Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Urban and Rural Planning Law.
Article 14 The people's government of a city shall organize the preparation of the overall urban planning.
The overall urban planning of a municipality directly under the Central Government shall be submitted to the State Council for examination and approval by the people's government of the municipality directly under the Central Government. The overall planning of the city where the people's governments of provinces and autonomous regions are located and the city determined by the State Council shall be submitted to the State Council for examination and approval after being audited by the people's governments of provinces and autonomous regions. The overall planning of other cities shall be submitted by the people's government of the city to the people's government of the province or autonomous region for examination and approval.
Fifteenth county people's government organizations to prepare the overall planning of the town where the county people's government is located, and report it to the people's government at the next higher level for approval. The overall planning of other towns shall be organized by the town people's government and submitted to the people's government at the next higher level for examination and approval.