当前，我国经济已由高速增长阶段转向高质量发展阶段。2020年末，中国常住人口城镇化率已经超过60%，新型城镇化已经进入“下半场”，城镇化从速度提高转向质量提升已经成为此一时期的主旋律。十四五时期是我国全面开启建设社会主义现代化国家新征程、迈向第二个百年奋斗目标的第一个五年，同时也是推动新型城镇化实现更高质量发展的关键时期。2021年3月，十三届全国人大四次会议表决通过了国家“十四五”规划《纲要》，《纲要》提出要“坚持走中国特色新型城镇化道路，深入推进以人为核心的新型城镇化战略，以城市群、都市圈为依托促进大中小城市和小城镇协调联动、特色化发展，使更多人民群众享有更高品质的城市生活” 。

步入新发展阶段，我国城镇化将面临新形势。城镇化增速将趋于放缓，内陆地区城镇化进程加快，城市群和都市圈的地位凸显，城市智慧治理进程加速。把握新形势，面向新要求，如何激发新型城镇化新动能？当前我国正经历百年未有之大变局，推动城市群一体化发展、推进现代化都市圈建设、优化超大特大城市功能、深化县域城镇化建设、全面推进乡村振兴、深入实施区域重大战略和协调发展战略，这些议题对于从城市与区域维度加快构建双循环新发展格局、高质量推进新型城镇化战略意义重大。

第九届“21世纪城市发展”国际会议将邀请国内外规划、地理、经济、管理等多领域知名专家与学者发表学术演讲，遴选优秀论文作者宣读学术论文。我们期待各位参会者各抒己见、畅所欲言，共同推进新型城镇化与城市区域空间规划的理论与实践发展！

一、会议主题与议题

1．会议主题

新型城镇化与城市区域空间规划

2．会议议题

（1）区域城镇化格局及差异发展

（2）县域经济与县域城镇化

（3）乡村振兴与城乡融合发展

（4）城市群发展及空间规划

（5）都市圈发展及空间规划

（6）超大特大城市发展及空间品质提升

（7）长江中游城市群规划与建设

二、主办单位

中国城市规划学会

华中科技大学

三、承办单位

4118云顶集团

四、学术委员会

1．主席

      段  进   中国科学院院士，东南大学建筑学院教授

2．委员（按姓氏笔画）

方创琳，国际欧亚科学院院士、中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所研究员

叶嘉安，中国城市规划学会特邀理事，中国科学院院士，香港大学讲座教授

石 楠，中国城市规划学会常务副理事长兼秘书长，教授级高级城市规划师

邓红蒂，中国国土勘测规划院 副院长

孙斌栋，中国行政区划研究中心主任，华东师范大学城市与区域科学学院党委书记，教授

林 坚，中国城市规划学会规划实施学委会副主任委员、北京大学城市与环境学院教授

张京祥，中国城市规划学会常务理事、南京大学4118云顶集团教授

赵燕菁，中国城市规划学会副理事长，厦门大学建筑与土木工程学院、经济学院双聘教授

彭震伟，中国城市规划学会常务理事，同济大学党委副书记、教授

Ewelina Woźniak-Szpakiewicz，Cracow University of Technology，Professor，Poland

Qing Shen，University of Washington，Professor，USA

Steffen Nijhuis，University of Delft，Associate Professor，NL

Zhongren Peng，University of Florida， Professor，USA

五、组织委员会

1．主席

石  楠  中国城市规划学会常务副理事长兼秘书长，教授级高级城市规划师

黄亚平  中国城市规划学会理事，4118云顶集团院长，教授

2．执行主席

彭  翀  4118云顶集团副书记兼副院长，教授

3．执行副主席兼秘书长

刘合林  华中科技大学4118云顶集团，教授

4．委员

  钱  思  李晓峰  谭刚毅  蔡新元  何立群  万艳华  李义纯  宋明磊 杨 柳  耿  虹  洪亮平  何  依  陈锦富  任绍斌  郭  亮  王智勇  赵丽元  贺  慧

六、主要议程

本次会议采取线上、线下相结合的方式进行组织。

1.大会特邀报告（10月16日全天）

邀请知名专家作大会特邀报告。

2. 圆桌论坛：长江中游城市区域空间发展与规划（10月17日上午）

10-15名专家现场讨论。

3．分会场报告（10月17日上午）

计划3个分会场，每个会场7-8个报告。

七、重要日期

八、论文征集与评选

欢迎有关各方专家、学者、政府管理人员，围绕会议议题撰写论文；同时欢迎在校学生积极参与。会议学术委员会将对提交的论文进行评选，入选论文将结集出版，优秀论文同时在分会场进行分享交流。

论文需要使用在Windows系统下的Word撰写，论文的排版格式请严格按照附件的示例word格式进行安排。在论文中，作者需要提供论文题目、作者姓名和工作/学习单位、通讯地址、联系电话、email等）等信息。

论文请提交至：21ccity@mail.hust.edu.cn.

九、注册费用

国内线下参会人员800元（人民币）/人，学生（全日制）300元（人民币）/人。注册费用缴费方式将在二号通知中另行通知。注册费用主要为会议资料费，住宿和交通费用自理。

十、会议地点

中国  武汉  华中科技大学

十一、联系方式

联系人： 张雪老师，027-87557134

地址：4118云顶集团，湖北省武汉市洪山区珞喻路1037号，中国，430074

传真：027-87557134

电子邮件：21ccity@mail.hust.edu.cn

The 9^th “21^st century urban development” international conference

Conference theme: New urbanization & city-region spatial planning

After forty years of fast development, China’s economy has now shifted from the speed-prioritized model to the quality-prioritized model. At the end of 2020, China’s urbanization rate based upon permanent urban residence population has exceeded 60% which implies that China’s new urbanization has entered the "second half" of its urbanization process. It is clear that at this stage, quality improvement rather than speed acceleration of urbanization is the main theme of this period. The 14th Five-Year Plan period is the first five years during which China will embark on a new journey toward building a modern socialist country and march toward the second centenary goal as has been proposed since the beginning of China’s reform and opening up. It is also a critical period for China to pursue new urbanization with the aim to achieve higher-quality development. In March 2021, the Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress voted and approved the "Outline" of China’s "14th Five-Year Plan". The "Outline" proposes to "persist in taking the road of new urbanization with Chinese characteristics, pursuing in-depth advancement of people-oriented new urbanization, and harnessing the potential of urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas to facilitate coordinated development of large, medium and small cities and towns, so that more people can enjoy a higher quality of urban life”.

At this new stage, China’s urbanization will show new features and face new challenges as well. The overall urbanization speed will tend to slow down while urbanization in China’s inland areas will accelerate; urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas will play a more prominent role, and smart governance will be widely accelerated. Facing these new development trends and the corresponding new commanding requirements, how can we arouse the underlying potential of new urbanization? Currently the world is undergoing great changes unseen in a century. Therefore, to promote the integrated development of urban agglomerations, to advance the high-quality development of modern metropolitan areas, to optimize the functions of super-large cities, to further the urbanization of counties, to strive for comprehensive rural revitalization, and to pursue in-depth implementation of major regional strategies and coordinated development are of great significance for China’s initiative to accelerate the establishment of a new dual-cycle development pattern and the promotion of high-quality new urbanization strategies.

The 9th “21st century urban development” international conference will invite well-known experts and scholars in the fields of planning, geography, economics, and management across the globe to deliver academic speeches, and invite authors to present their conference papers peer-reviewed and rated as high quality by the conference committee. We look forward to all the participants expressing their insightful arguments and speeches, so that we can jointly promote the development of the theory and practice of new urbanization and city-region spatial planning.

1 Conference theme and topics

(1) Main theme

New urbanization & city-region spatial planning

(2) Sub-topics:

The conference will focus on the following sub-topics but not limited to:

l Regional urbanization pattern and localized development

l County economy and county urbanization

l Rural revitalization and urban-rural integration development

l Urban agglomeration development and spatial planning

l Metropolitan area development and spatial planning

l Super-large/large city development and betterment of spatial quality

l Planning and construction of the Triangle of Central China

2 Organiser

Urban Planning Society of China

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

3 Hosting Organiser

School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

4 Academic committee

(1) Chair:

Duan Jin, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor of School of Architecture, Southeast University

(2) Academic committee member (Ordered by Chinese surname):

Fang Chuanglin, Academician of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, Senior researcher of Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Anthony Gar-On Yeh, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor of the University of Hong Kong

Shi Nan, Vice President of Urban Planning Society of China, Professor-level Senior Urban Planner

Deng Hongdi, Deputy Dean, China Land Survey and Planning Institue

Sun Bindong, Director of the China Administrative Division Research Center, Secretary of the Party Committee and Professor of the School of Urban and Regional Sciences, East China Normal University

Lin Jian, Vice Chairman of the Planning Implementation Committee of the Urban Planning Society of China, Professor of the School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University

Zhang Jingxiang, Executive Director the Urban Planning Society of China, Professor of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University

Zhao Yanjing, Vice Chairman of the Urban Planning Society of China, Professor of the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, and professor of the School of Economics, Xiamen University

Peng Zhenwei, Executive Director of the Urban Planning Society of China, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Professor of Tongji University

Ewelina Woźniak-Szpakiewicz, Cracow University of Technology，Professor，Poland

Qing Shen, University of Washington, Professor, USA

Steffen Nijhuis, University of Delft，Associate Professor，NL

Zhongren Peng, University of Florida， Professor，USA

5 Organisation committee

(1) Chair:

Shi Nan, Vice President of Urban Planning Society of China, Professor-level Senior Urban Planner

Huang Yaping, Dean, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Professor

(2) Executive chair:

Peng Chong, Deputy secretary and deputy dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Professor

(3) Deputy executive chair and secretary-general:

Liu Helin, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Professor

(4) Committee Member:

Qian Si, Li Xiaofeng, Tan Gangyi, Cai Xinyuan, He Liqun, Wan Yanhua, Li Yichun, Song Minglei, Yang Liu, Geng Hong, Hong Liangping, He Yi, Chen Jinfu, Ren Shaobin, Guo Liang, Wang Zhiyong, Zhao Liyuan, He Hui

6 Brief Conference Schedule

This conference will be organized by both online and offline ways.

(1) Invited speeches in the main session (16 Oct. 2021)

Presentations by invited distinguished guests.

(2) Presentation in the branch sessions (Morning on 17 Oct. 2021)

Three branch sessions with each having 7-8 presentations.

(3) Roundtable: City-region development and planning in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River (Morning on 17 Oct. 2021)

The 10-15 invited experts are expected to discuss the topic.

7 Important timeline

8 Conference paper submission

The conference warmly welcomes paper contribution from scholars, experts and government administrative staff et al. Papers by students from universities are also greatly encouraged. All the submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by the academic committee and those accepted papers will be published as conference proceedings. Authors with papers rated as excellence will be invited to present their work on the conference. Papers should be in a Word document suitable for Windows PC, submitted in electronic form, and submitted to: 21ccity@mail.hust.edu.cn. Please follow the paper format as illustrated by the word file attached strictly.

The paper must include:

The title of the paper, the name of the author

Author's contact information (university, department, full address, telephone, fax and email)

9 Registration fee

For offline participants from China, the fee is 800 Yuan/person, and for students (full-time) the fee is 300 Yuan/person.The way of how to pay the conference fee will be announced soon in the second round of conference notice.

Registration fee is for conference reports and refreshments only. The registration fee does not cover costs of travelling and accommodation.

10 Conference location

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

11 Contact information

Contact: Zhang Xue

Address: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037, Yuyu Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, China

China, 430074

Phone: +86-27-87557134,

Fax: +86-27-87557134

Email: 21ccity@mail.hust.edu.cn