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How Chinese cities are reusing
inefficient land

Twenty-nine case studies from the 2026 national collection on revitalizing existing and inefficiently used land — from aerospace parks on old textile sites to a soy sauce brewery that bought out its neighbours. Each case is translated in full, with its location, key figures and the land and planning tools it used.

Cases
29
Provinces
19
Themes
6
Land covered
29 km²

Geographic spread

Where the cases are located

Province-level administrative boundaries come from the site's local China boundary dataset; points show the case cities.

Points mark the city of each case, not the exact site. The boundary geometry is loaded locally; no third-party basemap tiles are used.

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Joint Redevelopment by Neighbours

Several adjacent owners merge parcels and rebuild together, sharing roads and open space.

1 case

Shengshan Town, Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang · 48.2 mu · 3.21 ha

Joint Redevelopment of the Shengshan Innovation Park, Cixi, Ningbo

宁波市胜山创新园区联合改造

Three neighbouring bicycle-parts makers merged six small industrial parcels into one, rebuilt them together as multi-storey factories and shared roads, fire lanes and green space. Lease terms were aligned to a single expiry date, and after completion each building received its own title with shared land apportioned by floor area.

Floor area ratio 0.8 → 2.72

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