Changes and Stability:Policy Evolution of the Rural Development Permit System
The rural planning permit system has played an important role in manag-ing rural development.However,many management challenges remain.Employing the theory of punctuated equilibrium and the method of content analysis of policy documents released since China's reform and opening up,this paper traces the policy evolution of the rural planning permit system.Under the interactive influences of policy outlook and policy fields,the rural planning permit system has undergone stages of simplified management,standardized management,and comprehensive spa-tial control.The reform of China's planning system toward multiple plan integration in the areas of administrative structure and implementation mechanism has mitigated the contradictions in planning and management practices in the short term;however,it has yet to address the fundamental challenge of power separation in spatial gover-nance.The dual problems in the structure and mechanism of the spatial governance system have jointly led to policy implementation issues in the rural planning permit system.Finally,the paper proposes ways to optimize the rural planning permit sys-tem at both central and local management levels,including strengthening cooperation between administrative departments,establishing a full life cycle spatial control mechanism,and reinforcing the political and the legal aspects of the system.
rural development permit systemterritorial space use regulationspolicy evolutionmultiple plan integrationpunctuated equilibrium theory
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