Contents Foreword 129 Public Participation in Local Decision-Making — A Commentary Rudolf Traub-Merz 131 Public Participation Procedures in Germany: An Overview Hans-Liudger Dienel 139 The Conduct of Local Legislative Hearings in Shanghai Rui Yan 154 Citizens' Juries and Planning Cells: Deliberative Democratic Processes for Consultation on Con!ictual Problems Hans-Liudger Dienel 159 Public Participation in Urban Planning and Urban Development in Germany Frank Jost 180 Public Participation in Pudong Local Planning: Procedure and Practice Xuan Liu 201 Public Participation in Decision-making: Transport Administration and Bus Line Planning Rong Hu 207 The Legal Position of Public Participation in City Planning — A Commentary on the Three Cases from the Seminar Mang Zhu 214 Participatory Budgeting in Europe — An Inspiration for China? Yves Sintomer Carsten Herzberg Anja Röcke 224 001