I. Location of Project

Chongqing Municipality

II. Lessons Learned

In recent years, the CAUPD has gained practical experience in urban renewal in Chongqing in the following three aspects.

First, make breakthrough from top-level design and assist local authorities in building a renewal system. The construction of the renewal system mainly centered around the planning system and policy system. For planning system, we have carried out work related to the "Three-Year Plan of Action for Chongqing Urban Upgrading (2018 Edition)" and the "14th Five-Year Plan for Chongqing Urban Renewal and Upgrading" to assist the municipality in building a renewal planning system and comprehensively grasping the developments, tasks and direction of its urban renewal. For policy system, we took part in the formulation of local standards concerning urban renewal and assisted the local authorities in establishing a policy and regulatory system for urban renewal.

Second, make breakthrough from renewal pilot and blaze the trial of “check-up” and renewal. Based on the urban (health) “check-up” of Chongqing, we used Jiangbei District as a pilot to explore the working mechanism of promoting urban renewal through urban “check-up”. Given the fundamental role played by information platforms in targeted promoting renewal work, CAUPD has established a common information platform for urban “check-up” and urban renewal.

Third, make breakthrough from actual project and accumulate expertise. In the historical and cultural feature districts represented by Ciqikou, we adopted the approach of gradual and micro-renewal, focusing on carrying out projects, regulating traffic, improving the outlook of the scenic area, and promoting the renovation of old residential areas around the ancient town through concerted effort. In the systematic renewal of riverside public space represented by the south bank of the Yangtze River, we adopted the people-oriented space design, putting the people living in the neighborhood first, attached importance to the ecological protection of the Yangtze River, emphasized the ecological design based on nature, valued the systematicness and integrity of renewal, and gave play to the role of riverside to spur the development of the hinterland. In the sustainable organic renewal of high-intensity built-up residential areas represented by the periphery of the inner ring, we sought to tap the stock resources, identify inefficient spaces, and maximize the resource potential of the area. Meanwhile, we integrated fragmented space and activated the vitality of the plot by strengthening spatial connection. Building on this, we saw to it that the space are used to the maximum by offering various services made possible through comprehensive development and utilization.