Positioning as a ＂comprehensive node city＂, what major projects are to be launched in five new cities in Shanghai？
The positioning of five new cities as "comprehensive node cities" will open a new era for the development of new cities in Shanghai.
On March 19th, the Shanghai Municipal Government held a press conference to introduce the Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Planning and Construction of New Cities in the 14th Five-Year Plan (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions).
According to the Opinions, the construction goal of five new cities (namely Jiading, Qingpu, Songjiang, Fengxian and Nanhui) is that by 2025, the total resident population will reach about 3.6 million, and the total GDP of the new cities will reach 1.1 trillion. The new cities will basically form independent urban functions and initially have the status of comprehensive node cities.
"Node" means that the new city should build a comprehensive transportation hub with regional radiation, and its energy level and position in the urban network of the Yangtze River Delta region should be further improved, becoming an important growth pole of the city’s economic development and a strategic support point for Shanghai to serve the Yangtze River Delta. " Tang Zhiping, deputy mayor of Shanghai and deputy head of the Shanghai New Town Planning and Construction Promotion Coordination Leading Group, said.
Orientation of five new cities
The change of Shanghai New Town has experienced the positioning evolution from satellite town, suburban new town to comprehensive node city, which means that the function of the new town is no longer just to undertake the central city, but to look outward and focus on the whole Yangtze River Delta.
"Shanghai’s previous master plans are based on the function of the central city and the improvement of the urban and rural system. Five new cities are required to be built into a comprehensive node city with radiation-driven role in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. It is no longer simply to undertake the population and function relief of the central city, but to build a modern metropolis and the growth pole of the Yangtze River Delta, just like the other 40 cities in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, and take the lead in forming the’ core inner circle’ of the Shanghai metropolitan area together with the central city. " Tang Zhiping said.
Tang Zhiping introduced at the press conference that "independence" means that five new cities are no longer the positioning of satellite cities and suburban new cities, but to gather about 1 million permanent residents to form an independent city with complete functions and self-sufficiency; "Integration" emphasizes the integration of secondary and tertiary industries, the linkage between residence and transportation, employment, public services, ecology and other functions, and the overall planning of space, so as to achieve the integration of production and city, the balance between occupation and residence, and at the same time to form a good living environment quality.
Zhu Dajian, director of the Institute of Sustainable Development and Management of Tongji University, told the First Financial Reporter that Shanghai’s development has gone through the first stage of Lujiazui development, the second stage of urban sub-center construction, and now it has entered the third stage of building new centers in five new cities.
"The positioning of the five new towns cannot be lower than that of the sub-centers. Five new cities are equivalent to independent central urban agglomerations. In the process of development, we should study how to connect with the main city, Hongqiao business district and the Yangtze River Delta. " Zhu Dajian said.
Zhu Dajian believes that as a node city, each new city needs to have a two-way conduction function in the transportation network and development axis. For example, Jiading New City should be connected to Taicang, Qingpu New City to Wujiang, Songjiang New City to Jiashan, and Fengxian New City to Pinghu via Jinshan.
The traffic arrangement also shows that the development of the five new towns is outward-looking.
According to the above-mentioned press conference, the goal of the new city is to form a basic framework of the comprehensive transportation system that supports the "30, 45 and 60" travel goals, that is, it takes 30 minutes to commute internally and contact the surrounding central towns, 45 minutes to reach the cities near Shanghai, the central city and the adjacent new cities, and 60 minutes to connect with international-level hubs.
"Five new cities should improve the comprehensive transportation system and form a strategic fulcrum that links and radiates the Yangtze River Delta. Create a "one city, one hub" and build a convenient and efficient external transportation system. Priority will be given to promoting the comprehensive transportation hub of the new city and the construction of rapid transportation passages with surrounding cities. " Tang Zhiping said.
What are the next major project plans for traffic construction in five new cities?
Li Junhao, chief engineer of Shanghai Communications Commission, said at the press conference that Jiading New Town will use the Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway and the Shanghai-Suzhou Railway to combine the existing Anting North and Anting West Station to form the Anting Hub, strengthen the joint development of the new town and Anting Automobile City, and build it into a node on the development axis of Shanghai-Nanjing. Qingpu New Town will combine the Shanghai-Suzhou-Jiaxing Intercity Line and Jiaqingsong Gold Line to form a three-line transfer hub at Qingpu New Town Station on Line 17 to create a central business district and promote the integration of stations and cities. Songjiang New Town combines Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Intercity Railway and Shanghai-Suzhou-Lake Railway to build Songjiang South Station into a Songjiang hub, introducing Jiaqingsong Gold Line and East-West Liaison Line.
"This year, Shanghai will complete the west extension of Songze Elevated Road and the expressway project of the two ports, continue to promote the construction of Dalu Line Phase II, the waterway regulation project of the west section of Sushen Inner Port Line, the Shanghai-Suzhou Lake Railway, the widening and reconstruction of Jialiu section of G318 Highway, the first phase of S3 Highway, the second phase of S7 Highway, the Fengpu Bridge and wiring project of S4 Highway, and promote the construction of Jiamin Line, the west extension of Line 17 (to Xicen) and other projects. Li Junhao said.
Four major policies to ensure the construction of new cities
In order to promote the construction of five new cities, the Opinions put forward four policy guarantees: population, land security, fiscal and taxation support, and optimization of business environment:
First, strengthen the talent introduction policy, improve the residence permit points and settlement policies in Xincheng, increase the introduction of urgently needed talents and outstanding young talents, and broaden the channels for introducing overseas talents.
The second is to optimize the land security policy. The city and district land use planning indicators are inclined to key areas and major projects in the new city, support industrial blocks to implement policies such as mixed land use, strengthen life cycle management, and innovate the classified disposal and exit mechanism of inefficient land use.
The third is to strengthen fiscal and taxation support policies. The municipal and district governments will strengthen fiscal and taxation support for the new city and implement municipal land transfer income support policies within the scope of the new city.
The fourth is to optimize the business environment policy, deepen the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform, focus on key areas and major projects, implement the green channel for project approval, optimize supervision during and after the event, establish regulatory standards and norms in line with international standards, and create a new highland for first-class business environment.
"In terms of population policy, for qualified personnel, we will shorten the number of years of residence transfer, implement special points for residence permits, study the tilt policy for the evaluation of professional titles of social undertakings in new cities, and increase the flow of outstanding teachers and doctors to new cities." Ruan Qing, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said.
Ruan Qing also pointed out that the support policy also proposed to increase the ability to decentralize the new city, expand the autonomy of the development and management of the new city, deepen the reform of the business environment, improve the system and mechanism of new city construction in various districts, and further promote the gathering of various factor resources in the new city.
How to promote the high-quality development of the new city? Tang Zhiping introduced that five new cities should build a "15-minute community life circle" and improve the allocation of community-level public services. We will promote the construction of community-level public service facilities in accordance with the construction standards and quality requirements superior to those of the central city, and the coverage rate can be increased to over 85% within 15 minutes’ walk. It is necessary to lay out new infrastructure in advance and promote the intelligentization of facilities. Construct a safe and resilient urban space with elastic adaptability, impact resistance and rapid recovery ability.
In terms of industry, the Opinions require that a batch of 100 billion-level industrial clusters be added to five new cities. The new city center initially has the functional level of Shanghai’s sub-center, and the new city has become the growth pole of Shanghai’s high-quality industrial development, an important bearing area of the "five-type economy" and a demonstration benchmark for the integrated development of production and city.
Ping Liu, the chief engineer of Shanghai Economic Information Commission, mentioned that the industrial development of new towns should be connected with the construction of "famous gardens".
"Jiading New Town is dominated by the automobile industry, accelerating the development of the’ new four modernizations’ of automobiles, and expanding the characteristic industries such as intelligent sensors and high-performance medical equipment. Qingpu New Town is dominated by the digital economy, connecting the core areas such as Hongqiao International Hub, Shixi Software Information Park, Xicen Science and Technology Innovation Center, and Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Center, and making it a characteristic industry such as modern logistics, exhibition and commerce. Songjiang New Town gives full play to the strategic advantages of G60 Science and Technology Corridor, takes intelligent manufacturing equipment as the leading factor, develops a new generation of characteristic industries such as electronic information, tourism, film and television, and cultivates emerging industries such as biomedicine and industrial Internet. Fengxian New City takes the beautiful and healthy industry as the leading factor, and expands the intelligent networked automobile, Chinese medicine and other industries. Nanhui New City will build a’ 7+5+4′ modern and open industrial system such as integrated circuits, biomedicine, artificial intelligence and aerospace, and build a city of innovation in the future. " Ping Liu said.
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