River flows toward east, with meandering and rolling green-waves, a half city scenery and mountain scenery with thousands of coquettish smokes and trees. Although it is winter, Yiling district is still exuberant.
It is the critical moment for the whole province to deeply learn and implement the guiding principles of the fifth plenary sessions of the 18th CPC Central Committee, sprinting to the 12th Five-Year Plan, starting of a race of the 13th Five-Year Plan. On November 16, provincial party committee and provincial government held a on-the-spot meeting in Yichang to boost the green development in the whole city and blew the whistle of green development in Yichang. The participants of the city and state representatives were impressed by the rising “post-modern” green city.
On November 19, the journalists, Journey of Jingchu, walked inYichang, feeling the “green action” of this city. Gentle rain mingled with the fragrance which was spread by the green vegetation in air, infiltrating the face, refreshing the heart.
For green development, Yichang goes first.
According to Huang Chuping, Yichang government promotes the urban green development in the concept of post-modern, namely human-oriented and human-centered, implementing the “Three Dimensional Outline”, walking a green development path which is ecology centered, city-industry integration, rural-urban integration, co-development of people and city, wisdom and unique, inclusive sharing with each other,
With leading concept, Yichang has a plan to build a big city
The stadium, viewed from afar, is like an exquisite postmodern works; Viewed from closely, it is like a mirror of water and hill. Planning exhibition hall, in the core of Yichang new district, this silver-based building with unique exterior, seeming standing“ green carpet” is particularly striking. When we walk inside, crossing the “time tunnel”, the past and future of Yichang are all in the fingertips; Standing in the front of the overall sandbox-model of Yichang, the dynamic 3D and formulating of big city presented to you. Except for here, there is another amazing. Standing on the height of 21 meters hydrophilic platform, the biggest Mojishan park in Yichang, viewed the whole city, Yangtze river galloping underfoot, the scenery of the thither main urban areas all of these will in the your sight. Yichang is especially graceful under the shadow of the mist. What a natural landscape it is.
Where is the broad-mind of the city from
We planned and formed the system of “one-three-five” city targeting system with a broad view from the overall pattern and different perspectives. Namely, an overall orientation—— a big, strong and extremely excellence beautiful modern megacity; Three functional orientation——provincial deputy center city, three gorges urban agglomeration central city and regional central city in upper and middle Yangtze River; Five characteristic localization——a city of national innovation model city, national ecological civilization first model city, national industrial transformation and upgrading demonstration cities, regional cooperation demonstration city in the Yangtze River Basin and world hydropower tourist city.
With the world-class standards as benchmark, under the lead of the post-modern idea, including people oriented, ecology going first, co-prosperity of industry and city, convenient wisdom to people, learning knowledge and becoming a true human, open and tolerance,(turn down to the third edition)
Yichang worked together with urban planning and designing of the top domestic and international institutions, such as China urban planning and design institute, American SWA design firm, Arcadis firm in Netherlands, formulating a spatial structure of the global area with “One Main Along with Five Deputy and with Four Gallery” and the development pattern of the central city of “ the River and Both Sides with Group Development” , searching for the cultural elements in Yichang, first preparing the urban color -planning in the similar cities in China, standard leading the urban architectural color. Four control-lines must be intensified, including the green line of the urban mountains, blue line of the urban water, the purple line of the historical and cultural blocks, and the yellow line of the municipal infrastructure, striving for heritage but no regret.
The Construction of New City Driven by Green Action in Three Gorges and Innovation
Now that the plan has made, where is money from, where the people go, where the land from Regarding the innovation as life and the action as soul, Yichang constantly stimulate the motivation of the big city-rising.
On financing, the role of the lever effect of the financial fund and the multiplier effect of seed capital have been fully played; The multiple input of the social, industrial, and financial capital have been levered.
In the way of marketization, four platforms of investment and financing have been integrated and built , including urban construction holding company, high-tech investment company, state development and investment company, transportation and tour investment company, financing over 100 billion yuan in three years.
The centre program of seeking and common innovation, firstly green “ sponge” project in Yichang district, learning and borrowing the experience of Shenzhen, adopting the land development model of 1.5 level, utilizing the long-term planning of the city to control the land, shortening the regional development time in largely, effectively promoting the efficiency of the ground. Next June, after the accomplishing of the overall project, there is going to be numerous outstanding creators-teams from domestic and foreign, becoming the new engine to implement the driving strategy of innovation and promote the upgrade and fast development of the economical and industrial in Yichang. Innovation not only reflected on solving the difficult problems, such as found, land but also on giving a way to the natural ecology by all means.
Under the construction of the Jiangcheng Boulevard, 8-kilometer-long road in Dianjun area, because there are over 150 high-voltage towers along the road layout and substantial migration of those line towers will raise capital investment. Large-scale digging mountains and opening road will go against the concept of ecological theory. The innovative ideas of new district of Yichang city create a unique landscape for the straight and curve power lines winding through the high pressure corridor and low ground-ecology roads.
Prior to the planning and construction of the Zhixi Yangtze River bridge, in order to protect the endangered “ living fossil in water”- Chinese sturgeon, a panel of bridge experts finally decided to adopt a scheme of “one span”, without pier in the river. Therefore, the construction was getting harder and harder, the fund also increasing about 200 million yuan.
The governance of the Six Major River System and the construction of the eight parks, in the eyes of the citizens, becomes a landscape of the “green action”. Urban afforestation started an area of 2600 thousand square meters, accomplishing a open park with an area of 280 hectare. Yichang ranks the first in Hubei province for its forest coverage of 65%; The urban per capita green space of over 14 square meters, citizens can go out and see the green within 300 meters, the length of 500 meters with the park.
Green Homeland for Man to Enjoy Happiness Life and Green Homeland in City
On the early morning of November 20, the 51-year-old citizen, Huanghua practiced Taiji Quan in the Yunhe park. For living in the nearby Yunhe good garden, he exercises in here every morning. Compared to the previous drainage ditch and garbage throwing everywhere condition, the park is becoming much better and beautiful and it is the same as their own backyard. He was beaming with smiles.
In the park, beside the bridge of the gallery, Shen Kaimei, in the colorful leaves, was taking photos with her friends. In a moment, photos were shown on the WeChat. Although settling in here for most of her life, they are still pleased for the little change. This canal, over 30 km long, is with the memory of several generations.
With the total investment of 1050 million yuan, Yichang city government regarded the governance of the canal as the first proposal in the municipal people’s congress, implementing special renovation in 12 aspects, including cutting and clearing the silt, reinforcement, afforestation and landscaping, governing of removing and illegal. After 3 years, greenbelt newly added an area of 120 hectare; “clean water, green coast, and beautiful scene” have been realized.
The construction of installed housing is the important content in the build of the megacity’s post-modern in Yichang. Yichang new district insisted that concept of four parts (road network, the public buildings, placement, and ecology) should firstly implement. We will Utilize the best land, according to the standard of the commercial residential building to build the installed housing, introduce the first-class enterprises to build the installed housing and make Yichang a happiness city, where the people can live in a better house if they want to settle down, with livable houses in living, can get better education if they want to learn, can consult better doctor if they are sick, and can be taken good care when they grow old.
The stadium is the core of Yichang Olympic sports center and the gymnasium, swimming pool, shooting hall, tennis and badminton center like the petal, presenting the heart-shaped, situating in the outside. A lily quietly waiting for blooming, one to two years, these stadiums will be come into use. On the traveling condition of residents, Yichang BRT has been came into use in many months, connecting with the happy life of the citizens in Yichang, leading a life-style of low carbon and green. After its operation, the rate of bus-taking increased by 20% and foot or bicycle-taking by 50%. In the construction of Yichang, we always insist on developing for people, the dream of big city and we are hoping the green dream will gradually become the happy dream of people.