Efficient land use control is one of the core tasks in balancing protection and development of spatial resources under the requirement of sustainable spatial development and construction of ecological civilization.However,there is still a lack of clear standards of zoning control and quantitative index,as well as related discussion concerning potential planning tools in the practice of spatial and territorial planning in China.Based on the concept of sustainable land use development,which is comparable with the ecological civilization goal of spatial and territorial planning,the Built-up Areas and Transportation Land (SuV) indicator and other planning methods have been developed in Germany since 2002.This paper first explains the formation and application of sustainable development concept in German policies,based on which the implementation barriers and results of SuV are discussed.Then,other tools like legislation,project promotion,funds and space monitoring,etc.,through all German administration levels are summarized to suggest that certain new practice,like in?ll development and comprehensive market-oriented cooperation,may play crucial roles in land use management in spatial and territorial planning in China.