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Hongqiao
District is one
of the downtowns
in Tianjin . Located
in the northwest
of the city, adjacent
to the Nankai,
Beichen , Hebei
and Xiqing the
four Districts,
with its 6 kilometers
length from west
to east and 5.6
kilometers width
from north to
south , Hongqiao
covers an area
of 21.3 square
kilometers. There
are 10 Community
Office s and 561.6
thousand people
in the District.
In history it
was near the sea
and called “the
lower reaches
of many rivers”.
The Ziya River
, the South Grand
Canal, and the
North Grand Canal
meet the Haihe
River in the Sancha
Estuary and form
the unique geography.
And “Hongqiao”
was given the
name because of
the ancient red
bridge that had
been in the District.
Brilliant
and rich history
and culture
Hongqiao
District was the
cradleland of
Tianjin . The
Sancha Estuary
where the Ziya
River , the South
Grand Canal, and
the North Grand
Canal meet was
the water transport
hub, the Capital
portal and the
important place
of water transport
transfer. The
flourishing time
was recorded in
a famous painting
in the Qing Dynasty.
In 1400, the Ming
Dynasty, the Yan
King Zhu Di led
the troops crossing
the Zhigu (present
Beidaguan area),
went southward
and won Cangzhou.
Later on in 1404,
Zhigu was fortified
with a wall and
city and was given
the name “ Tianjin
” (namely the
river where the
King had crossed).
There was a memorial
archway built
in the place where
the troops crossed.
Hongqiao is the
commerce cradle
of Tianjin . The
well-established
Guyijie, Beidaguan
and Dahutong are
still excellent
and the most typical
ancient commercial
streets. And Hongqiao
is the cradle
of mechanical
foundry industry
in Tianjin and
the industrial
cradle in the
North China .
Hongqiao is also
China and Tianjin
modern education's
cradle. And the
first national
modern University—Beiyang
University, the
first government
secondary school
in Tianjin—the
Tianjin Government
Secondary School
(commonly known
as the Lingdangge
Middle School)
and the first
government primary
school in Tianjin—the
Hebei Dasi Primary
School were all
located here.
Furthermore, Hongqiao
has been the place
where the elegant
culture flourished.
There was a famous
private garden
Shuixizhuang,
established in
the Qing Dynasty
in 1723, where
the literati from
all over China
used to get together
and Qianlong,
the 6 th King
in the Qing Dynasty,
had been for four
times. And in
the beautiful
Peach Garden ,
the place that
Qianlong had visited
is still kept.
Convenient
and smooth traffic
The
Tianjin-Pukou
Railway crossing
Hongqiao District
is one artery
in China railway
network and the
West Railway Station
Expansion Project
located in the
District has been
brought into the
Eleventh Five-year
Development Planning.
The Station is
to be built as
the largest passenger
traffic hub in
central Tianjin,
and it will integrate
the high speed
rail, passenger
special line,
normal speed rail,
long-distance,
rail transit and
public traffic
into a whole,
furthermore, it
is the traffic
artery to connect
the Tianjin-Pukou
Railway and the
Beijing-Shanhaiguan
Railway. Besides,
there are three
highways—the Tianjin-Beijing,
the Tianjin-Baoding
and the Tianjin-Yongan
in the District,
connecting Tianjin
and Beijing ,
Hebei , Shanxi
, Henan , etc.
The North-crossing
Expressway, the
West-crossing
Expressway, the
Northwest Semi-ring
Expressway, the
Subway Line 1,
etc. in total
a dozen lines
in the District
form the convenient
and smooth traffic
network.
Decisive
river resources
advantage
Hongqiao
District is the
source of Haihe
River . The Ziya
River , the South
Grand Canal and
the North Grand
Canal in the District
are in the upper
stream of the
Haihe River System,
thus it has decisive
river resources
advantage. During
the Eleventh Five-year
Development, the
Tianjin Haihe
River comprehensive
development and
transformation
must be advanced
to the upper stream
and thus there
will be a lot
of opportunities.
Rich
land resources
to develop
Based on
the urban planning
and demolition,
Hongqiao District
energetically
advances the development
and construction
in the Guanshang,
Guanxia and Xiaohuoxiang
areas, the four
residential areas
including the
Shuixizhuang block
in south of Xigu,
the West Railway
Station front & the
Xiyuzhuang block,
the Jinshanjiao,
Dahutong and the
Aihuali, Dahutong,
etc., the blocks
of Shaogongzhuang,
the 51 Middle
School, Lingdangge,
the west of the
Beiping-Tianjin
Campaign Memorial
and the two sides
of Guangrong Road.
The planning construction
area is about
6 square kilometers.
These are valuable
resources for
overall planning,
layout and sustainable
development & construction
in Hongqiao District.
The
future development
direction
In
the next few years,
with the regional
economic development
strategy “city
construction-driven,
three strengthened
and two optimized”,
Hongqiao District
will be constructed
as the
important traffic
and business center,
business collection & distribution
center and ecological
downtown fit for
living and e ntrepreneurship
in Tianjin .
It is planned
to prioritize
the construction
of one center,
two integrated
economic belts,
three green ecological
channels and six
functional zones,
namely the West
Railway Station
Traffic and Business
Center, the Guangrong
Road Integrated
Economic Belt
and the Qinjian
Road Integrated
Economic Belt,
the Ziya River,
the South Grand
Canal and the
North Grand Canal
Green Ecological
Channels, the
TEDA COEX Functional
Zone, the Dahutong
Business Collection & Distribution
Logistics Functional
Zone, the Dafeng
Road Modern Business
Functional Zone,
the Dingzigu Trade
Service Functional
Zone, the Xigu
Cultural Tourism & Recreation
Functional Zone
and the Shuimutiancheng
Business Service
Functional Zone.
The
West Railway
Station Traffic
and Business
Center
The
West Rail Station
Transformation & Expansion
Project has been
brought into the
Eleventh Five-year
Development Planning.
The total development
area is 2.7 square
kilometers. The
Station is to
be built as the
largest passenger
traffic hub in
central Tianjin
integrating the
high speed rail,
passenger special
line, normal speed
rail, long-distance,
rail transit and
public traffic
into a whole .
In the meanwhile,
it is to be built
as the modern
traffic and business
center integrating
the top-grade
business, recreation & entertainment,
finance & insurance,
logistics, retailing,
hotels and goods
trade collection & distribution
into a whole.
The
Guangrong Road
Integrated Economic
Belt
From
Qianlidi in the
west to Beiyangqiao
in the east, in
combination with
the Tianjin municipal
planning & construction
of Guangrong Road
and the local
intellectual property
advantage of colleges & universities
and research institutions,
based on the Beijing-Tianjin
Metropolitan Coordinating
Region and the
large-scale pattern
of Binhai New
Area's development
and opening, it
is planned to
construct the
high-tech industrial
parks and the
matching modern
service industry.
Targeting the
scientific research
and production
consumption demand
of the Beijing
high-end consumers,
the local colleges & universities
and the future
high-tech industrial
parks, making
the best of the
around 130 hectors
of planning land
by the two sides
of the traffic
roads, it is planned
to build with
high standard
the matching public
building support
and industrial
clusters such
as shopping, catering,
recreation, business,
exhibition, finance,
hotel, etc..
The
Qinjian Road
Integrated Economic
Belt
From
the Hongqi Bridge
, Hongqi Road
in the south to
the Qinjian Bridge
in the north,
it is planned
to build the modern
service industry
integrating the
business facilities,
the waterfront
platform landscape
belt, the high-end
recreation & entertainment
landscape, the
large-scale automobile
city, the community
service, the business
dining & entertainment
and the business & living
into a whole.
And based on the
planning of the
historical landscape
the Peach Dike,
it is planned
to prioritize
the development
and construction
of the historical
culture & leisure
tourism belt.
The Ziya River
, the South
Grand Canal
and the North
Grand Canal
Green Ecological
Channels
Brought
forth by rivers
and flourished
with the banks
and commerce,
Hongqiao District
has unique natural
resources. In
the next few years,
based on the development
planning, highlighting
the natural and
waterside ecological
environment characteristics,
it is planned
to gradually build
three recreation & tourism & livability-oriented
green ecological
landscape belts.
The
TEDA COEX Functional
Zone
Located
in the Sancha
Estuary, Hongqiao
District, as the
first node of
Haihe River comprehensive
development, TEDA
Center covers
851, 000 m 2 of
land, while its
total construction
area is 1.5 million
m 2 and public
building area
is more than 600,
000 m 2 . It is
planned to build,
with the style
combining the
rich history & culture
and the modern
factor, a convention & exhibition
functional zone
integrating the
culture review,
tourism recreation,
trade & business,
convention & exhibition,
finance & securities,
stared hotels
and high-end business-living
buildings, etc,
into a whole.
The
Dahutong Trade
Collection & Distribution
Logistics Functional
Zone
Based
on its 500,000
m 2 of trade clusters,
it is planned
to build 260,000
m 2 of specialty
wholesale trade
buildings for
medium-and-high
goods and relative
matching facilities,
and make the area
Tianjin 's logistics-type
trade collection & distribution
functional zone
integrating trade,
logistics and
business into
a whole. Characterized
by small commodities
collection & distribution
and modern logistics,
the area will
be the unique
zone with the
wholesale and
retail functions
into a whole,
and the zone with
commerce & trade,
business, mature
matching service
and smooth traffic.
The
Dafeng Road
Modern Business
Functional Zone
With
a total area of
42 hectares, its
construction area
is 700,000 m 2
. By virtue of
the transformation & expansion
of the West Railway
Station, it is
planned to build
the modern business
functional zone
mainly involving
office buildings,
finance and business.
And the zone is
planned to reflect
the canal characteristics.
The
Dingzigu Trade
Service Functional
Zone
Based
on the Kailaisai
Commercial Building,
the Pan-Ocean
Building, the
Great Stage, etc.,
in combination
with the local
dense population
and location of
research institutions,
it is planned
to prioritize
the development
of regional integrated
commercial services
to satisfy the
residential consumption
and university
logistics services
demand. Through
development of
catering services
and business services,
it is planned
to form the unique
functional zone
mainly involving
trade and integrated
services.
The
Xigu Cultural
Tourism Recreation
Functional Zone
With
550,000 m 2 of
area and historical & cultural
resources, based
on the Xigu Park,
, it is planned
to develop and
rebuild the Shuixizhuang
Special Tourism
Program which
was once one of
the Ten Landscapes
in Tianjin and
form the functional
zone integrating
culture, tourism
and recreation
into a whole.
The
Shuimutiancheng
Business Service
Functional Zone
It
is located at
the intersection
of Xianyang Road
and Ziya River
. With the local
dense population,
it is planned
to prioritize
the development
of commercial
services to satisfy
the residential
consumption demand
and build public
buildings of more
than 400,000 m
2 including hotels,
business-living
buildings, catering
and recreation
facilities, etc.
gradually forming
the business
service functional
zone integrating
catering, recreation,
shopping and living
into a whole.
24
th May, 2007
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