The development course of Wuzhen

From 65438 to 0998, Wuzhen entrusted the Urban Planning and Design Institute of Tongji University in Shanghai to compile the Protection Plan of Wuzhen Ancient Town, which defined the overall development direction of Wuzhen ancient town protection and tourism development, divided the whole ancient town into four different levels of protection areas: absolute protection area, key protection area, general protection area and regional control area, and put forward different levels of protection measures, with the protection scope and buffer area reaching 198 hectares.

1999 During the Spring Festival, a fire destroyed 13 houses along the river in Zhaxi. Chen Xianghong (former director of Tongxiang Municipal Government Office) went to the resettlement work as the head of the government working group, and stayed there after the resettlement to start protecting and developing Wuzhen.

200 1, Dongzha Scenic Area of Wuzhen Protection and Development Project was officially opened to the public. The protection of Dongzha Old Street is only superficial, characterized by landscape transformation.

In 2003, because the area of the first-phase protection project in Wuzhen only accounted for less than a quarter of the total area of Wuzhen, there were still a large number of classic buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties to be protected and restored, and due to the geographical constraints, it was impossible to provide better services for tourists. Start the second phase of the project (Zhaxi Scenic Area).

In 2007, Tashi was officially opened.

20 14 to build a "city of birth" in the internet age.

Wuzhen applied advanced management concepts to the protection of ancient towns, effectively explored the methods of protection and development of ancient towns, and accumulated successful experience. For example, burying pipelines, dredging rivers, repairing the old as before, and controlling excessive commercialization. All of them are the first or successful examples in the protection and development of ancient towns in China, which have been affirmed by experts and peers and praised by the UN expert investigation team as "Wuzhen model" for the protection of ancient towns.