Each city has its own history of development and has a unique charm. Among the five new cities, the Lingang New Area, where Nanhui New Town is located, is the youngest area, but it also has a magnificent cultural heritage. From a coastal flat in the east of Shanghai to the "growth pole" and "engine" of Shanghai's economic development, it has deduced the majestic epic of land reclamation and the "port speed" from scratch.
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Tracing back to Lingang, more than 300 years of history precipitation
Humanities link people and cities, record the past historical events, but also move towards the future, and convey a deep cultural context. The beginning of Lingang can be traced back to Nanhui County 300 years ago. When the Qiantang River and the Yangtze River meet in the south of Shanghai, the two rivers flow into the sea, from which the name of Nanhui comes from. In the first year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, the young Xinke Jinshi Qinlian left his hometown of Changxing, Zhejiang Province with enthusiasm, and went to the first local magistrate on the East China Sea to witness a small county from scratch, it is Nanhui County.
After 1949, Nanhui became part of Shanghai, and in 2009, Nanhui was merged into Pudong New Area.
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The tidal flat has built a city, and the development has entered a golden age
Taking advantage of the momentum and entering the 21st century, Lingang coincides with the national strategic development of Shanghai to build an international shipping center deep-water port, Lingang vigorously implements the strategy of opening up, and in January 2001, the state officially approved the Yangshan Port construction project; In March 2002, Yangshan Port officially started. On June 26, 2002, Lingang New City, as a supporting facility of Yangshan Deep-water Port, announced the formal development and construction of a "new city" on the tidal flat, with the purpose of building a supporting land city of the deep-water port to promote the development of China's international trade. In 2003, Dishui Lake completed the diversion of water into a lake, and in the same year, the Lingang New City Management Committee was established. Fully support the construction of Lingang, so far Lingang has entered a golden period of development.
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Living near the water, a city of international life
A new city is never built overnight, and Lingang has laid the attributes of international life from the beginning of planning, and the design scheme of the main urban area comes from the Germany GMP company. With "ripples in the water" as the image feature, it embodies the concept of "living near the water". A drop of water in the sky, a lake underground, and layers of ripples from the lake form a city ring with different functions.
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A few strokes laid the prototype of today's Lingang. In the design, the world's leading concepts and planning methods are implemented in this future new city, reflecting the cutting-edge lifestyle of a city of parks where man and nature live in harmony. It can be seen that there is a large area of green space covering the second and third roads around the lake. Haichang Ocean Park, Maritime Museum, Shanghai Planetarium, Shanghai Middle School East School, etc. are all built in the urban park belt, giving the luxury of living outside the green from the urban framework.
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With the 15 months of excavation, in September 2003, after the completion of Dishui Lake, three main roads of Shengang Avenue, Lingang Avenue and Haigang Avenue were built at the same time to build a diversified road system and stimulate the lasting vitality of the city. The S2 Expressway, the "main artery" of Lingang's external traffic, was started, forming a pattern of gradual opening up of Lingang and smoothing internal and external circulation. From history to the present day, Lingang has laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the free trade zone before 2019.
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When the pace of the times has entered the era of the Lingang Free Trade Zone, in order to help Shanghai build a global science and technology innovation center, the world's top science community was born in response to the situation in 2020, aiming to build the first top science community in the country. (Source: Pudong Release: See "Shanghai's 14th Five-Year Plan and Long-Range Objectives for 2035 Proposals"). Standing at the height of internationalization and foresighting of the development trend of Lingang, the central enterprise China State Construction has entered the bureau to serve the future construction of Lingang, shaping life with the posture of a large market and "city-building thinking", drawing a magnificent and majestic real-life picture, and interpreting the new lifestyle of the world's top community. Relying on the strength and outstanding product strength of the central enterprise China Construction, since its first opening in 2022, it has continued to win the "Lingang Sales Champion" (data source: China Index Research Institute's new housing transaction data in the main urban area of Lingang from March 2022 to June 2024)".
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At the same time, with the 103 plate approaching the appearance of the planning blueprint, a large number of high-energy resources such as Lingang Center, Zhongyun TI\T2 Line, Lingang's first Vientiane City Commercial (under construction), and Mobius Park (under construction) have been implemented one after another.
In the future with the city, CSCEC Jiuhai Yuntian is deeply involved in the construction of the Lingang New Area, with a construction area of about 700,000 square meters (including a joint R&D center) to create a better lifestyle under the Lingang Advancement.