Chinese coastal regional planning refers to the regional planning of land or sea administrated by 14 Chinese coastal provinces covering wider than city planning but less than territorial planning，across province or city boundary. Ever since the early time of PRC，regional planning is not an independent planning type，but combines tightly with industrial planning，territorial planning and city planning. Until the 10th Five Years Plan，Chinese government started to focus more on regional planning. The development of Chinese coastal regional planning could be divided into 4 eras：Industrial planning era（1949-1978），territorial planning era（1978-1989），city planning era（1989-2006）and regional planning era（2006- ）. Nowadays，Chinese coastal area has brought up three regional cores of Bohai Rim，Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta，which offers solid support for the cooperation of surrounding provinces，cities and districts. The general development trend of Chinese coastal regional planning could be summarized as four aspects：the planning system is more completed，regional coordination is more necessary，regional integration is more certainly，and the overheat risk calls for more attention.