The Lincoln Institute’s Program on the People’s Republic of China was initiated in 2003. In 2007, the Institute and Peking University jointly established the Peking University—Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy (PLC) in Beijing. The PLC not only executes the activities of the China Program of the Lincoln Institute, but also carries out policy studies entrusted by the central and local governments of China. The activities of the PLC are carried out by the PLC staff and a large network of international and Chinese experts specializing in the areas of land policy, property taxation, municipal finance, urban planning, housing policy, and environmental and conservation policy.