Urban Spatial Strategic Research and its Practice in China-A Case Study of the Central Plain Cities

This paper discusses the status and development of urban spatial strategic planning studies, and elaborates three dominant planning approaches of spatial strategic planning. Currently, Chinas urban spatial strategic planning does not adhere to details, but rather focus on the prospect of the city, the entire technology roadmap does not emphasize exhaustive, but the city's ability to solve practical problems. The article also combine studies on the Central Plain Cities to conclude that Chinas urban strategic spatial planning should focus on the development of several node cities, optimize the urban hierarchy and network system in region.