LVGEM Group creates “consensus” experts series forum
The first talks about how to define the city center
How to define the center of a city? In the early time, the city center is where CBD area is. What is the concept of CBD, it is Manhattan, New York; Central, Hong Kong; Lujiazui, Shanghai Chaoyang District, Beijing. They are dense areas of city economy, science and technology, and culture, recognized as the city’s gold zone. With the birth of CLD central living area, CAD centrally administered districts, we can no longer define the center of a city long with one “D”.
In Shenzhen, along with the reform and opening up process, from Luohu, Futian, to Nanshan, the city center continues to expand westwards. Currently, Shenzhen Futian District recognized as the city center. But with gradual increase of development efforts in Qianhai, and introduction of institutional innovations and incentives conducive to enterprise development, Qianhai is getting more and more attention, even hailed as Shenzhen’s “second reform ” experimental field. The next 30 years, who will become the center of Shenzhen? Recently, this topic has been debated.
On August 24, LVGEM Group initiated the “consensus” expert series forum – “Looking for the city center”was launched in OCT Loft B.Park Blooming Garden. We have invited renowned cultural scholar Hu Yeqiu, director of the Development Institute of Management Research Center, Chinese City Research Center researcher Li Jinkui deliver a speech on city center. Shenzhen Evening News deputy editor Zhouzhi Chen as a guest host and forum guest o express his unique perspectives, initiate enthusiastic discussion. LVGEM Group hope that by means of the “consensus” expert first series forum, going back to the origin, it seeks to convince the audience, examines historical changes and criteria for the localization of city center, to discuss where city center is.
Cultural experts + City expert all have their own say, a thousand city center in a thousand hearts
Renowned cultural scholar Hu Yeqiu throw us a question: Why do we want to define, debate, long for and look for city center? There has been prolonged debate on urban centers, in the end geography is the first factor in determining the location of the center of the city, or psychological factors can turn barren bustling. In addition to the changing of planning and development of urban functional area, whether there is another force determining the city center in everyone’s hearts. Renowned cultural scholar Hu Yeqiu mentioned in his speech, historically China’s city expand outwardly basing on the power, but the center and the edge of Shenzhen scattered integration, so that different classes of people coexist in harmony. Therefore, the concept of the center, not just represents a concentrated location for the best resource, the strongest claim and the best prospects. Whenever peace can be found is my hometown. Everybody has his own idea of city center. A pursuit of city center is a pursuit of one’s own spiritual awareness, a kind of inner desire to seek. What we accept as the center is to a place where we find our inner peace
If to discuss how we think about what the city center should be like, we would think of the sentence “uneven one hundred thousand families”. But in fact, a city center shines might because of its historical heritage, or its cultural sediments, or because it is the most densely inhabited or it is good for living. Director of the China Development Institute Management Research Center researcher Li Jinkui mentioned in his speech, the drift of the center of Shenzhen follows economic transformation. And Shenzhen in the future will be transformed into a super multi-center urban complex. Center and sub-center constitute neurons relations, to form 10N innovative power. The innovation center will enable the city to maintain the vitality, and every person is creating the face of the future of Shenzhen’s center.
convergence of experts’points of view, multiple Shenzhen looking forward to endless possibilities
In the ensuing exchange discussion, “Shenzhen Evening News’ managing editor Zhouzhi Chen and Mr. Hu Yeqiu, Li Jinkui have heated discussions, providing for present guests a feast of culture and thinking. Guest experts reached such a consensus: Shenzhen has multi-center characteristics generated by cooperation between the public and the private, which makes Shenzhen stand out from cities in China where the center of city is based on power. Polycentric Shenzhen represents diverse culture and unlimited possibilities. Not only does it have material center, commercial center, but also, spiritual center, cultural center and living center. It should also be an opportunity center for young people. Young people do not worry about being deported to the edge of the center. With efforts they move toward the center gradually. What they need is courage. The culture of our innovate future center will be an inclusive, open and protected marine striver civilized city.
This time, “consensus” expert forum series created by LVGEM Group, combines speeches from all sectors, causing extensive discussion and thinking. As Shenzhen’s Urban Renewal pioneer and leader, LVGEM Group representative said that geographical factors and psychological factors are not necessarily either one or the other. Recalling the localization of many urban centers of large cities, it is not difficult to find, geographical and psychological factors are often complementary and symbiotic. LVGEM Group hopes with this consensus expert forum, the process of thinking brings more profound impact than a single conclusion to Shenzhen. A city center is always decided by the people living in the city. As long as participants in the city always adhere to their ideals and have perseverance, the city is bound to have a better city heart.
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