the research at the center for regional and urban development studies of tsinghua university's school of public policy and management focuses on the field of urban and rural public governance. leveraging its comparative advantages in regional and urban governance, as well as territorial spatial planning and management, the center conducts in-depth scientific research, actively providing policy suggestions for the party and government, and participating in and promoting academic exchanges and collaboration with domestic and international scholarly communities. the center closely integrates talent cultivation with scientific research, vigorously advancing high-level research in china's territorial spatial planning decision-making systems, urban public governance, management of urban historical and cultural heritage, and rural planning and public governance. based on its research achievements, the center actively offers policy advice, providing references for decision-making by relevant national and local public sectors. at the same time, relying on both domestic and international academic communities, it promotes international academic exchanges.