Study on the Planning of the Characteristic Town Which Undertakes Function Spillover of Big Cities

“Characteristic town” is one of the main national strategies to promote China's new-type urbanization and industrial transformation. It is a kind of relatively independent spatial aggregation with the development of characteristic industries as its main intention. After several years of practice and exploration, the connotation and coverage of Characteristic towns are in constant expansion. Recently, one kind of Characteristic towns situated in the suburbs which are planned to undertake the function spillover of big cities has received more and more attention. Compared with other types, the Characteristic towns which undertake function spillover of big cities can make full use of the resource radiation of the city centers, form their competitive advantage through the differentiated and complementary growth path, and form compact organization form of urban land use in their fringe areas. We take Butterfly Island Outlets Town program in Harbin New Area Sanjiawan Tourist Resort as an example, analyze the planning model of the Characteristic towns which undertake function spillover of big cities in order to provide some theoretical and empirical reference for the compact and rational development of Harbin's urban fringe areas.