Abstract：As a sub-center city in the Yangtze River Delta region, Hefei has addressed the fragmented governance challenges of
mega and super-cities through its “integrated planning-construction-governance” reform. By establishing the Municipal
Planning Committee to enhance top-level design and municipal coordination, the city has developed a governance
paradigm of “strategic coordination-professional empowerment-collaborative governance”. This approach reinforces
the core role of administrative expertise, systematically upgrades citywide coordination mechanisms, and achieves dual
improvements in governance efficiency and urban quality. This paper examines Hefei’s innovative urban governance
practice. The practice demonstrates that this model, centered on systematic governance and collaborative innovation,
reveals a viable pathway for mega-cities to transition from scale expansion to high-quality development, offering an
“institutional solution” for Chinese-style modern urban governance.
