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City Planning Law of the Peoples Republic of China Article 1 This Law is formulated to determine the size of a city, define the orientation of its development, realize the goals of its economic and social development, and map out its plan and carry out its construction on a rational basis in order to meet the needs in socialist modernization. Article 2 This Law shall be observed when the plan for a city is being formulated or implemented, or when construction is being carried out within a planned urban area. Article 3 The term “ city ” used in this Law applies to a municipality directly under the Central Government, a city or a town established as one of the administrative divisions of the state. The term a planned urban area used in this Law applies to an urban district, an inner suburban district or an area needed for urban development and construction as one of the administrative divisions of a city. The scope of a planned urban area shall be determined by the peoples government of a city, while compiling a comprehensive plan for the city. Article 4 The state shall guide itself by the principle of strictly controlling the size of large cities and developing medium-sized and small cities to an appropriate extent in the interest of a rational distribution of productive forces and of the population. A large city means one which has a non-agricultural population of 500, 000 or more in its urban and inner suburban districts. A medium-sized city means one which has a non-agricultural population of over 200,000 but less than 500,000 in its urban and inner suburban districts. A small city means one which has a non-agricultural population of less than 200,000 in its urban and inner suburban districts. Article 5 City planning must suit the specific conditions of our country and embody a correct handling of the relationship between short-term and long-term development. The principle of usefulness and economy of building the country through thrift