Cooperation Planning System for Hengqin and Macao

AbstractThe planning system, as a crucial instrument for the government to lead spatial development, is differently designed and operated in Hengqin and Macao within the ‘One Country, Two Systems’. To ensure the cooperation of these two systems, experience from international and domestic cases as cross-border cooperation of planning will be analysed. Four aspects of the planning system, namely legal system, formulating plans, planning management and planning practice, are comparatively studied in Hengqin and Macao. The master plan is employed as an example to display the similarities and differences between planning systems in these two regions. From the analyses, this chapter proposes suggestions to contribute to future planning-led development in Guangdong–Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin.