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How to create a characteristic town

1. Maintain the distinctiveness of the "characteristics" of the town

The characteristics of a characteristic town lie in its "characteristics", its charm also lies in its "characteristics", and its vitality also lies in its "characteristics" . Therefore, maintaining the distinctiveness of the town’s “characteristics” is the primary principle in building a characteristic town.

1) Maintain distinctive regional characteristics.

Chongming has a complete range of rivers, lakes and seas and abundant water resources. The creation of characteristic towns should reflect the regional characteristics of a "water town".

2) Maintain distinctive industrial characteristics.

Chongming has flat terrain, fertile land, and rich agricultural, forestry, and fishery resources. The creation of a characteristic town incorporates the local industrial advantages and strives to cultivate pillar industries, either "agriculture" or "forestry" , or fishing, forming its own characteristic industry.

3) Maintain distinctive ecological characteristics.

Dense ecological forests, developed ecological agricultural bases, green industrial systems, ecological modern urban transportation systems, and low-carbon lifestyles determine that the creation of characteristic towns must be in line with the "modern ecological island" The construction goal is to maintain its distinctive ecological characteristics. For example, "ecological" concepts must be injected into environmental design, architectural design, resource utilization and protection, and circular economy.

4) Keep your style unique.

Towns with different locations, different models, and different functions, whether in terms of hardware facilities or software construction, must match their industrial characteristics. Each town has one style, no duplication, no convergence, and ensuring unique characteristics. sex.

2. Maintain the originality and freshness of local culture

Rural culture is the core of "small town culture" and one of the most attractive elements of the town. A small town with only a shell and no vivid local cultural connotation is unlikely to be viable.

The so-called "originality" and "freshness" refer to the interpretation of small town cultural traditions with unique natural features, living customs, people's productive labor and other social and ecological elements. Chongming has a rich local culture that can be explored, such as life culture such as spinning, weaving, steaming cakes, and making dumplings, folk culture such as homespun clothing display, traditional wedding ceremonies, and game culture such as pushing hoops and walking on stilts, etc. As long as we are good at development and utilization, we will surely be able to make the town exude an attractive fragrance.

3. Strive to integrate with industrial development

Many successful experiences at home and abroad tell us that the creation of characteristic towns must be considered in conjunction with industrial planning, so that we can hope to maintain the longevity of the town. of prosperity. At present, the decline in functions of many small towns in Chongming is a negative example.

The functional positioning of Chongming Ecological Island limits the development space of many industries. Because of this, it is even more important to select and cultivate an industry suitable for the development of the town itself. A dynamic industry can gather popularity, attract people, logistics, and capital flows, while also promoting employment and prospering the market.

To create a characteristic town in Chongming, we must combine the development of various service industries such as agriculture, fishery, forestry, commerce, and catering in a comprehensive plan, and select industries that are suitable for the development direction of the town to strengthen it. It has gradually developed into a strong support for the development of small towns.

4. Endow small towns with eco-tourism functions

Compared with traditional small towns, a distinctive feature of characteristic towns is that they are not simply a form of settlement and life style. While it exists, it is also a valuable cultural tourism resource and a place for trade, leisure and vacation.

Therefore, from roads, transportation, environment, architectural style, to functional layout and various facilities, from leisure and entertainment to catering and commerce, in addition to fully meeting the material and spiritual life needs of residents, everything must be Starting from the idea of ??building an eco-tourism town, it is carefully built to show its "characteristics", making eco-tourism and modern service industries one of the industries that the town relies on for development, and providing a steady stream of economic income for the development of the town.

4. Insist on improving people’s livelihood as the foothold and destination of the construction of characteristic towns

The construction of characteristic towns is not innovative or a performance project. Its fundamental purpose is to improve people's livelihood. Therefore, the construction of the town must not only reflect modernization and ecology, but also reflect humanity. The development model of the town should not only serve the overall situation of ecological island construction, but also benefit people's lives.

Since characteristic towns generally choose to stay away from existing bustling towns, infrastructure such as road transportation, commercial facilities, cultural and entertainment facilities, etc. must be subject to humanized design.

Only by taking improving people's lives as the starting point and destination of building a characteristic town can the true value of town creation be reflected and a modern ecological treasure island where people and people and people and nature live in harmony.

Source: Qianzhan Industry Research Institute