Overlooking Taicang from the high altitude to the east, there are rivers and seas surging in front of you, and there is a glorious port city in the back, which has been interpreting the symbiosis and co-prosperity of the city and the port throughout the ages.
The port city is the whole area, and the city is the port city. At present, focusing on the "No. 1 Project" of port development, Taicang is following the path of "Qiangang-Central District-Houcheng", starting from the strong hub of "Qiangang", the strong industry of "Central District", and the strong function of "Houcheng", to build a highland for the integrated development of port, industry and city in the whole city.
"Houcheng" is the backing.
Taicang will anchor the "city-based port", take the "functional fit" as the guide, focus on the service port and port industry, lay out and improve the urban functional formats with high fit and strong support, and diligently build a first-class port city, providing the strongest support for the high-quality development of Taicang Port.
What will the "back city" look like? In a word: all functions are complete, the crew is in mind, and the tourists are bustling.
"Houcheng", a fully functional city
In order to support the transformation of "port flow" into "urban increment", the "houcheng" must continuously improve the urban functional facilities such as residential consumption, exhibitions and exhibitions, "gather popularity, optimize business formats, and increase vitality", and create a vibrant city with distinctive port city characteristics.
Vitality comes from convenient transportation.
There are thousands of development roads, and transportation interconnection is the first. As the first urban viaduct road in Taicang, the Longjiang Road Rapid Project is currently under construction of cast-in-place box girders, and after the opening of traffic, the 15-minute fast commuting road network between the port area and the main city will be more perfect. Taicang will also speed up the construction of S339 rapid and other projects, start the construction of the southern extension of Dongting Road, Binhe Road underpass and other main city transportation projects, and build an efficient and smooth urban commuting network between the port, the port area and the port city.
Vitality comes from global linkage.
In the Yangtze River Houlang Commercial Block of Loujiang New Town, a number of modern service industry projects have been settled in for decoration; To the east of the block, a 12-square-kilometer modern service industry agglomeration area along the river is poised to develop. Along Taicang Avenue, the construction of the underground comprehensive pipe gallery project of Taicang Avenue is being stepped up, and a number of projects in the agglomeration area such as the Sino-German Innovation City Urban Life Square are also being accelerated, further improving the urban function and providing supporting services for the development of the port industry and the hub economy. At the same time, the construction of the central area of the 7.92 square kilometer port area has been steadily promoted, and the functional formats of the plates along the river such as Liuhe River and Huangjing are also gradually improving.
Vitality comes from the quality of life.
It is human nature to pursue a better life, and "Happiness Golden Taicang" has been consistent in its efforts to make up for the shortcomings of public services. For example, the Taicang Branch of Ruijin Hospital, a high-quality medical resource, will be put into use next year and begin to benefit the people of the city. In addition, high-end functional projects such as the Affiliated School of Shanghai Wai Chinese University, the Sino-German Innovation City Medical Care Center, Marriott Hotel, and China Resources Mixc are also being accelerated. Taicang will also continue to enrich business, catering, entertainment and other formats, and promote the port city to be more modern, more refined and more pyrotechnic.
"Houcheng", a city that the crew misses
History is created in Sri Lanka, and legends are written in Sri Lanka. In the heyday of Taicang Port in ancient times, there were more than 10,000 sailors living in Taicang. Their appearance profoundly affected the local economic and social development at that time.
Sailors of yesteryear, crews of today.
The salary level of the crew is relatively high, and in the internationally famous port cities such as Singapore and Hong Kong, there are a large number of crew members "buying, buying, buying" every day. How to do a good job in service and attract the crew who come and go from Taicang Port to the "back city" for consumption? Taicang is planning the layout.
A barge, interpreting "doing practical things". The "Yangtze River Taicang Water Green Comprehensive Service Zone" includes more than 30 Taicang industry departments such as maritime, justice, health and transportation, etc., into the "circle of friends", and sets up a crew service center, which can provide various social volunteer services such as free clinics for seafarers.
A list to witness "knowing the cold and the warm". From the ship to the land, Taicang has always been concerned about the well-being of the boat people, and has issued a list of 17 crew service measures to help the boat people solve the "urgent, difficult and longing" things in navigation and berthing, protection of rights and interests, and daily life.
A project means "moving in earnest". Not long ago, the crew consumption business travel service project was officially signed, and Taicang High-tech Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd. will cooperate with Taicang Maritime Safety Bureau to integrate relevant resources, carefully do a good job in crew life consumption services, and promote the formation of a shipping economic consumption circle in Taicang.
A single flower blooming alone is not spring. Only by coming up with a "service matrix" will the crew be "in mind".
According to the Action Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of Taicang Port, focusing on the core group of seafarers, Taicang will provide targeted and personalized services, including formulating and implementing a special plan for the homogeneity of seafarer services, accelerating the construction of a seafarer service center and a seafarer service street, and improving facilitation services such as entry payment, leisure and entertainment, as well as special services such as seafarer training; explore the opening of shuttle bus and special car services, and build a comprehensive crew shuttle transportation network; Formulate special policies for housing purchase, education, medical care, etc., so that more seafarers can live in Taicang and consume in Taicang.
"Back City", a city bustling with tourists
One industry is prosperous, and all industries are prosperous. Tourism, an industry that enriches the people, leads consumption upgrading and drives economic transformation, which is an important part of Taicang's "3+3" industrial system and an important fulcrum for the high-quality development of port-industry-city integration.
Adhering to the concept of "urban area is scenic spot, tourism is life", Taicang has made great achievements in recent years in the city-wide planning and panoramic tourism development system, and accelerated the construction of a leisure tourism destination in the Yangtze River Delta.
Look, the ice and snow tour is hot and hot. Since its opening in November last year, the first phase of Taicang Alps International Resort has received more than 320,000 visitors. Ten days ago, the second phase of the project was officially signed, with a total investment of more than 5 billion yuan, and is expected to build a number of "the world's best ski resorts".
Look, the Yangtze River is swimming, and the people are surging. After the opening of 72 ideal villages in Liuhe Town at the end of September last year, they quickly became the new "Internet celebrity check-in places" in Shanghai. During this year's May Day alone, it attracted more than 80,000 tourists from the Yangtze River Delta region.
Look, the ancient town tour, the red flying green dance. On weekends and holidays, Shaxi Ancient Town and Liuhe Ancient Town are crowded everywhere, and the occupancy rate of hotels and B&Bs remains high. During this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, in just three days, Shaxi Town received more than 87,500 tourists, a year-on-year increase of nearly 1 times.
The Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have always emphasized that in the development of the cultural tourism industry, it is necessary to do a good job in the article of "Shanghai people and sea people".
In the future, Taicang will continue to improve the all-for-one tourism service system, create multilingual and multi-category comprehensive cultural tourism products and services, optimize existing resources such as Rothenburg Style Street, Zhenghe Park, Tianfei Palace, Alpine Snow World, Rose Manor, accelerate the construction of new projects such as the Yangtze River Forest Farm Adventure Park, support Nike, Skechers, Zhibao and other enterprises to develop industrial tourism, promote various scenic spots to form a line, and create diversified boutique cultural tourism routes such as Yangtze River tours, port tours, ancient town tours, ice and snow tours, and industrial tours. Better empower the integrated development of Hong Kong, industry and city.