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Minhang leader adopts Expo vision of the future
September 25, 2010, Saturday
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SUN Chao, secretary of the CPC Committee of Minhang District, has visited the Shanghai World Expo 2010 site several times and shares his impressions with us as the gala event approaches its end on October 31. The district leader also discusses his views on the future of Minhang.
Since the Expo opened, leaders of Minhang District have all visited the World Expo and learned a lot from the experiences there. The Expo is a window for us to see and absorb advanced concepts that can be adapted to the development of the city in general and our district in particular.
We have all benefited greatly from the opportunity to glean new ideas that will help us perfect our development plans. We have gained vision, understanding and a deep appreciation of the task ahead of us.
Further Urbanization and Structural Adjustment:
"Better City, Better Life" is the theme of Shanghai Expo. The Urban Best Practices Area in the Expo site reminds us all in no uncertain terms that the "urban age" of mankind is already upon us.
"The city has become the homeland of mankind and the future of mankind. It's the responsibility of all of us to give cities a peaceful, honorable and flourishing future." Those are words from the declaration of the United Nations Environment Programme on urban construction. They suggest a blueprint for future development.
Minhang's future development, its urbanization and a restructuring of the urban framework will be discussed for some time to come. It's an unavoidable topic.
Further urbanization means we need to innovate from traditional development modes and methods to enrich the content and function of our city.
For Minhang, we should concentrate on several aspects: better land use planning, comprehensive development to enrich urban functions, a better balance of public services, rehabilitation of older residential buildings and improvement in the quality of life in our communities.
Restructuring our urban framework goes beyond mere economic changes. It pertains to our entire social structure and the structure of urban and rural space. Of course, the economy plays a vital role in this process.
We need to balance growth with structural adjustments and employment. We need to encourage more value-added production while keeping costs low. We must develop new industries that look to the future needs of the world market and our own domestic consumption.
In terms of social structure, we need to blend government leadership and public participation. We must ensure that public services are equitably distributed between urban and rural areas. We should endeavor to attract more technological talent to our district.
Regarding the structuring of urban and rural space, we must expedite the process of integrating both. Living conditions in the urban areas need to be improved.
Low Carbon:
We're on the way!
Staging an Expo that is a showcase for low-carbon technologies of the future has been a masterful stroke of creative planning as the world enters a new, greener future.
I was struck by the London Pavilion in the Urban Best Practices Area, which concentrates on zero-carbon technologies and how construction designs can address the issue of climate change.
I was impressed by the Taipei and Montreal exhibitions that concentrate on sustainable urbanization.
These pavilions offered exciting concepts for recycling and waste management. All of these new technologies can be adapted for use in Minhang, including innovations in traffic control, environmental protection and construction techniques.
We in Minhang have shown our willingness to be leaders in this green revolution. We implemented the first free public bicycle rental program in July 2009, and we now have more than 350 service points, 14,000 bicycles and 90,000 residents signed up as users.
The service area of this program covers most towns and communities in the Minhang District, including the Xinzhuang Industrial Zone.
Renting bicycles free encourages people to ride instead of drive, thus easing pressure on traffic and on air pollution. This is an excellent example of applying low-carbon thinking to daily life.
Our free bicycle rental program is now more than a year old. According to our tracking statistics, the user rate for each bicycle has, on average, exceeded four times a day. We are meeting the transport needs of 200,000 user-times every week.
In the next five years, we will expand our implementation of low-carbon strategies as we learn more about all their applications. We want to adopt these strategies in the areas of construction, resource management, solar energy and use of new materials.
We also feel very proud that Minhang's "Ecological Home" was chosen to represent Shanghai in the Urban Best Practices Area. The house, showcasing how we can make our homes environmentally friendly, has been popular with Expo visitors from all over the world.
Ecological urban construction will be a key focus going forward in Minhang District. We will concentrate more on environment protection and urban greening. In the next five years, we plan to construct between five and 10 recreational greenbelts a year.
All those citizens riding free bicycles can take pride in the fact that they are contributing to a greener future and can proudly declare while they pedal: Low carbon, we're on the way!
Since the Expo opened, leaders of Minhang District have all visited the World Expo and learned a lot from the experiences there. The Expo is a window for us to see and absorb advanced concepts that can be adapted to the development of the city in general and our district in particular.
We have all benefited greatly from the opportunity to glean new ideas that will help us perfect our development plans. We have gained vision, understanding and a deep appreciation of the task ahead of us.
Further Urbanization and Structural Adjustment:
"Better City, Better Life" is the theme of Shanghai Expo. The Urban Best Practices Area in the Expo site reminds us all in no uncertain terms that the "urban age" of mankind is already upon us.
"The city has become the homeland of mankind and the future of mankind. It's the responsibility of all of us to give cities a peaceful, honorable and flourishing future." Those are words from the declaration of the United Nations Environment Programme on urban construction. They suggest a blueprint for future development.
Minhang's future development, its urbanization and a restructuring of the urban framework will be discussed for some time to come. It's an unavoidable topic.
Further urbanization means we need to innovate from traditional development modes and methods to enrich the content and function of our city.
For Minhang, we should concentrate on several aspects: better land use planning, comprehensive development to enrich urban functions, a better balance of public services, rehabilitation of older residential buildings and improvement in the quality of life in our communities.
Restructuring our urban framework goes beyond mere economic changes. It pertains to our entire social structure and the structure of urban and rural space. Of course, the economy plays a vital role in this process.
We need to balance growth with structural adjustments and employment. We need to encourage more value-added production while keeping costs low. We must develop new industries that look to the future needs of the world market and our own domestic consumption.
In terms of social structure, we need to blend government leadership and public participation. We must ensure that public services are equitably distributed between urban and rural areas. We should endeavor to attract more technological talent to our district.
Regarding the structuring of urban and rural space, we must expedite the process of integrating both. Living conditions in the urban areas need to be improved.
Low Carbon:
We're on the way!
Staging an Expo that is a showcase for low-carbon technologies of the future has been a masterful stroke of creative planning as the world enters a new, greener future.
I was struck by the London Pavilion in the Urban Best Practices Area, which concentrates on zero-carbon technologies and how construction designs can address the issue of climate change.
I was impressed by the Taipei and Montreal exhibitions that concentrate on sustainable urbanization.
These pavilions offered exciting concepts for recycling and waste management. All of these new technologies can be adapted for use in Minhang, including innovations in traffic control, environmental protection and construction techniques.
We in Minhang have shown our willingness to be leaders in this green revolution. We implemented the first free public bicycle rental program in July 2009, and we now have more than 350 service points, 14,000 bicycles and 90,000 residents signed up as users.
The service area of this program covers most towns and communities in the Minhang District, including the Xinzhuang Industrial Zone.
Renting bicycles free encourages people to ride instead of drive, thus easing pressure on traffic and on air pollution. This is an excellent example of applying low-carbon thinking to daily life.
Our free bicycle rental program is now more than a year old. According to our tracking statistics, the user rate for each bicycle has, on average, exceeded four times a day. We are meeting the transport needs of 200,000 user-times every week.
In the next five years, we will expand our implementation of low-carbon strategies as we learn more about all their applications. We want to adopt these strategies in the areas of construction, resource management, solar energy and use of new materials.
We also feel very proud that Minhang's "Ecological Home" was chosen to represent Shanghai in the Urban Best Practices Area. The house, showcasing how we can make our homes environmentally friendly, has been popular with Expo visitors from all over the world.
Ecological urban construction will be a key focus going forward in Minhang District. We will concentrate more on environment protection and urban greening. In the next five years, we plan to construct between five and 10 recreational greenbelts a year.
All those citizens riding free bicycles can take pride in the fact that they are contributing to a greener future and can proudly declare while they pedal: Low carbon, we're on the way!
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