What is the right order of this sentence? (JLPT N2 practice question)


From Shin Kanzen Master JLPT N2:

> 新しい店をオープンする ＿ ＿ ＿* ＿ かたまってきた。
>
> １ の ２ ようやく ３ にあたって ４ 方針が

The right answer at the starred position is 4.

One arrangement I thought might make this answer work is:

> 新しい店をオープンするにあたっての方針がようやくかたまってきた。

However, I'm not sure if 「にあたって」 can be followed immediately by 「の」. How would
this combination be interpreted then? Or maybe the right order is something
else?




So Shin Kanzen actually gave some examples of this combination (xxするに当たってのxx,
e.g. 就職するに当たっての準備), as shown in the photo. However, I asked a Japanese
teacher, and she agreed with naruto in the comments, that grammatically
speaking, it would be more correct to say xxするのに当たってxx, where "するの" would act
as a noun, similar to "すること".

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wx0ye.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wx0ye.jpg)

As of the meaning of the sentence, which I was confused about, "当たって" here
should be interpreted as "corresponding to", i.e. "the strategy regarding the
opening of new stores". Then the sentence makes sense.




So Shin Kanzen actually gave some examples of this combination (xxするに当たってのxx,
e.g. 就職するに当たっての準備), as shown in the photo. However, I asked a Japanese
teacher, and she agreed with naruto in the comments, that grammatically
speaking, it would be more correct to say xxするのに当たってxx, where "するの" would act
as a noun, similar to "すること".

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wx0ye.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wx0ye.jpg)

As of the meaning of the sentence, which I was confused about, "当たって" here
should be interpreted as "corresponding to", i.e. "the strategy regarding the
opening of new stores". Then the sentence makes sense.

