The State Council has approved a national territorial spatial plan for Taiyuan city, the capital city of North China’s Shanxi province, for the 2021-2035 period, according to an official reply issued on Dec 18.

As per the reply, by 2035, the total area of cultivated land in Taiyuan should be no less than 1.5433 million mu, of which the protection area for permanent basic farmland should be no less than 1.0206 million mu, and the red line area for ecological protection should be no less than 1774.42 square kilometers.

Meanwhile, the urban development area should be controlled within 735.42 square kilometers, and the area of construction land per unit of GDP should be reduced by no less than 40 percent.

To support the new development pattern, the reply called upon Taiyuan to coordinately promote the high-quality development of the central region and the ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, with deep integration into the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

It should also drive the integrated development of city clusters in Shanxi's central region, the reply said.

Meanwhile, efforts will be made to accelerate the balanced development of urban functions on both sides of the Fenhe river, and strengthen the coordination and integration between cities and towns.

Taiyuan should also promote the eco-environmental protection of the Fenhe river basin and strengthen the ecological protection and restoration of the Dongshan and Xishan mountains in Taiyuan.

While ensuring the space demand of modern urban agriculture, priority will also be given to the development of scientific and technological innovation and advanced manufacturing.

In addition, the city will enhance its functions as both railway and logistic hubs with a safe, convenient, green and low-carbon comprehensive urban transport network.

A spatial system for the protection of cultural and natural heritages should also be built, with strict spatial regulation of the underground archaeological remains, according to the reply.