This Act is enacted to develop new towns, promote the balance between regions and the healthy development of cities, induce the reasonable distribution of population and industrial activities, and improve the inhabitancy and living environment.
For any affairs other than prescribed in this Act, other related laws shall apply.

The authority of this Act is the Ministry of the Interior at the central level, municipal governments at the municipal level, and county (city) governments at the county (city) level.

The “new town” mentioned in this Act refers to the new city in special areas that are allocated according to this Act for planning, development and construction, and have complete city functions enough for growth.