Outline of "Parks+Commerce+Consumption" Driving Employment and Economic Benefits Gradually Revealing | Urban Renewal | Parks
CCTV News: The National 14th Five Year Plan Outline has officially proposed the implementation of urban renewal actions. Urban renewal has become an important lever and path for promoting high-quality urban development in China.
The construction of "pocket parks" is an important aspect of urban renewal in recent years. When defining "pocket parks", the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development refers to them as park green activity areas that are open to the public, small in scale, diverse in shape, and have certain recreational functions, with an area generally ranging from 400 square meters to 10000 square meters. Due to its small and diverse size, environmental friendliness, and convenience for the public to use, it is widely welcomed by the public.
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Creating "Golden Edge and Silver Corner" to Enhance Citizen's Happiness
As one of the first pilot cities for urban renewal in China, in 2021, Shenyang took "Pocket Park" as a breakthrough point and proposed a plan to build 3000 "Pocket Parks" within three years. Why build so many "pocket parks" in a city?
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In order to build a "pocket park", the local government has specially proposed a three-year action plan for the launch period of the "Park City Development Bureau" in Shenyang. Now, within two years, Shenyang has built 2070 "pocket parks". In 2023, among the 1000 "pocket parks" they plan to build and renovate, 323 have been completed, and the rest have also completed the design work.
According to Shenyang's plan, building so many "pocket parks" is not only for the beauty of the city, but also aimed at improving the happiness of citizens, increasing the reputation of the city, and enhancing the quality of the city through park construction. Nowadays, when viewed from the air, "Pocket Parks" are evenly and orderly distributed in various urban areas, and the entire city looks like a big garden.
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Economic benefits are evident, empowering urban development
During the visit, the reporter found that the construction of "pocket parks" in recent years has not only increased the satisfaction and happiness of the people, but also increasingly demonstrated economic benefits. In addition to government funding, many social forces see the business opportunities behind "pocket parks" and participate in the construction through investment, subscription, and adoption.
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In Shenyang, with the increasing number of "pocket parks" under construction, the implicit economic benefits of "parks+cultural tourism", "parks+commerce", and "parks+consumption" are gradually emerging.
Tong Yang just opened this restaurant next to a "pocket park" in Hunnan District in 2022. She told reporters that this business opportunity was also discovered unintentionally. After the completion of "Pocket Park", she often came to play, but over time, she found it particularly difficult to find some food and drink nearby. So, together with her friends, she decided to join and open a restaurant.
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Pocket parks have brought business opportunities and employment opportunities. It is precisely because of the economic benefits behind the park that Shenyang has actively guided social forces to participate in the construction of "pocket parks" in the past two years. At present, it has attracted nearly 200 million yuan in investment, driving the development of surrounding cultural tourism and souvenir consumption, as well as the catering industry.