Guiyang urban planning, design institute holds seminar

Guiyang Urban Planning & Design Institute – located in the city of Guiyang, capital city of China's Southwest Guizhou province – held a symposium on Jan 8 to brief participants its basic operations, recent work and future plans.

In addition to the report, Feng Xiaowei, the head of the institute, also discussed the issues that the institute will face in its future work and that need for coordination with other organizations to solve them.

Representatives from the city's various bureaus, offices and other government departments participated in the event and exchanged opinions on existing problems.

With regards to planning and the selection of project sites, there should be more coordination and communication -- and that the institute should provide more technical support and services to interest parties.

Du Huazhi, director of Guiyang bureau of natural resources and planning, provided an overview of changes in natural resource management over the years and put forward requirements for the development of the future planning work in the city.

Du said that the institute should support urban planning and development of Guiyang and must give full play to its advantages in serving local development.

The director said the bureau's territorial and spatial planning work should not just focus on the original built-up area of 300 square kilometers, but also needed to broaden its view to cover the central urban area of 1,230 square kilometers or even the entire city's 8,034 square kilometers.

He said it was necessary to effectively connect land planning and urban planning of space, while establishing a new vision for all-region planning.

In addition, the institute must continue to develop and make progress by expanding its business scope. It should plan to set up a branch in the Guian New Area, organize learning exchanges and training of technical personnel more often and raising the levels of planning compilations.

Proposals were also made for the institute to better serve the city's rural revitalization and poverty alleviation, so as to better support its economic and social development.