Abstract: A planning system is one of the necessary policy tools for construction and management of national parks, and should be regarded as an important part of establishing the national park system with Chinese characteristics. In order to build a unified, standardized and efficient national park system with Chinese characteristics, according to China's national conditions and management needs, combined with domestic and foreign experience, the national park planning system is designed as two sequences and four levels. One sequence is of macro level, including national development planning and special planning, which is the top design of national park strategy; the other sequence is at the level of the entity national park, which is composed of master planning, special planning, management planning and annual implementation planning. The role of planning at all levels is equally important. By discussing the functions, objectives, tasks and organic relation of planning at each level, this paper puts forward the core factors and key points to be considered, and suggests that planning should be the core of adaptive management of national parks. Based on the above conclusions, proposals on management are put forward to improve the management level of national parks, so as to promote the planning system of national parks in China.