The difference between business center and central business district

1. A business center refers to a hub area that organizes the circulation of goods in a certain area. A business center in a broad sense refers to a city that mainly exercises commercial functions; In a narrow sense, a business center refers to an area where businesses are concentrated in a city.

2.CBD refers to the area where major commercial activities are carried out in a country or city. Its concept first appeared in the United States of 1923, and was defined as "business gathering place" at that time. Subsequently, the connotation of CBD has been continuously enriched, and it has become the economic development center of a city, a region and even a country. Generally speaking, CBD is located in the center of the city, which highly concentrates the economic, technological and cultural forces of the city. As the core of the city, CBD should have many functions such as finance, trade, service, exhibition and consultation, and have perfect municipal transportation and communication conditions.

CBD has the following remarkable features.

1, geographical features

First of all, it is an international metropolis. Small cities can also be called business centers, but the real business centers must be recognized international cities, such as new york, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hongkong and Beijing. In fact, the central business district has become synonymous with a city in a sense, which represents the most essence and super-landscape area of the whole city. On the other hand, they have also developed secondary commercial centers or sub-metropolitan areas from metropolitan areas. For example, Tokyo's metropolitan area is in Ginza, Marunouchi, Japan Bridge and Shinjuku, and its sub-metropolitan area is in Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Akasaka and Taitai. The capital of Seoul is in Central District and Zhonglu District, and the deputy capitals are in Jiangnan District and Cao Rui District. If Hong Kong and Shenzhen are put in the same concept, then Hong Kong's central business district is in Central, Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon, Causeway Bay nearby and Mong Kok in Kowloon can also be regarded as deputy capitals; Shenzhen's CBD is Futian, and Shenzhen Qianhai is planning the CBD of the Pearl River Delta, which is the "Manhattan" of the Pearl River Delta.

2. Land price characteristics

Because it is a prime location, its property price should be the highest in this city or a region.

3. Architectural features

In the traditional sense, commercial centers are often lined with high-rise buildings, such as Manhattan in new york, Central in Hong Kong, Futian in Shenzhen, etc., which all reflect the characteristics of high-density construction, and the general building volume is tens of millions of square meters.

4. Industrial characteristics

This is the core feature. CBD is dominated by the tertiary industry, and it is not the traditional tertiary industry, but the most advanced and developed tertiary industry. Such as finance, insurance, trust, securities, intermediary, accounting and so on.

5. Functional characteristics

The central business district has the function of economic control. In fact, although the government plays a macro-control role in the economy, under the condition of market economy, the economic control ability is often concentrated in some areas where the headquarters of multinational companies such as finance, trade and insurance gather. This area is relatively strong in economic domination, economic domination and economic control. Therefore, CBD is actually an economic hub institution under the market economy system.

6, the characteristics of the times

The central business district has been evolving since the 1920s, and its structure, function and construction have undergone great changes. Today, CBD has shown new features. Corporate headquarters, financial center and specialized production services constitute the three major functional institutions of today's commercial center. In addition, as a region, CBD should include business management (headquarters), finance, professional services, exhibitions, hotels and apartments, entertainment and high-end retail. It embodies the basic characteristics and connotation of modern CBD.