Under the profound advancement of ecological civilization construction and high-quality development strategies, territorial spatial planning, as a core instrument of China's spatial governance system, has seen continuously strengthened demands for "whole-life cycle" management. National policy documents explicitly require the establishment of an integrated "sky-ground-space-network" monitoring system to enhance closed-loop management across the entire chain of planning implementation. In this context, monitoring the implementation of territorial spatial planning has become a critical tool for coordinating development and security, balancing conservation and exploitation, and a key guarantee for translating the vision of "multi-plan integration" from blueprint to reality. However, challenges persist in theoretical frameworks, technical pathways, and institutional coordination. To address these, we invite interdisciplinary experts from academia and industry in spatial planning, land management, geomatics, to exchange insights on the theoretical foundations, content frameworks, methodological innovations, and institutional mechanisms of monitoring territorial spatial planning implementation. Synthesizing expert viewpoints reveals the following priorities: (1) Refining indicator-driven system to ensure effective transmission and dynamic feedback of planning objectives. (2) Leveraging AI and digital twins to empower digital governance while balancing technical rationality with human-centric values. (3) Strengthening institutional synergy to transform monitoring outcomes into actionable spatial governance policies. Overall, monitoring territorial spatial planning implementation is a systemic endeavor. Future efforts must deepen cross-disciplinary collaboration, explore monitoring-response mechanisms for emerging challenges like climate change and urban-rural integration, and advance the modernization of territorial spatial governance capabilities.
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