Haizhu Eco-City creates a “model” for new urbanization

What is new urbanization? Yao Yisheng, secretary of the Haizhu District Party Committee and director of the Standing Committee of the District People's Congress, gave a vivid metaphor: "New urbanization is to allow people living in the city to be awakened by birds in the morning and count stars at night." The 10th Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee The Second Plenary Session proposed that Haizhu Eco-City should be built into an ecological city demonstration area with Lingnan water town characteristics and a model area for building Huacheng Water City Green City. This year, the 10,000-acre orchard in the "core area" of Haizhu Eco-City will be built into a wetland park through overall land acquisition; within 5 years, Haizhu Eco-City, a model for Guangzhou's new urbanization, will begin to take shape.

Haizhu Eco-City Blueprint Drawn

“Strive to build the basic framework of Haizhu Eco-City in about 5 years!” At the Second Plenary Session of the 10th Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee held in February this year At the conference, participants noticed a new highlight - Haizhu Eco-City. In the report of this meeting, Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee Secretary Wan Qingliang spent an entire paragraph describing the blueprint for the future "Haizhu Eco-City" - focusing on building an ecological city demonstration area with Lingnan water town characteristics and building a model area for Huacheng Water City Green City. , drawing on the advanced concepts of world ecological cities, integrating Haizhu District’s existing 10,000-acre orchards, Haizhu Lake, the southern section of the new city central axis, Pazhou area, Huangpu Ancient Village and other functional areas, and planning and construction of conference and exhibition business, headquarters economy, and garden landscapes Haizhu Eco-city integrates functions such as culture, creativity, livability and leisure.

In the planning drawings, Haizhu Eco-City is mainly located in the Haizhu District area east of Guangzhou Avenue, accounting for about half of Haizhu District. In today's Guangzhou, perhaps no sector has such superior resource advantages, industrial advantages and spatial advantages as Haizhu Eco-City.

Here, gardens, forests, lakes, rivers, and cities are integrated into one. Thousands of acres of orchards, Haizhu Lake, the Pearl River and large and small rivers passing through the city provide natural resources for "beautiful urban and rural areas". Note; here, the exhibition economy with the Pazhou Complex as the carrier has formed a strong cohesion core of the high-end service industry; here, many industrial plants have been transformed into creative industrial parks, freeing up 1.36 million square meters of development land. The original heavy The burden is gradually turning into the advantage of being a latecomer.

Some planning experts pointed out that Haizhu Eco-City will be another key strategic area that Guangzhou strives to build on the new urbanization development path, following the Sino-Singapore Knowledge City and Nansha New City. It will become a hub for economic development and It is a major display platform where ecological protection complements each other and traditional culture and fashion creativity are perfectly integrated.

“Six Ones” bring out the Eco-City

The strategic thinking of building the “Haizhu Eco-City” can be summarized by the “Six Ones”: one pavilion drives one island, one tower Drive an axis, a lake drives a park, a village drives a whole, a factory drives a whole, and a link is driven along the way.

Use the Pazhou Exhibition Hall to drive the development of the entire Haizhu Island service industry and headquarters economy; use the Canton Tower to "light up" the southern section of Guangzhou's new central axis; use Haizhu Lake to promote the upgrading and protection of the entire 10,000-acre orchard; Huangpu New models for the transformation of urban villages such as Village and Xiaozhou Village have driven the integrated development of urban and rural areas; the successful examples of transformation of old factories such as T.I.T and Taikoo Cang have promoted the promotion of industries and improved the surrounding environment; through the construction of ring-island roads, the traffic and landscape around the island have been promoted , Functions are greatly improved.

The four keywords of "International Exhibition City, Green Heart of Guangzhou, Cultural District, and Happy Haizhu" point out the development direction of Haizhu District in the next five years. Haizhu, a beautiful island district, will usher in a new era. A gorgeous turn: Relying on the Pazhou International Business Exhibition Area, the headquarters gathering function will be further improved and a world-class high-end service industry gathering area will be built; the construction of science and technology parks such as Pazhou, Dunhe, and Daganwei will be strengthened to build a "smart city"; the development and Protect the "Green Heart of Guangzhou" 10,000 acres of orchards and build Haizhu into the "central garden" of Guangzhou; polish Haizhu's cultural business card and create a national public cultural service system demonstration area.

Last year, Pazhou was identified as the focus of Guangzhou’s urban construction and development in the next ten years. The Pazhou area has become a powerful driving force for Haizhu District to take a new urbanization development path. In the future, Pazhou’s goal is to become the gateway to Guangzhou’s “International Business and Trade Center” and create an international exhibition capital. According to the plan, the Pazhou area will accommodate 6 five-star hotels and more than 30 office buildings with more than 22 floors.

At present, multiple headquarters projects in the Pazhou area have been completed or are undergoing international bidding for design plans, and construction has started one after another. Haizhu District will actively seek the support of the city and accelerate preparations for the establishment of the Pazhou Convention and Exhibition Headquarters Functional Zone Management Committee.

It is understood that this year the "Haizhu Eco-City" will focus on completing the overall planning work, and will promptly promote the construction of key road networks such as the east extension of Nanzhou North Road and Huandao Road, striving to build the Haizhu Eco-City within 5 years. The basic framework of the city.

Urban construction ushered in a "butterfly change"

The past five years have seen a major change in the appearance of Haizhu District. Haizhu District has transformed from an old city with factories and urban villages into a new central area with a beautiful environment, livable and suitable for business. In the next five years, the basic framework of Haizhu Eco-City will be completed, which will inevitably bring about a major upgrade of the urban environment. A series of urban construction highlights are emerging.

Huangpu Village and Xiaozhou Village have become “Haizhu’s business cards” through upgrading and transformation. In recent years, Haizhu District has implemented selective protection, development and decontamination of Huangpu Ancient Village, "the first village in Guangdong". The transformed Huangpu Ancient Village has become a model of the comprehensive improvement model of urban villages. Ancient buildings have been repaired and protected, municipal facilities have been upgraded, and tourism The economy has been developed, and the collective economic strength and the village's sustainable development capabilities have been enhanced. Xiaozhou Village, which has the characteristics of a Lingnan water town, has been comprehensively renovated and promoted the development of the local economy while protecting the ecological environment. It has attracted many cultural celebrities and artistic masters to live or open studios here, forming a well-known "art village". There are more than 60 various studios in the village, which has become an Eden for artists.

Currently, Haizhu District is accelerating the upgrading of the green landscape of the second phase of Huangpu Ancient Village and the comprehensive improvement of Nancheng River. It is also doing a good job in laying out commercial and tourist supporting facilities in Huangpu Village, guiding specialty catering and business enterprises to move in, and creating a Lingnan A cultural gathering place, a place for display and a place for experience.

The 42.2-kilometer Ring Island Road will also be one of the biggest highlights of the future "Haizhu Eco-City". It is like a pearl necklace, connecting the river coastlines of Haizhu District into one, creating a golden coastline of the Pearl River back channel. . In the future, Huandao Road will become a landmark road integrating transportation, landscape, leisure and sightseeing functions. Through the development of island tour routes and striving to hold island marathon or cycling events, it will become Guangzhou's new business card.

It is understood that 16 kilometers of Huandao Road have been completed; 12.2 kilometers of road section are under construction, and we strive to complete construction in 2012; 14 kilometers of unconstructed road sections. This year, the construction of the section from Shadu Road to Shigang on Huandao Road will be promoted. Port facilities such as a yacht club and a water bus terminal are planned to be added along the route, as well as square nodes such as water-friendly platforms, water curtains, and sculptures. Core

"Guangzhou Green Heart" carries the new urbanization concept

The protection and construction of ten thousand acres of orchard wetlands is the "highest priority"

The core of the construction of "Haizhu Eco-City" It is the protection and construction of ten thousand acres of orchard wetlands. This "green heart of Guangzhou" with its crisscrossing rivers, small bridges and flowing water, and the fragrance of fruits is extremely precious in the midst of high-density urban construction. On March 16 this year, the State Council and the Ministry of Land and Resources approved the special policy of “only expropriating but not transferring” 10,000 acres of orchards. Haizhu District lived up to expectations and completed the land acquisition and signing of 10,762 acres of land in just one month.

It is understood that focusing on the construction of Haizhu Eco-City and the overall protection of 10,000 acres of orchards, this year Haizhu District will complete the first phase of the 800-acre demonstration area of ??10,000 acres of orchard wetlands, 14 kilometers of greenways and the upgrading of Shiliugang River. The project aims to build the 10,000-mu orchard into a core area and model area of ??the eco-city that "highlights the inheritance of Guangfu culture, strengthens the characteristics of Lingnan water towns, and highlights the ecological environment of fruit forests and wetlands", so that people can go boating on the wetlands, access the rivers and seas, and watch fish all year round. Bird watching, fruit picking and flower viewing.

Why is the protection and construction of ten thousand acres of orchards of great significance to Haizhu Eco-City and Guangzhou’s new urbanization path? Yao Yisheng, Secretary of the Haizhu District Party Committee, gave a vivid metaphor: "New urbanization, I understand, is to allow citizens to enjoy the convenience of modern life in the city while also enjoying the close-to-nature life in the countryside. Let citizens be woken up by birds when they go to bed in the morning. You can even count the stars at night." He pointed out that the new urbanization is to allow the people to "have their cake and eat it too."

To implement the spirit of the 11th Provincial Party Congress and the deployment of a new urbanization development path proposed by the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Haizhu District is required to put ecology in a more prominent position in the future and put more energy into it. In protecting the ecology. This year, the “highlight” of the construction of Haizhu Eco-city is to complete the first phase of the 10,000-acre orchard project. Haizhu District is determined to build the 10,000-acre orchard into "one of the most beautiful wetland parks in the country" so that the 10,000-acre orchard can have more time all year round to enjoy the fragrant fruits, see more flowers, and allow more and more citizens to enjoy the morning Being awakened by the birds, more and more citizens can see the small bridge and flowing water when they go out.