Xinglong Lake, Tianfu New District, Chengdu, Sichuan, a lake of more than 4,000 acres of clear water is like a mirror, reflecting the rows of buildings on the shore.
The red-bottomed trail stretches across the bushes, forests, and lakes. The modern city and the wild nature blend into a harmonious landscape picture.
The blue sky, clear water and green mountains are the distinctive urban “background color” of Tianfu New District, where the green veins of mountains and rivers extend naturally.
From the beginning of the plan, Tianfu New District has determined the “base map” of ecological priority and green development, and the “blue-green space” accounts for more than 70%.
On February 11, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the concept of building a park city for the first time during an inspection in Tianfu New District. He specifically pointed out that "the characteristics of park cities should be highlighted and ecological values should be taken into consideration."
In just two years, Tianfu New District has drawn the "Park City" from a brand-new urban concept to a realistic answer sheet one by one. In the landscape and the countryside, in the construction of the city, the park city is described in detail.
"To build a park city is not to embellish parks in the city, but to build the entire city into a large park. This has not been implemented in any country, and there is no template." Park City Research Institute, Tianfu Park City Research Institute, Chengdu Director Wang Bo once said in an interview.
The cluster-like spatial pattern is the urban development rule of Chengdu's direct management area in Tianfu New District.
In terms of urban spatial morphology, the Chengdu Direct Management District of Tianfu New District divides the traditional urban pattern into clusters ranging from 5 to 30 square kilometers. The clusters are separated by ecological land, and green roads travel between ecological land and urban clusters. The city and the ecology are better integrated and developed to form a spatial pattern of urban green blending.
The "small goals" in each plan point to a happier and more livable urban life experience.
One of the pilot, demonstrative and leading projects created by Longquanshan Urban Forest Park-Chengdu "Eyes of the City" Danjingtai
In April 2017, Chengdu proposed the "Eastward Advance" strategy to develop across Longquan Mountain to the east, making Longquan Mountain, originally located in the eastern suburbs of Chengdu, the city's central park and "urban green heart".
Since ancient times, the concept of human settlement has always been inseparable from the benign relationship between landscape and city.
Under the new historical conditions, how to build a modern city and what kind of modern city to build is a must-answer question to respond to the people's demands for a better life and respond to social development.
In this regard, General Secretary Xi Jinping has far-reaching thoughts.
In December 2015, at the Central City Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping clarified the overall idea of China's urban work: respect and conform to the laws of urban development.
This is the first time in 37 years that "urban work" has once again risen to the central level for special research and deployment.
General Secretary Xi Jinping once frankly pointed out some development problems facing cities: Why are so many cities short of water?
An important reason is that there is too much cement land, which occupies woodland, grassland, lakes, and wetlands that can conserve water, cutting off the natural water cycle. When rain comes, it can only be discharged as sewage, and the groundwater is pumped less and less.
To solve the problem of urban water shortage, we must conform to nature.
At this central city work conference, the general secretary clearly requested: “Urban construction must take nature as its beauty, integrate good mountains, rivers, and beautiful scenery into the city, so that the water system and green space inside the city will be formed with the rivers, lakes, forests, and arable land outside the city. A complete ecological network." "We must stop those blindly transforming nature, do not fill rivers, lakes, wetlands, paddy fields, do not use cement to wrap up the original ecological rivers, and avoid turning the city into an airtight'cement board'."
Thinking about the future direction of Chinese cities is actually a "Chinese solution" for the development of world cities.
In the "Chinese Plan", the park city is a new paradigm, which includes a profound philosophical background, that is, the relationship between mankind and the city, the relationship between mankind and nature, how to combine man and city with nature, and how to achieve sustainable development.
Climbing up to the second floor platform of Xiulin Station in Xiong'an New Area, you will see a large area of jungle extending to the end of the line of sight.
This "city of the future", which the general secretary personally planned, made decisions, and personally promoted the planning and construction of the city, has laid an ecological background from the very beginning.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out when he visited Xiongan New Area in January 2019 that planting greens first and then building a city is a new concept for the construction of Xiongan New Area.
A good ecological environment is an important value manifestation of Xiongan New Area.
The "Millennium Plan" starts with the "Millennium Xiulin".
The general secretary also emphasized the importance of ecology when presiding over the conference on the planning and construction of Hebei Xiong'an New District: ecology is very important.
Now we have several places close to mountains and rivers that have encountered serious water pollution problems, so you are now relying on Baiyangdian. Now our set is very good in theory. Don't make mistakes in actual operation.
The abundant water resources here are good for building a city, but in retrospect, you should not destroy our water source and destroy our ecological wetland.
Pay attention to this aspect of discarding because of the city.
"City, so the people are also prosperous." Adhering to the people's city for the people is the starting point and goal of doing a good job in the city, and the livable ecological environment is an important manifestation of the people-centered urban construction.
On February 25, 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping said during an inspection tour in Beijing: “Someone on the Internet suggested to me that more'useless places' should be reserved for the city. I think that more green space and space should be reserved for the people.
On November 2, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping said affectionately during an inspection tour in Shanghai: “Cities are people’s cities, and people’s cities are for the people. Whether it’s urban planning or urban construction, whether it’s the construction of a new city or the renovation of an old city, it must be Adhere to the people as the center, focus on the needs of the people, rationally arrange production, living, and ecological spaces, take a connotative, intensive, and green high-quality development path, and strive to create a business-friendly, livable, enjoyable, and travel-friendly way A good environment gives the people more sense of gain and creates a happier and better life for the people."
On March 31, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during an inspection tour in Zhejiang that the three major spatial layouts of production, living, and ecology should be coordinated to create more experience in building a livable city where man and nature live in harmony and coexist and prosper.
"Let the residents see the mountains, see the water, remember homesickness", the beautiful vision of the general secretary is passed between cities and explored in development.
(CCTV Network of China Central Radio and Television)