CPC Central Committee and State Council Issue Guidelines to Promote High-Quality Urban Development

On August 15, 2025, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Promoting High-Quality Urban Development (the “Opinions”), with immediate effect.

The Opinions call for optimizing the urban system, promoting urban agglomeration integration and metropolitan area coordination, and supporting the development of world-class city clusters such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. They call for strengthening scientific and technological innovation, upgrade industries, renew cities, and improve housing, infrastructure, and public service systems. The Opinions promote green and low-carbon transformation, strengthens capabilities for production safety, public health, and disaster prevention and mitigation. It further aims to improve urban governance systems, advance digital transformation, and enhance grassroots governance. The Opinions also encourage urban opening-up and improving international competitiveness.