Progress of Research on Regional Exploitation and Regional Development in China

This chapter provides a comprehensive review of the progress in China's regional development and regional development research. It is divided into two stages: from the establishment of New China in 1949 to before the reform and opening-up in 1978, and from the reform and opening-up in 1978 to the present. The research mainly focuses on the evaluation and comprehensive development of regional resource conditions, the layout of productivity and integrated production areas, the strategic shift from balanced productivity layout to land development, regional policies, regional planning, land use planning, and regional economic development strategies. Looking ahead in the future, it is necessary to establish a theoretical system for regional development research based on China's national conditions and distinctive characteristics.