City and its spontaneity in the cases of Beijing

After a hundred years’ discovery, urban planning has entered into a new period which in many aspects, such as globalization, commercialization, urbanization etc., we reached to a result that haven’t expect and predict before. However, most of the experiments and efforts have been done to build a better urban life. The Chinese urban planning work started late while the cities are rapidly developing. Chinese cities, especially Beijing as a unique case, are facing huge urban issues and problems that one of which is ‘Spontaneity’. This phenomenon is bringing increasing effects on urban planning and urban life. This paper focuses on series of spontaneous experiments in Beijing, with the introduction of the Chinese urban planning procedure, to better understand how spontaneity affect Chinese urban planning work.And to make planners aware of spontaneity.