Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Highway Law.
Twelfth highway planning should be based on the needs of national economic and social development and national defense construction, and coordinated with urban construction and development planning and other forms of transportation development planning.
Article 14 The national highway planning shall be worked out by the transportation department of the State Council in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council in consultation with the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government along the national highway and submitted to the State Council for approval.
Provincial highway planning shall be compiled by the transportation departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the relevant departments at the same level and soliciting the opinions of the people's governments at the next lower level along the provincial highway, and submitted to the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for approval, and reported to the transportation departments of the State Council for the record.
County road planning shall be compiled by the transportation department of the people's government at the county level in conjunction with the relevant departments at the same level, and shall be submitted to the people's government at the next higher level for approval after being audited by the people's government at the same level.
Township road planning shall be prepared by the transportation department of the people's government at the county level with the assistance of the people's governments of townships, nationality townships and towns and submitted to the people's government at the county level for approval.
The planning of county roads and township roads approved in accordance with the provisions of the third and fourth paragraphs shall be reported to the transportation department of the people's government at the next higher level with the right of approval for the record.
Provincial highway planning should be coordinated with national highway planning. County road planning should be coordinated with provincial road planning. Township road planning should be coordinated with county road planning.