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According to chinanews.com, the newly constructed Chengdu planning exhibition hall opened to the media for the first time on October 17. It will be formally opened on October 18. The Tianfu New Area planning was also unveiled on October 17 in Chengdu planning exhibition hall.
According to Wang Songtao, deputy director of the Planning Bureau of Chengdu city, the Tianfu New Area's overall position mainly focuses on the modern manufacture and high-end service industries, in order to become an international modern new urban district that is suitable for manufacturing, business and living. The Tianfu New Area mainly consists of Chengdu's High-Tech Development Zone (southern zone), Chengdu's Economic and Technological Development Zone, Shuang Liu Economic Development Zone, Peng Shan Economic Development Zone, Ren Shou's Shi Gao Economic Development Zone, Dragon Spring Lake, San Cha Lake and Dragon Spring Hill, mainly including Chengdu's High-tech zone (southern zone), Long Quan Yi district, Shuang Liu district, Xin Jin county, Jian Yang county of Zi Yang city, and Mei Shan city's Peng Shan county and Ren Shou county. The New Area covers 37 towns and neighborhood offices of seven counties (cities/districts) of three cities, the total area of which is 1,578 square kilometers.
The planning will mean the annual air passenger capacity of Tianfu New Area will reach 100 million; the contribution rate of science and technology to the economy will reach 75 percent; industrial added output of high-end industry will reach 550 billion yuan; the average public green land per capita will reach 15 square meters; the income proportion between urban and rural residents will be two to one by 2030.
Wang Songtao says that Sichuan province is preparing to construct Tianfu New Area to forge international modern new urban districts. It will play a considerable role in the integration of the plain areas of Chengdu city. A state-level New Area, similar to Pudong New Area and New Seashore Area, is ready.
The construction area of Chengdu planning exhibition hall, which will be formally open on 18 October, is fifteen thousand square meters; it has an exhibition area that is twelve thousand square meters. The exhibition zone of the third floor is for a large model and a three-dimensional cinema. In the large model zone there is a model of Chengdu central city which occupies thirteen hundred square meters. The model directly shows the overall location of the world modern garden city in urban and rural forms, while a large LED screen sits aboce the model broadcasting the city's plans. The digital cinema broadcasts a three-dimensional movie about the future of the city, which depicts the scenery of Chengdu city in 2030, to provide the audience with a more figurative and directive feeling towards the future of Chengdu. The fourth floor exhibits the overall planning of Tianfu New Area, which depicts the beautiful blueprint of Tianfu New Area according to regional influence, function position, space arrangement and planning execution via display boards and a movie exhibition.