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People’s Daily Comments: Above and under the ground, here comes the parallel Xiongan New Area

(People's Daily Online)    17:10, July 03, 2017

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Have you ever imagined a city like this? High-rises stand above the ground, with birds singing and flowers blossoming. The underground space is multi-layered: shallow layers are designed for shopping, entertainment, parking, and storage; deep layers as strategic infrastructure spaces for logistics and transportation, water pipelines, special construction, and so forth. Such a city is not scientific fantasy; it is the future of China’s Xiongan New Area.

Xiongan New Area is another area with national significance, following the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the Shanghai Pudong New Area. Based on geological investigations, Xiongan New Area boasts stable geologic structure, less-severe land subsidence, and excellent underground water quality, all of which provide ideal conditions for the development of underground space.

Recently, the China Geological Survey called for the creation of a “transparent Xiongan.” Xiongan New Area will become the very first model area for China’s multi-faceted approach to city and geological surveys, including examinations on a city’s space, resources, environment, and potential disasters. This plan received a positive response from many netizens: “How great Xiongan is!”

“City construction is essentially the art of space.” With land resources limited, China’s city development should focus on the underground space. Xiongan New Area is very likely to become a model of city planning in the future. Nevertheless, if we intend to employ more scientific designs and construction techniques, and take environment, safety, and efficiency into account at the same time, in order to make Xiongan a livable city, we still have a long way to go. 

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