连云港是陇海铁路终端海港。为促进港口与地方发展,在港口背后新建一个城市的必要性日益凸显,连云市政筹备处因而设立。自1930年代初直到抗战胜利后连云普通市正式设立期间,民间人士、市政筹备处、日本占领当局以及连云市政府均制订了都市建设计划。这些计划的共同特点是围绕港口建设城市、港口与城市一体规划,体现了港口城市建设发展的一般规律。
Lianyungang was the terminal port of Longhai Railway. To promote the development of the port and local region,it was necessary to create a new city behind the port, which made Lianyun Municipal Preparatory Office establish. When Lianyun Normal City was finally set up, several urban construction plans were drawn up by unofficial scholars, Lianyun Municipal Preparatory Office, the Japanese occupation authorities and Lianyun City Government. The common feature of these plans made port as the core of city construction and unified planning port and city, which reflected the general law of the port city construction and development.