{"id":732,"date":"2016-09-22T09:14:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T01:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plpr2017.arch.hku.hk\/?p=732"},"modified":"2016-09-22T09:15:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T01:15:23","slug":"special-session-an-emerging-agenda-of-planning-law-and-property-rights-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plpr2017.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/09\/22\/special-session-an-emerging-agenda-of-planning-law-and-property-rights-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Session: An Emerging Agenda of Planning, Law, and Property Rights in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Session Chair:<\/strong> Dr. Zhi Liu, Director, Peking University\u2014Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, Beijing, China<\/p>\n

The primary purpose of the proposed special session is to promote the academic debate and professional awareness on the emerging issues of planning, law and property rights (PLPR) in China. Strengthening private property rights both in urban and rural areas is one of the key actions in the current round of comprehensive policy reform. However, the Chinese planning profession is not well equipped with the knowledge of PLPR. On the other hand, the international academic community is increasingly interested in the PLPR issues in China. In this context, the session is designed to discuss the property rights issues that are emerging from the spatial planning, land use practices, and real estate development in China, to introduce relevant international experiences, and to explore the ways forward in addressing China\u2019s property rights issues in planning, land use, and real estate development.<\/p>\n

The Peking University\u2014Lincoln Institute Centre for Urban Development and Land Policy (PLC), a co-sponsor of the 2017 Annual Conference of PLPR in Hong Kong, has led and supported PLPR research in China over the last two years.\u00a0 The proposed session is intended to share the findings of several studies conducted by scholars funded by the PLC and Lincoln Institute. The presentations will mainly cover the following topics:<\/p>\n