting multiple spatial planning data of relevant departments, the data platform boosts the smart city construction; jointing the administrative examination and approval reform requirements together, the service platform serves construction project approvals; decision making platform provides decision support for government departments in industrial development, housing construction, project site selection, etc. See Fig. 6.

3. A set of work operation guarantee mechanism

Innovate a set of “Multiple Plans Integration” working mechanism mainly from the four levels: Construction project service, planning linkage modification, institutional reform boost, and legal document matching to ensure the smooth progress of pilot work.

3 Innovate the Working Methods

A. Work cognition innovation. With recent “coordination” and “long-term integration”, pay attention to the reform of space planning system and management approval mechanism. B. Organizational model innovation. Combine leaderships taking a lead, department participation, expert service, team joint and special research together. C. General idea innovation. Utilize strategy to decide pattern, use to decide space, demarcation line to decide power, and take the near future as the starting point, the platform to promote amalgamation. D. Technological innovation. Use neural network and cellular automata coupling (ANN-CA) method to simulate the delimitation of urban growth boundary; use big data to analyze village relocation and industrial layout research. E. Work content innovation. Delineate all-around area and multi field line control system; designate 20% conditional construction area. F. implementation mechanism innovation. Implement innovation mechanism through straightening out relations, optimizing process, establish institutions and supporting policies. See Fig. 5. 

4 Clarify the Key Working Points

1. Standardization

A. Standardization of content. On the basis of all kinds of planning and the overall planning content, form the standardized planning content of “Multiple Plans Integration”, mainly including general provisions, development goals, city planning, urban centralized construction area planning, key special planning, planning implementation, supplementary provisions, schedules, etc. B. Standardization of standards. Do standardization again according to the original standards of all plannings, so as to form a unified standard of “Multiple Plans Integration”. For instance, unify land classification standards in various plannings. Achieve “Multiple Plans” docking through standardization and lay a good foundation for “Integration”.

2. Institutionalization

The institutionalization of planning organization refers to the establishment of the planning organization system: Leaderships taking a lead, department participation, consultant guidance, team joint and special research. The institutionalization of planning status means the position of “Multiple Plans Integration” and “one blueprint” in the whole planning system through the conference of NPC. The institutionalization of planning decision is the establishment of specialized agencies to set up long-term working mechanism.

3. Platform

Taking the “Multiple Plans Integration” planning as an opportunity, construct the all-around space communication platform, and realize the overall development. At the same time, support the “one blueprint” database through the spatial information platform, and in the late management, base on the information platform to communicate and make decisions, and make the communication platform play a major role. See Fig. 6.

4. Systematization

Firstly, take the whole area as a system to implement the all-around plan and coverage. Secondly, regard “Multiple Plans Integration” as a systematic work, and use the systematic method to realize scientific planning. Thirdly, Systematic planning landing is mainly through spatial information platform and decision-making mechanism to determine the priorities of planning implementation, ensure the landing work linkage and coordination, and achieve the systematic implementation of the whole plan.

5. Effectiveness

Ensure the effectiveness of planning through the dynamic update of the spatial information platform and the timely follow-up of the high-level project by the full-time agencies. Designate the stable objects in the spatial planning and management through the control system line to keep planning rigid and ensure the effective development of the bottom line. “Multiple Plans Integration” is a long-term and arduous task. We sincerely hope that our explorations can account for a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions, and provide a reference for other cities’ work.

Typical “Multiple Plans Integration” projects undertaken by our institute in recent years:

1、四会市“多规合一”试点工作
The Pilot Project of "Multi-Regulation and Integration" of Sihui City

2、安徽省淮南市“多规合一”规划及平台建设前期研究
The Preliminary Research of "Multiple Plans Integration" and Construction of Information Platform in Huainan, Anhui Province

3、河北省邢台市“多规合一”试点工作规划
Multiple Planning Integration Experimental Work of Xingtai, Hebei Province

4、山东省兰陵县“多规合一”规划
The Multiple Planning Integration of Lanling County, Shandong Province

5、宁夏平罗县“三规合一”规划试点
“Three Plans Integration”Planning Experimentin Pingluo Country, Ningxia

6、珠海市“五规融合”规划协同实施管理办法
Multiple Planning Integration Experimental Work of Xingtai

7、佛山市中心城区“三规合一”规划
Plan of "Integration of Three Plans" of Central Urban Area of Foshan City

8、东莞市“三规合一”工作（试点阶段）
Experimental Stage Three-Plan Coordination Work in Dongguan

9、肇庆市中心城区“三规合一”规划
Three-Plan Coordination Work in Zhaoqing City Central District

10、惠州市“三规合一”控制线规划（试点地区）
Control Line Planning of Three-Plan Coordination Work in Huizhou (Pilot Area)

11、梅州市“多规合一”规划编制（首期）
Compilation of Plan of "Integration of Multiple Plans" of Meizhou City (the First Phase)

12、安徽省淮南市“多规合一”规划（2015—2030 年）
The Multiple Planning Integration of Huainan City, Anhui Province (2015—2030)

13、广州市从化区“四规合一”规划
Planning for Integration of Four Plannings of Conghua District, Guangzhou

14、浙江省文成县“多规融合”规划
The Multiple Planning Integration of Wencheng County, Zhejiang Province

15、惠州市博罗县“四规合一”规划编制
Plan of "Integration of Four Plans" of Boluo County, Hhuizhou City

16、英德市“多规合一”规划
"Multi-Plan Coordination" of Yingde City