The Annual Conference of China City Planning 2016 (shortened as the Conference hereinafter) was held from Sept.24 to 27 in Shenyang.The theme of the Conference was "60 Years of Planning:Achievements and Challenges." The conference was jointly sponsored by the Urban Planning Society of China (shortened as UPSC hereinafter) and the Shenyang Municipal People's Government,co-organized by the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction of Liaoning Province,and hosted by the Planning and Land Resource Bureau of Shenyang.Experts and scholars from urban-rural planning research and practice,and related fields throughout the country participated in this academic event of the widest influence and highest authority in the field of urban-rural planning.