Reconstruction and Development of Shitou Village in Foshan

Stone Village, Shiwan Town Street, Chancheng District, is located in the central business district organized by Foshan Planning Center. Its location conditions are quite superior and its land development potential is huge. It is one of the key areas for Foshan to promote the "three major transformations". With the strong support of party committees and governments at all levels, Shitou Village actively introduced market-oriented operation, vigorously promoted the transformation of old villages, and boldly tried to demolish old villages before building new ones, which showed Shitou Village's determination and courage in implementing the transformation of old villages and played a good demonstration role in promoting the transformation of Foshan's "village in the city".

Since the municipal government implemented unified land acquisition in the early 1990s, there is basically no agricultural land in Shitou Village, and the development of reserved land and the original collective property income have become the main sources of collective economic income in Shitou Village. Due to the restriction of economic conditions at that time, the development of reserved land was basically to build a single-storey property for rent, with low land use efficiency, long payback period and slow growth of village collective economy. Shitou village realized the urgency of rebuilding the old property several years ago. Two years ago, in conjunction with neighboring villages such as Liang Shi and Li Yong, 13 ceramic factories with large area and low efficiency were closed, and successfully transformed into Shi Lan International Metal Trading Center, which has begun to take shape. It not only improved the city appearance, but also improved the land use efficiency, and the village collective economic strength was significantly enhanced. With the implementation of the central group planning on both sides of a river, key infrastructures such as Central Park, Lingnan Avenue and Dongping Bridge have been built one after another, and the land development potential of Shitou Village and its surrounding areas has been further enhanced, which is a rare opportunity for the transformation of old properties and old villages in Shitou Village.

According to the requirements of Foshan urban planning, Shitou Village will be transformed by stages. The old village reconstruction project includes sub-projects such as "Huigang International", "Cui Di Pearl" and "Binhai Royal Court". The first stage of reconstruction and development is carried out on the north bank of Dongping River. The first phase of the renovation involves the demolition of more than 90,000 square meters of old village property, and the whole project will be completed within three years. Through the implementation of contiguous planning and transformation, the village in the city will enter the intensive tertiary industry from extensive primary and secondary industries, from low-grade property rental to modern service industry, and become a central business district integrating five-star hotels, finance, commerce, shopping, leisure and entertainment.

In 2005, Shitou Village demolished some seriously polluted ceramic factories and transformed them into Foshan Shi Lan (International) Metal Trading Center, taking the first step of "old village transformation".

In 2006, the "Old Village Reconstruction" project in Shitou Village was launched in an all-round way, integrating more than 200 mu of land in eight economic communities and introducing the "Binhai Royal Court" commercial and residential project in the form of land shares. The villagers affected by the demolition will be replaced according to the housing area of 1: 1. At the same time, the village committee will pay the property management fee for the villagers and provide each villager with a parking space free of charge.

Because of its new model, the pioneering measures of the General Party Branch of Shitou Village are regarded as a successful example of "old village reconstruction" and included in the top ten key projects in Foshan City.

On June 22, 2007, the first project of the old village reconstruction in Shitou Village, "Binhai Royal Court", broke ground. The project is located at the intersection of Lingnan Avenue and Dongping River Road, with a total land area of about/kloc-0.08 million square meters, a total construction area of about 420,000 square meters and a total investment of/kloc-0.00 billion yuan.