These industrial land plots (aging industrial zones) in the urban core area of the city will undergo secondary development.

Implementation Plan for the Orderly Functional Transformation of Industrial Land in Wenzhou’s Urban Core Area (Draft for Public Comment) To effectively integrate urban spatial resources, promote the secondary development and utilization of existing land in aging industrial zones within the 204-square-kilometer urban core area, facilitate enterprise transformation and upgrading, and enhance the city’s appeal and vitality, this Implementation Plan is formulated in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and based on Wenzhou’s actual conditions. I. Overall Objectives Aligned with the goal of establishing Wenzhou as a pilot zone for the healthy development of both private and state-owned economies in the new era, and consistent with Wenzhou’s functional positioning as one of Zhejiang Province’s three major cities, this plan adopts an update-oriented approach centered on integrated industrial-urban development and composite land use optimization. It pursues differentiated implementation pathways, prioritizes the improvement of public infrastructure, and incorporates the preservation of industrial heritage as a necessary complement—deepening the practice of integrated industrial-urban development and composite land use to advance, in an orderly manner, the functional transformation and industrial upgrading of industrial zones in the urban core. Industrial land outside the 204-square-kilometer urban core area shall retain its industrial production function and be managed in accordance with the relevant regulations governing “industrial zoning lines.” II. Key Measures (A) Scientifically Formulating Renovation and Redevelopment Planning Schemes to Promote High-Quality Development 1. Defining the Scope of Implementation: Based on existing surveys and in full alignment with requirements related to industrial zoning lines, and following in-depth consultations with local governments, aging industrial zones slated for functional transformation have been delineated—excluding those industrial zones designated for retention or included in land-acquisition plans. See Annex 1 for details. 2. Developing Zone- or Unit-Level Redevelopment Planning Schemes: Local governments or park management committees shall take the lead in formulating such planning schemes, which must be submitted to the municipal government for approval before serving as the basis for subsequent implementation plans. In developing these schemes, due consideration should be given to the zone’s leading functional orientation; internationally and domestically proven best practices in urban renewal should be referenced; and the zone’s current development status and needs should be fully assessed. Planning efforts shall leverage existing road networks, public facilities, municipal infrastructure, and parking provisions, aiming to boost zone vitality, address deficiencies in public infrastructure, and create more high-quality public spaces—while ensuring coherence with territorial spatial planning, unit-level regulatory detailed planning, and specialized sectoral plans. 3. Formulating Implementation Plans: On the basis of zone- or unit-level redevelopment planning schemes, local governments or park management committees shall formulate corresponding implementation plans. These plans shall propose concrete recommendations regarding development sectors, scale, phasing, and implementation models for individual plots, thereby facilitating rapid advancement of redevelopment. (B) Precisely Defining Industrial Development Orientation to Guide Industrial Transformation and Upgrading 1. Uphold a development philosophy that integrates government guidance with market regulation, economic growth with environmental protection, and enterprise relocation with industrial agglomeration and upgrading—accelerating regional functional and industrial structural transformation and optimization. 2. Actively foster the establishment of high-tech, high-value-added innovative industries; encourage dominant sectors including the digital economy, artificial intelligence, scientific and technological innovation, cultural and creative industries, corporate headquarters, and other emerging industries; focus on fashion customization and green environmental protection industries; and promote industrial segmentation, cross-sector integration, and the emergence of novel industries. 3. Encourage functional conversion toward public-service-oriented tertiary industries—including elderly care, cultural education, healthcare, and sports facilities—to deliver high-quality public services to the city. 4. Reasonably allocate mass-consumption-oriented industries such as catering and hospitality, avoiding disorderly, homogenous competition.

Case analysis and extended reflections on low-efficiency land redevelopment (Part II)

The primary objective is to implement relevant requirements concerning urban village renovation, focusing on revitalizing existing land stock and addressing issues such as fragmented land-use layouts, extensive and inefficient land utilization, and irrational land-use purposes. The scope of implementation covers urban villages and aging industrial plants in both urban and rural areas, with emphasis placed on urban villages and low-efficiency industrial land. II. Key Procedures and Work Content Uphold the principle of an effective market guided by an enabling government. Insist on supplying only “clean land” (i.e., land cleared of all legal, physical, and environmental impediments). Clearly identify priority zones for low-efficiency land redevelopment and define associated spatial units and planning indicators. Encourage policy tools such as mixed-use land development, composite spatial utilization, floor-area-ratio (FAR) incentives, and cross-unit spatial coordination. Achieve financial balance through citywide and sub-regional planning coordination, as well as holistic urban interest balancing. III. Improving the Land Acquisition and Reserve Mechanism For projects primarily relying on government land acquisition and reserve, adopt the “five unifications”: unified planning, unified reservation, unified development, unified supporting infrastructure provision, and unified supply. For scattered plots unsuitable for independent development, consolidate them with adjacent industrial plots for integrated supply to support industrial enterprises’ capacity expansion and investment increases—excluding residential land for commercial sale. Specify the proportion of revenue from state-owned land to be allocated to the land reserve fund, earmarked exclusively for land reserve operations. In line with the Interim Standards for Parcel-Based Land Expropriation and Development, the proportion of infrastructure, public service facilities, and other public-interest land shall generally be no less than 40%. IV. Land and Asset Resource Supply Methods First, bundled supply of resources and assets: Integrate multiple categories of natural resource assets into bundled packages—for example, combining land sale with mining rights auctions for mineral resources, implementing them jointly and achieving overall balance. Integrated above-ground and underground development projects—such as transit-oriented development (TOD) and service-oriented development (SOD)—may be supplied as single bundled packages. Scattered low-efficiency lands—including leftover parcels, interstitial plots, and interspersed plots—may be exchanged among collectively owned construction land, state-owned construction land, or across ownership types. Second, improving land supply methods: Original land users may directly become implementing entities for low-efficiency land redevelopment by applying to change land use purpose and signing amendment agreements. Mixed-use supply across different land-use categories is permitted; explore conditions and procedures for coordinated redevelopment involving “industrial-to-industrial,” “industrial-to-commercial,” and “industrial-to-residential” conversions. Consistent with urban village renovation requirements, comprehensive evaluation-based land出让 or design-integrated land出让 may be legally implemented. Similar to the Guidance on Industrial Land Policies, permitted changes in the use of existing buildings—supporting nationally encouraged industries and sectors—may benefit from transitional policy support without changing the land user or planning conditions. Third, reasonably determining land transfer fee standards: Land transfer fees shall be set rationally, anchored to market valuation, while comprehensively accounting for land consolidation investments, the area or volume of public-interest land or floor space transferred, the cost of constructing and delivering infrastructure and public service facilities, and multi-parcel coordinated redevelopment expenses. That is, total investment in low-efficiency land redevelopment projects may include compensation for land expropriation and demolition, pre-development “seven-throughs-and-one-leveling” (i.e., seven utilities plus site grading), and costs associated with constructing and transferring public-interest facilities. V. Other Boundary Conditions Many boundary conditions governing low-efficiency land redevelopment overlap with those applicable to urban village renovation—for instance: residential land and building volumes (excluding resettlement housing) within urban village renovation sites must allocate a certain percentage for affordable housing; collective construction land may be used to build subsidized rental housing; illegal conversion of collectively owned rural land into state-owned land via “village-to-community” administrative reclassification is strictly prohibited; and land classified as construction land in both the Second and Third National Land Surveys may, provided it conforms to the approved land-use plan, proceed with formal land expropriation procedures under the current Land Administration Law, with due implementation of compensation and resettlement measures.

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