Xingtai White Swan Hotel

White Swan Hotel, invested and built by Hong Kong businessman Henry Fok, is located in Shamian Scenic Area, Liwan District, Guangzhou, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the confluence of the three rivers. 1983 opened, which is the first five-star hotel in mainland China with Sino-foreign cooperation. Since its opening, it is a very powerful hotel in Guangzhou. Many people are proud to have been to the White Swan to eat and drink tea, which shows that it is difficult to surpass the cognition on the tall.

The White Swan has created a glorious history, with a 600-meter-long elevated approach bridge behind it, riding on the sand surface and facing the river directly to the hotel lobby, which is also rare in the world.

Enjoy the beautiful scenery of the intersection of the three rivers for nearly 40 years. Should it be torn down and returned to the people? The White Swan is a microcosm of the reform and opening up in the Mainland and represents a big step for Guangzhou to integrate with the outside world. It was not easy to introduce foreign capital to build a five-star hotel at that time. Mr. Fok Ying-tung, the investor of White Swan, spent HK$ 30 million. All the materials were imported (because there were no qualified materials in the Mainland at that time), and only water, electricity, coal and manpower were used in the Mainland.

White Swan is not only a catering category, but also the glory of China hotel industry, and it is the designated hotel for receiving foreign heads of state. 1985 was accepted as a member of "World-class Hotel" and won many awards since its operation, winning glory for the motherland and Guangzhou.

Back to the topic, should the approach bridge be demolished? The public has mixed opinions on this.

Netizen A: It should be demolished early in the morning, and there are guardrails along the embankment to restore the original appearance of the sand surface.

Netizen B: It's a pity that the memorial archway of Luoxi Bridge was demolished. It has no primitive history.

Netizen C: How to enter the hotel after demolition? There have been enough traffic jams.

Netizen d: Being is reasonable, the glory of the white swan.

Here, let's first understand how important the Pearl River coastline is to Guangzhou, which is the core area of high-quality urban development. Only by upgrading the core of the whole urban pattern and connecting the coastal landscape can we show the charm of taking water as the foundation. In fact, the practice of the White Swan Bridge has been questioned by scholars, government commissioners and citizens. How to cooperate with the renewal planning of the new vitality of the old city?

At the beginning of the year, the municipal government passed the "White Swan Pool Development Plan (2020-2035)", making it the main engine of the western part of Guangzhou, in which the waterfront vitality area is the bright spot, and the White Swan approach bridge occupies the river view line with excellent sand surface. Although it is not as "painful" as Renmin Road Viaduct, the Pearl River is the lifeblood of Guangzhou. The key point is that this approach bridge did not enjoy the honor with White Swan Hotel.

It is also a difficult point to dismantle the approach bridge and where to build roads to enter the White Swan. As a model of reform and opening-up, it is not only a simple road, but also needs to match its style with its status, which requires more ground area.

Finally, whether to tear down the approach bridge of White Swan Hotel is really not a one-day or two-day decision. what do you think?