1960s

Unstable economy

Territorial Plan Law enacted

Modernisation of industrial structure

1970s

Changed industrial structure, increased economic efficiency, social disparities

1st CNLP

Efficient use of national territory, environment conservation and control of population concentration

1980s

Economic growth, population concentration in large cities, unplanned development

2nd CNLP

Expanding development,

possibility, dispersing population,

environment conservation

1990s

Imbalanced territory, polluted environment, insufficient infrastructure

3rd CNLP

Suppressing the capital region, reducing regional disparities, expanding infrastructure

2000s

Era of knowledge/information/global competitiveness, localisation, energy/resource crisis

4th CNLP, 1st five-year Balanced Development Plan

Responding to to globalisation and localisation, sustainable national territory