In the context of the spatial planning system reform in China, this article studies the impact of the new unified national territory spatial planning system on the planning profession and the planning education, examining the new knowledge and skills required by the system for the urban and rural planning professionals, and the correlation of the urban and rural planning discipline to the national territory spatial planning. It further explores how the urban and rural planning education should conform to the requirements of the new system and practice, reforming its educational system for the cultivation of high-level spatial planning professionals who can better meet the needs of social development.