China News Service, Beijing, December 23 (Xinhua) -- Why are China's cities constantly vibrant?
Authors: Wang Zonghan, Wen Longjie, Xu Huangguan.
Cities are important "samples" and "slices" for understanding and observing a country, and they are also important subjects for exchanges and mutual learning between Eastern and Western civilizations. On December 22, the 2023 Dynamic City Conference hosted by China News Weekly was held in Beijing, with the theme of "New Momentum and New Vitality". Many experts, scholars and city representatives gathered in Beijing to share and explore the "kinetic energy" and "vitality" of Chinese cities.
This day coincides with the "winter solstice" in the 24 solar terms, and the change of seasons prompts new changes. In the face of profound changes in the domestic and international environment, China's cities are constantly gathering new momentum and releasing new vitality, presenting a myriad of Chinese modernization.
The scene of the 2023 Dynamic City Conference. **China Newsweek.
Why are Chinese cities so vibrant?Or it can be analyzed from the four dimensions of internal and external, ancient and modern.
Solve the problem from within. Chinese modernization is a people-centered modernization, and human development is the purpose of urban prosperity. "The city, so the people are also prosperous", the vitality of the city is due to the foundation of serving the people. Li Xiaojiang, a national engineering survey and design master and former president of the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, believes that the people's yearning for a better life is the foundation of the city's vitality, and only when the city is full of vitality can it provide a better life for the people. "A complete understanding of people" will be the key starting point for understanding the new momentum and vitality of Chinese cities. Taking Taiyuan as an example, the implementation of refined urban management with "embroidery kung fu", "a quarter of an hour convenient life circle" and "scholarly Taiyuan" ......Warm-hearted, comfortable, and reassuring as a commitment to residents;Shijiazhuang proposed the "Rock Home Town" to build a "City of Five Joys" for young people in the spirit of rock and roll, so that young people can always stand in the "C position" in the city.
Data map: Shanxi Taiyuan citizens read books in Taiyuan Nangong Xinhua Bookstore and taste the "fragrance of books". Photo by China News Service reporter Wei Liang.
Solve the problem from the outside. By expanding exchanges and interactions with the world, cities can unleash great potential through reform and opening up. From a small fishing village to a metropolis, Shenzhen is a model in this regard. Today, 1 out of every 7 smartphones in the world is "Made in Shenzhen".Shenzhen's output of communication base stations accounts for 1 2 of the world, the output of life information and support medical devices accounts for 1 5 of the world, and the output of consumer drones accounts for 70% of the world. Wei Jianguo, vice chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, stressed that as long as the brains are right, the ideas are found, and the grasps are grasped, cities will be able to make great achievements in developing an export-oriented economy.
Data map: power facilities in the central area of Shenzhen. Photo by Huang Haipeng.
Answer questions by the ancients. China has a history of 5,000 years of civilization. Since the ancient city of Liangzhu, the "city" has been accompanied by the continuation of Chinese civilization and the development of Chinese society. As the accumulation of civilization, the vitality of the city is due to the connotation of history and culture. For example, located between the Yellow River and Mount Tai, the thousand-year-old city of Jinan is intertwined with classical and fashion, with suitable movement and vitality, creating a 160-square-kilometer core area of a famous historical and cultural city, and ranking among the "Top Ten Peripheral Travel Destination Cities in China".In recent years, Suzhou has deeply excavated the spiritual connotation of Jiangnan culture, so that the ancient city with a history of more than 2,500 years keeps pace with the times, and Jiangnan culture is becoming a beautiful business card for Suzhou to display the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
Data map: Exterior view of the Chinese Opera Museum in Kunshanba Town, Suzhou, Jiangsu. Photo by China News Service reporter Yang Bo.
Finish today. Cities are a complex of economic development, and confidence is the foundation of continuous vitality. Under the situation of China's economic rebound, Wei Jianguo, vice chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, believes that some of the difficulties in front of him are temporary, and export-oriented economic cities should strengthen their confidence, grit their teeth and persevere, and overcome the key node of "fake fatigue". Zhang Junkuo, chairman of the China Development Research Association and former deputy director of the Development Research Center, pointed out that it is necessary to continue to grasp the "bull's nose" of stabilizing expectations and strengthening confidence, expand market demand, enhance the confidence of private enterprises, deepen reform and opening up in key areas, and promote the further recovery of the urban economy.
At the end of the event, the organizers released the "2023 Dynamic City" cases around the six vitality dimensions of industry, population, ecology, consumption, humanity and innovation, and Shenzhen, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Jinan, Changsha, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Yinchuan, Haikou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Yantai, Yangzhou, Yulin and Huzhou were selectedChaoyang District of Beijing, Nanshan District of Shenzhen, and Chancheng District of Foshan City were awarded the "2023 Dynamic Urban Area" cases.
**China Newsweek.
Cities tell the logic of China's social changes, reflect the changes of Chinese society to the world, and become hubs of communication between China and the world. In the new era, China's urban development has actively explored new momentum, followed the path of urban development with Chinese characteristics, and opened a "window of vitality" for the world to understand China's high-quality development. (ENDS).