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Sichuan's Planning Document Library: A Founder's Guide to What the Province Publishes
A practical walkthrough of the Sichuan provincial government's public planning disclosure page, showing foreign founders which plans exist, how they are organized, and how to use them when registering or operating a company in Sichuan.
What This Page Actually Is
The Sichuan Provincial People's Government maintains a public information disclosure section for government information, and within it a dedicated listing of policies, regulations, and administrative normative documents. For a foreign founder, the most useful part of this page is not a single document but the catalogue itself: it shows which provincial plans exist, when they were issued, and how they are grouped. That structure tells you where to look before you commit capital, sign a lease, or choose a site.
The page is a directory, not an analysis. It lists titles and publication dates. It does not summarize contents, and it does not offer investor guidance. Treat it as an index to the underlying documents, which you should read in full or have reviewed locally.
How the Catalogue Is Organized
The listing is sorted into several thematic blocks, each with a heading and a chronological list beneath it. Understanding these blocks is the fastest way to find the plan that affects your business.
Overall economic and social development plans
This block carries the province's five-year economic and social development outlines. The page lists the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan outline dated 13 April 2026, the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan and 2035 long-range objectives outline dated 17 March 2021, and earlier outlines for the Thirteenth (15 February 2016) and Twelfth (28 January 2011) plan periods. A founder can use this sequence to see how provincial priorities have been framed over time.
Spatial planning documents
A second block covers territorial and spatial planning. Entries include the Sichuan Tianfu New Area territorial spatial plan for 2021–2035 (31 December 2025), a notice from the provincial Department of Natural Resources issuing five special plans including the Chengdu Plain Economic Zone territorial spatial plan for 2021–2035 (4 November 2024), the provincial territorial spatial plan for 2021–2035 (11 April 2024), the Anning River Basin territorial spatial plan for 2022–2035 (22 November 2022), and the provincial territorial spatial ecological restoration plan for 2021–2035 (8 July 2022). Older entries include the provincial main functional zone plan (16 April 2013) and land use master plans for 2006–2020 (23 February 2010) and 1997–2010 (15 November 1999).
Regional and metropolitan integration plans
A third block addresses cross-city coordination. It lists the Chengdu metropolitan area integration development plan for the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan period (9 September 2026), the Chengdu metropolitan area development plan (29 November 2021), and the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle construction plan outline issued by the Central Committee and the State Council (21 October 2021). It also lists Fourteenth Five-Year Plan integration and development plans for the Chengdu Plain Economic Zone, the northwest Sichuan ecological demonstration zone, the Panxi economic zone, the southern Sichuan economic zone, and the northeast Sichuan economic zone, all dated 9 June 2021, plus a Thirteenth Five-Year Plan notice covering five regional plans (25 January 2019) and a northwest Sichuan ecological economic zone plan (2 September 2016).
Sectoral plans and government approvals
A fourth block mixes sector plans with formal government replies approving them. Entries dated 9 October 2026 include the provincial government's approval of the water security safeguard plan and of the public services plan for the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan period, alongside the Beautiful Sichuan construction plan. Nearby entries cover approval of the traditional Chinese medicine development plan (8 October 2026), the persons with disabilities protection and development plan (21 September 2026), approval of the sports development plan (21 September 2026), the natural resources protection and utilization plan (17 September 2026), the health development plan (11 September 2026), the geological disaster prevention plan (11 September 2026), and approval of the market regulation modernization plan (11 September 2026).
Housing, urban-rural development, and heritage protection
A fifth block begins with the high-quality development plan for housing and urban-rural construction (31 August 2026), followed by a series of approvals for heritage and scenic area plans. These include approvals for the Luzhou historic and cultural city protection plan for 2025–2035 (5 August 2026), the Mianzhu historic city plan for 2023–2035 (29 July 2026), plans for six historic towns and villages including Enyang in Bazhong's Enyang District for 2024–2035 (12 July 2026), the Mengding Mountain scenic area master plan for 2025–2035 (22 June 2026), the Banyueshan cliff carvings protection plan (24 May 2026), the Laojun Mountain scenic area master plan for 2025–2035 (20 May 2026), five historic town plans including Aiyue in Zigong for 2025–2035 (6 May 2026), and the Jiange historic city plan and Tongjiang historic city plan, both for 2024–2035 and both dated 24 April 2026.
Why This Matters for Registration and Operations
Foreign founders often ask which local rules apply to a new entity. This page does not answer that directly, but it shows the layers that do: provincial five-year outlines set direction, spatial plans constrain where activities can occur, regional integration plans affect cross-city operations, and sectoral plans signal where provincial agencies are concentrating attention. Approvals of heritage and scenic area plans are relevant if your site, factory, or project sits near protected zones.
- Check the plan period. Entries span 1999 through 2026. Confirm whether a document is current before relying on it.
- Note the issuing body. Some entries are provincial government documents; others are departmental notices or formal replies to plans.
- Match the geography. The page also links to city and prefecture pages for Chengdu, Zigong, Panzhihua, Luzhou, Deyang, Mianyang, Guangyuan, Suining, Neijiang, Leshan, Nanchong, Yibin, Guang'an, Dazhou, Bazhong, Ya'an, Meishan, Ziyang, Aba, Garze, and Liangshan.
- Use dates as a research trail. Publication dates help you trace when a policy framework changed.
Practical Next Steps
Start with the provincial five-year outline for the current period, then narrow to the spatial plan covering your intended location, then to any sector plan tied to your activity. Where the page lists only an approval rather than the plan text, follow the linked document. Verify currency, because the catalogue includes superseded plans from earlier plan periods.
This summary is based on information published by the relevant Chinese government website and is general information, not legal or tax advice.