指导和规范生态县、生态市、生态省建设规划的编制，研究制定了本导则。导则明确指出生态省、生态市、生态县建设的实质是可持续发展能力建设，主要内容包括生态经济、生态环境、生态社会和生态文化四个方面。导则在阐述建设规划的内涵、意义和要求的基础上，提出了规划必须包括的内容以及规划编制的程序、方法、手段和审批程序。导则适用于全国各地生态县、生态市、生态省建设规划的编制，同时供审查规划和检查、考核建设成效时使用。

The purpose of studying and establishing the regulations is to instruct and standardize the establishment of construction planning of eco-county, eco-city and eco-province. The regulations definitely point out that the essential of eco-county, eco-city and eco-province construction is the capacity construction of sustainable development. The main content includes four aspects： eco-economy, eco-environment, eco-society and eco-culture. Based on expatiating the meaning, significance and requirement of construction planning, the regulations put forward the contents of planning and the procedure, method, means and approval procedure of planning establishment. The regulations can be applied to instructing the establishment of construction planning of eco-county, eco-municipality and eco-province in China. Also the regulations can provide help for censoring construction planning and for examining and assessing construction efficiency.