People''s Daily front page thumbs up: Building a harmonious and integrated park city with mountains, waters, and people - Looking at Tianfu New Area in the opening year

Introduction:

On the front page of the People's Daily, the article titled "Building a Harmonious Park City with Mountains, Rivers and People - Looking at Tianfu New Area in the Year of Opening" focuses on the pioneering efforts of Sichuan Tianfu New Area in exploring the construction of a park city in recent years, creating a model and allowing the people to share the achievements of park city construction.

Among them, the first reclaimed water plant of Chengdu Tianfu New Area of China Water Environment Group is an open park with birds singing and flowers fragrant on the ground, and an intelligent and efficient sewage treatment plant is underground. With the "soul" of the new development concept, it shapes the "form" of a park city, interweaving and integrating the urban landscape and park form, becoming a vivid practical case of the new development concept taking root.

The front page of People's Daily

Building a harmonious and integrated park city with mountains, waters, and people

——Looking at Tianfu New Area at the Beginning Year

Our reporter Yang Xuebo, Wang Mingfeng, and Xu Qing

People's Daily (1st edition, May 30, 2023)

Landscape of Xinglong Lake in Tianfu New Area, Sichuan. Photo by Ma Ji (People's Vision)

"The colors of the lake vary in depth, indicating different water depths." Lu Qian, a staff member of the Park Urban Construction Bureau in Tianfu New Area, Sichuan, introduced while walking by the Xinglong Lake.

The Xinglong Lake, like a natural lake, is actually formed by using low-lying terrain to trap water. The water grass in the lake sways, the birds by the lake sing softly, and the citizens leisurely stroll on the lawn by the lake. Surrounding the banks of Xinglong Lake, Chengdu Supercomputing Center, Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Ecological Island, and other places are arranged in a picturesque manner, making the entire city feel like it is in a large park.

The General Secretary stressed that "Tianfu New Area is an important node in the construction of the 'the Belt and Road' and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. It must be well planned and constructed, especially to highlight the characteristics of the park city, take into account the ecological value, strive to create a new growth pole, and build an inland open economic highland."

As the builder and witness of the 1578 square kilometer Tianfu New Area, Lu Qian's phone holds photos of Xinglong Lake from different periods:

A photo was taken in 2014, in a barren red soil area, where the old river channel of the Luxi River can be vaguely distinguished.

A photo was taken in 2016, and Xinglong Lake, after being filled with water, has begun to take shape, but the surrounding facilities are still slightly lacking. In 2017, Tianfu New Area adjusted its layout from "along the road" to "embracing greenery and water", and the positioning of Xinglong Lake changed from "decoration" to "urban necessity".

A recent photo was taken of Xinglong Lake, which has been upgraded to a spacious area surrounded by buildings. Starting from the positioning of a "park city", Tianfu New Area emphasizes the protection of authenticity and integrity, and has carried out the Xinglong Lake Water Ecological Comprehensive Improvement Project.

A large number of major projects and national innovation platforms are being laid out by the Xinglong Lake, and a series of public facilities are being improved based on the opinions of citizens and enterprises... People are harmonious, the city is beautiful, the environment is excellent, and the industry is thriving, creating a vibrant and vibrant scene.

The development of Xinglong Lake is a microcosm of the growth of Tianfu New Area. In recent years, Tianfu New Area has been exploring the construction of a park city that practices the new development concept, taking the lead and breaking new paths.

——Focusing on changes in development concepts, laying the foundation for a park city.

On the north bank of Xinglong Lake, a modern building consisting of more than 10 building modules scattered and stacked is eye-catching. As the first "near zero carbon building" in Chengdu, China State Construction Corporation's low-carbon smart demonstration office building consumes 1/3 to 2/3 less energy than the average office building in Chengdu.

The lush rooftop garden, with oil hemp vines hanging from the glass curtain wall, adds a green "coat" to the building. In summer, without air conditioning inside the building, the temperature is significantly lower than outside; The hall was not lit, but the indoor lighting was bright and soft.

"The glass curtain wall of the exterior wall adopts triple silver double insulated glass, which has better thermal reflection and insulation performance. In summer, the indoor temperature can be 9 degrees Celsius lower than the outdoor temperature. By setting up a reasonable lighting courtyard and light conduit, natural light can be introduced into the indoor environment, effectively reducing the daytime lighting time." Liu Yi, Chief Architect of China Construction Southwest Institute, introduced that through insulation and light storage technology, the building can save about 1.86 million kilowatt hours of electricity and reduce carbon emissions by about 1027 tons per year.

The organic combination of urban landscape and park scenery. The first recycled water plant in Tianfu New Area is an open park with birds singing and flowers fragrant on the ground, and an intelligent and efficient sewage treatment plant is located underground; The Angong Community in Huayang Street conducts biological fermentation on food and kitchen waste, achieving on-site disposal of over 80% of organic waste in the community

With the "soul" of the new development concept, shaping the "form" of a park city, interweaving and blending the urban landscape with the park form. Walking in the Tianfu New Area, vivid practices of the new development concept taking root can be seen everywhere.

——Promote changes in development layout and accumulate sustained momentum for industrial development.

In the survey, a data point was frequently mentioned: 70.1%. This is the proportion of ecological control areas in the entire Tianfu New Area.

"We have scientifically calculated the carrying capacity of environmental resources and determined a proportion of 70.1%," said Gao Guoying, Deputy Director of the Park City Promotion Department of the Tianfu New Area Park City Construction Bureau.

The blank spaces in traditional Chinese painting leave space for the extension of artistic conception; The ecological blank in urban construction accumulates the potential for long-term development. Compressing production space, optimizing living space, and expanding ecological space, Tianfu New Area continues to optimize the proportion of production and living ecological space.

In April of this year, the Western China International Expo City located in the business district of Tianfu Headquarters welcomed the 108th National Sugar and Wine Commodity Fair. The Xibo City exhibition area, nestled between Tianfu Park and the Luxi River Ecological Zone, has attracted a total of 211000 visitors in three days. With clear water and blue sky, people come and go, creating a lively atmosphere.

"Exhibiting in Xibo City not only allows you to enjoy high standard supporting facilities, but also to enjoy beautiful scenery," said one exhibitor.

A "city cluster" is an industrial functional area. The various urban clusters avoid adjacent connections and instead use ecological corridors as physical barriers, distinguishing them based on specific industrial functions, forming a cluster like urban structure within a park city.

Following the development strategy of "embracing greenery and water, promoting cluster development, and integrating urban and rural areas", Tianfu New Area has laid out three "urban clusters" along the Luxi River: Tianfu Headquarters Business District, Chengdu Science City, and Tianfu Digital Cultural and Creative City. This not only brings good mountains and water into the city, but also makes industrial development more advantageous and dynamic.

——Realize a change in development path and promote the organic growth of park cities.

"While taking a walk in Yong'an Lake Urban Forest Park, you may pass by talents from a certain professional field," said Guo Yujie, the person in charge of Chengdu Youseno Biotechnology Co., Ltd. "The beautiful ecological environment has now become a 'must-have' for scientific research work."

By adsorbing and aggregating high-energy industries through a livable ecological environment, Tianfu New Area continuously explores development methods that match the urban form, and has made great efforts in strengthening basic research, strengthening technological innovation, and cultivating emerging business formats.

In recent years, the Western (Chengdu) Science City and Tianfu Laboratory have officially unveiled, laying out 12 major scientific and technological infrastructure and educational infrastructure such as electromagnetic driven fusion large scientific devices; Continuously improving the high-tech service industry ecosystem, gathering 3407 high-tech enterprises, 2558 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and 136000 new economy enterprises.

In the southeast corner of Xinglong Lake, there are five buildings in the Mengsheng Science and Technology Innovation Center Park that hide "aerial production lines". "From production to research and development, the distance is concentrated in a 'minute by minute' journey. 'Industrial development' provides enterprises with an efficient and convenient research and production environment, which also complements the scenery of the lake area." said the person in charge of Chengdu Mengsheng Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

Guided by the construction of park cities, we aim to transform the ecological product value contained in green waters and mountains into valuable assets. In recent years, Tianfu New Area has cultivated and formed 3 industrial clusters worth 100 billion yuan and 11 industrial clusters worth 10 billion yuan. In 2022, the regional GDP reached 453.2 billion yuan, and its comprehensive strength has entered the first tier of national level new areas.

"Tianfu New Area will build a high-quality park city pilot area and accelerate the formation of a group of park city demonstration units with outstanding functions, distinctive features, and abundant momentum," said Chen Lizhang, Director of the Tianfu New Area Management Committee.

A beautiful park city painting that harmoniously blends mountains, waters, and people is slowly unfolding here.