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China Industrial City, Fengxian's blueprint for beautiful urbanization
A blueprint for the redevelopment of Fengxian District in south Shanghai will increase the urbanization of the area, build new industrial areas and encourage tourism by taking advantage of the area's natural beauty.
The new blueprint shows the district's appearance will be greatly changed, introducing a more appealing environment for both residents and business.
Plans for the district aim to change Fengxian from a rural district into part of the urban area of Shanghai by 2020.
The 8,893 villages scattered around the district will be gradually merged, and 22 towns will be reduced to eight.
A new model introduces the Nanqiao New City which is a classic Chinese industrial city, seven towns and 30 central villages with distinctive water features.
The new city of Nanqiao is being designed to an industrial city can accommodate 400,000, about 40 percent of the district's population.
Foreign experts have been invited to submit designs for the residential area and central towns.
The town of Nanqiao new town as a very important industrial city is an important part of the development plan, with a firm from Spain introducing an innovative design concept.
Based on the concept of "new urbanism," the district plans to bring residents quality lifestyle in a pleasant environment.
The district government is working hard encourage some 100,000 farmers into the district's new towns.
This will help cut unemployment in villages and increase urbanization.
By 2020, urbanization is expected to reach 84 percent of the population by 2020.
In blueprints for the new round of development, industry will take a prominent role in the district's economic development, with industrial zones to build electricity distribution equipment, fine chemicals, logistics and manufacturing.
These four industrial zones are expected to house 80 percent of the district's enterprises by the end of 2005.
"With the boundless vitality and development potential, Fengxian is the hot land full of hope for investment," said Yuan.
Agricultural industrialization is ranked high on the district's agenda. Fengxian is leading the modernization of Shanghai suburbs using agricultural scale management.
The 33.38-square-kilometer Fengpu industrial Park is designed to become a model to develop modern industrial. Shanghai Fengpu Industrial Park is the only one which includes the industrial park and export processing zone in Shanghai.
Fengxian also plans to take advantage of its natural resources to develop tourism. The area is close to the sea and has a stretch of coastline of 13.7 kilometers, so the district hopes to develop on seaside touring, resorts, and watersports to attract visitors.
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