| planning | economic and social development planning | main functional zone planning | land-use planning | rural and urban planning | environment planning |
| department | development and reformed partments | development and reformed partments | land and resourcesde partments | urban and rural planning departments | environmental protection departments |
| category | economic planning | spatialplanning | spatialplanning | spatialplanning | spatialplanning |
| planning basis | the upper level planning | the upper level planning | economic and social development planning and the upper level planning | economic and social development planning and the upper level planning | economic and social development planning and the upper level planning |
| approving authority | people’s congresses | the State Council or provincial government | the State Council or authorized government | the State Council or superior government | same-level government |
| implement-ation | guidance | guidance | discipline | discipline | discipline |