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Interpretation of Macro-control Effects of China’s Town and Country Planning Law: Implications for Integrated Planning Practice in Chongqing Zheng YI Chongqing Planning and Design Institute, Chongqing, China Abstract As a result of continuous revision of the City Planning Law and Regulations on the Administration of Village and Town Planning and Construction, China’s Town and Country Planning Law (hereinafter referred as CTPL) will soon be enforced after a decade of incubation. The CTPL shifts planning emphasis from technical perspectives to public policy considerations. In addition, it clarifies that panning does not only serve as a basic tool to regulate construction and development in urban and rural areas, but also take on a significant role in the fulfillment of government functions, including economic adjustment, market supervision, social management, and public service. In other words, planning of towns and countries is gaining its role as an approach for macro-control. Present macro economic control in China features two key issues, namely, land and bank credit. Understandably, most land problems are related to urban and rural development. For example, environment and resource capacity considerations often are ignored in selecting and locating industries; land development goes out of control; un-coordinated and thus often redundant construction of regional infrastructure is happening everywhere, leading to wasteful consumption of resources. The basic tools for the central government in macro-economic control comprise enforcing market order, institutional reforms, and administrative management. As an administrative measure featuring integration, co-ordination, and comprehensive adjustment, town and country planning takes a fundamental role in guiding and improving sustainability of urban and rural development. Through the guidance and control exerted on coherent configuration and effective utilization of various spatial resources, town and country planning f