About

The Program on Chinese Cities (PCC), an initiative of the Center for Urban & Regional Studies and the Department of City and Regional Planning, is located on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The purpose of the program is to gain a better understanding of the impacts of rapid urbanization on China’s built and natural environments, and to explore processes to make this unprecedented growth more equitable, transparent, and socially and environmentally sustainable. PCC conducts research, training, and education to help meet China’s urgent need for state-of-the-art technical expertise, policy analysis, and applied research in all fields related to city planning and urban management. PCC collaborates with peer institutions and practitioners in China to facilitate development of research and training networks.