Urban Planning Act. Country/Territory China Territorial subdivision Taiwan Document type Legislation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Land-use planning Urban land Classification/declassification Public land Right of use Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Geographical area Asia, Eastern Asia Entry into force notes The Law has come into force on 26 January 2000. Abstract The Act is formulated in order to improve the living environment for the inhabitant, and to promote a planned and equal development between cities, towns and the rural area. The Ministry of Internal Affair is authorized to deal with urban planning. The Act consists of 87 articles and divided into 8 Chapters. Article 7 defines the terminologies such as general planning, specific planning, priority developing area, etc. Chapter 2 provides for the contents of urban plan, the procedure of amending a Full text Chinese