The spatial pattern is the key to development. Recently, the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Guangzhou-Foundated Urbanization in Guangzhou-Focus" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") jointly compiled by Guangzhou-Focus and Foshan cities proposed to create a spatial pattern of "one zone, three axes, and one ring".
In 2020, the sum of the GDP of Guangzhou and Foshan region reached 3.6 trillion yuan, and the sum of the permanent population exceeded 28 million. The "Plan" states that the coordinated and balanced urban spatial pattern is based on the current situation and latest requirements of the integrated urban development in Guangzhou and Foshan, with urban functional docking and coupling as the core, linking major transportation hubs and development platforms to promote the coordinated development of urban space, industrial space and ecological space.
Source: "The 14th Five-Year Plan for the Urbanization of Guangzhou and Foshan"
Accelerate the construction of Guangzhou and Foshan's urbanization of Guangzhou and Foshan. This year, multiple documents have been issued. In April 2022, the Foshan Municipal Natural Resources Bureau announced the draft of the "Foshan Land and Space Master Plan (2020-2035)", and included Chencun Town , Beijiao Town , and Dali Town into the central urban area, and Foshan's central urban area was expanded to the junction of Guangzhou and Foshan.
htmlOn August 5, the "Guidelines for Coordination of Land and Space Planning of the Guangdong Metropolitan Area" released by Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources proposed that Foshan will be included in the Guangzhou Metropolitan Area. The Guangzhou metropolitan area will build a Guangzhou-Focus core area with Guangzhou central area as the main core and Foshan central area as the secondary core, and create a multi-center inner circle of the metropolitan area, mainly undertake administrative management, scientific and technological innovation, headquarters economy, finance and commerce, cultural exchanges, modern logistics and other functions.Guangzhou-Focus urbanization is dominated by the market and guided by the government. To resolve the obstacles of "integration" between cities, how the coordination and management mechanism between the two cities is the key to effectively operate.
plans the two cities of Guangzhou and Foshan as a whole
"Guangzhou's spatial organization is a typical large city's 'core-edge' model, and Foshan is composed of several development groups, which is a multi-subject competitive and cooperative model." Executive Director of the Chinese Urban Planning Society and Professor of the School of Architecture of South China University of Technology Professor of the School of Architecture of South China University of Technology Yuan Qifeng told reporters from Nandu that after nearly 20 years of development, driven by the market, especially the urbanization process in Foshan Nanhai accelerated. In 2008, Nanhai District proposed to open border road toll stations and open tap water and telecommunications business markets to Guangzhou, commonly known as the "small three links" action. The two places broke the barriers of administrative divisions and the space was becoming increasingly continuous.
At the end of 2008, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government proposed "Pearl River Delta Integration", requiring , Guangzhou and Foshan City, to try first.
In 2009, the construction of Guangzhou-Focus urbanization was fully launched, and the first cross-regional comprehensive plan in the country was issued, "Guangfo Urbanization Development Plan (2009-2020)". This document puts forward the basic concept of the development of , space in the Guangzhou-Focus metropolitan area. In terms of overall spatial development, we will further enhance the radiation and driving force of the national central city of Guangzhou , give full play to the advantages of Foshan's important economic center, integrate and organize the regional development of Guangzhou and Foshan, and build a spatial layout of urban development with "one core strengthening, two ridges and two belts leading, and multiple poles driving".
The "13th Five-Year Plan for Urbanization in Guangzhou and Foshan (2016-2020)" issued in 2017 continues the previous plan. The urbanization construction has entered a stage of deep integration and transformation, and proposed to form a spatial layout of urbanization development with "one core leading, one link connecting, and two belts linking". It also emphasized the focus on promoting the construction of three major urbanization cooperation demonstration zones, including Liwan- Nanhai , Huadu-Sanshui, and Panyu -Shunde, and build a spatial carrier for the integration of the two cities.
Yuan Qifeng said that the two cities of Guangzhou and Foshan have formed a new "core-edge" stratigraphic urban spatial form, surrounded by industrial circles and centralized service areas. After 2018, with the proposal of the " Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area " strategy, the willingness of Guangzhou and Foshan cities to be in the same city has increased.
"Adhere to plan the two cities of Guangzhou and Foshan as a whole."Guangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission interpreted on August 17 that the new spatial pattern is "one zone, three axes, and one ring", and "one zone" is the leading area for urbanization in the north and south, specifically supported by the Guangzhou-Foshan high-quality development integration experimental zone; the "three axes" are the three urbanization development axes in the east and west, and are divided into the central core development axis, the southern emerging development axis, and the northern green development axis according to the characteristics of regional development; the "one ring" is the linkage development ring of major transportation hubs such as Nansha Port , Baiyun International Airport , Pearl River Delta Hub (Guangzhou New) Airport and the Nansha Free Trade Zone, China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City , Foshan New City and other major development platforms.
Guangzhou-Foundation boundary de-administrative requires long-term running-in According to the "Plan", the leading area for urbanization in the north-south direction of Guangzhou-Foundation specifically refers to the high-quality development of Guangzhou-Foundation integration experimental zone along the 197-kilometer north-south border of the two cities, including the pilot zone of "Guangzhou South Station-Foshan Sanlong Bay-Liwan Hailong" and four experimental zone areas: "Liwan-South Sea", " Baiyun -South Sea", "Huadu-Sanshui", and "Nansha-Shunde", to accelerate the exploration of de-administrative zone boundary of the experimental zone, and lead and drive the high-quality integrated development of Guangzhou-Foundation.
" The three stages of urbanization are infrastructure interconnection, free circulation of production factors and living in the same city. "Yuan Qifeng said that in terms of life and city, due to the balanced allocation of public service resources in Guangzhou and Foshan, "de-administrative" still needs to go through long-term running-in. The term "1 pilot zone and 4 areas" high-quality development integration pilot zone was first introduced in the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Guangzhou and Foshan High-quality Development Integration Experimental Zone" compiled by Guangzhou and Foshan in September 2020. The overall scope of
involves a management committee of two cities and nine districts, namely Guangzhou Panyu District, Liwan District, Baiyun District, , Huadu District, , Nansha District, and Foshan Nanhai District , Shunde District , Sanshui District , Chancheng District , and Sanlongwan High-end Innovation Cluster Zone Management Committee. The planned construction area of the experimental zone is about 629 square kilometers, including 275 square kilometers in Guangzhou and 354 square kilometers in Foshan.
The experimental zone undertakes the leading role of Guangzhou-Foshan in the whole urbanization of the whole region, including inter-city collaborative governance, cross-regional platform co-construction, industrial cluster development and human settlement construction.
In terms of inter-city collaborative governance, the experimental zone will implement urbanization management according to authorization. The "Plan" proposes that the experimental zone should "boldly carry out the whole system Innovate the system and mechanism, resolutely solve the prominent problems in the process of market unity, industrial collaboration, and equalization of public services of ”.
Several experts pointed out that the pilot zone will take the lead in trial and form replicable and promote the same-city experience, and further cover the two cities of Guangzhou and Foshan.
Previously, the Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau interpreted the "Overall Plan for the Construction of the Guangzhou and Foshan High-Quality Development Integration Experimental Zone" and stated that the implementation of the plan should strive to establish a coordination mechanism at the provincial level, establish a municipal level working organization, explore the establishment of a theme planning mechanism for "co-construction, co-examination, and co-management" of the two cities, and improve regional collaborative governance with diverse theme participation Management mechanism.
The "Party and Government Leading Group - Mayor Joint Meeting - Deputy Mayor Work Coordination Meeting - Special Task Group" has been established between the two cities of Guangzhou and Foshan. The "Plan" stated that with the continuous expansion and deepening of the cooperation field, it is urgent to explore the establishment of a more normalized and more binding work promotion mechanism to promote new breakthroughs in urbanization.
In-city cooperation lacks a high-level platform carrier. "The two cities have planned to jointly build the Guangzhou-Foshan high-quality development integration pilot zone around key border areas such as Guangzhou South Station, but the platform has not yet risen to the provincial and even national level, and lacks relevant policy support. "The Plan points out.
This Plan also proposes to establish a cross-regional Guangzhou-Foshan Joint Planning Committee, scientifically allocate the spatial resources of the two cities, and efficiently coordinate the planning and construction affairs of the same city.
Planning: Qiu Ping, Feng Yunqing,
Coordination: Feng Yunqing, Huang Qionghong,
Edited by: Nandu reporter Huang Shulun, Zhong Liting, Wang Meisu, Feng Yunqing, Chen Zhuorui, Liang Sihua, Intern reporter Li Zhu, Intern Wu Shiyu, Li Luli
