| Phase | Year | Policy | Main Content | REF |
| Phase I: Initial Phase | 1982 | Interim Regulations on Land Use for Building Houses by Rural Community Members in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone | Rural land for housing construction must be subject to the requirements of the master plan of the city, and applications must be made to the government | |
| 1986 | Notice on Further Strengthening Rural Planning in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone | Implementation of rural urbanization (conversion of rural land to urban land) | | |
| Phase II: Rapid Development (1989-2003) | 1989 | Regulations on Land Acquisition in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone | Provides that the government can legally acquire rural land in Shenzhen | |
| 1999 | Decision of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress on Resolutely Investigating and Dealing with Illegal Buildings | Identifies and investigates illegal buildings in urban villages and takes appropriate measures to deal with them | | |
| 2001 | Opinions on Handling Illegal Private Houses Left | Legal buildings in the urban village are subject to property rights formalities, and illegal buildings are subject to fines as well as demolition | | |
| Phase III: Deceleration: (2004-2016) | 2004 | Interim Provisions on the Regeneration of Urban Villages in Shenzhen | Clarifies the conditions and methods of urban village regeneration; stipulates compensation standards for demolition and relocation; explains dispute resolution methods | |
| 2005 | Shenzhen Urban Village (Old Village) Regeneration Master Plan Outline (2005-2010) | Comprehensively maps the city’s urban village land boundaries, land scale, construction and renovation implementation, and other specific information; reasonably determines the scale of residential land reservation in urban villages and delineates comprehensive improvement zones | | |
| 2016 | The 13th Five-Year Plan for Shenzhen Urban Renewal | Focuses on solving existing projects in urban villages; strictly controls the regeneration of old urban projects; encourages low-carbon ecological renewal | |