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1. Yangzhou
The Best City for Habitat
----Yanan Xia

2. Key Facts
• Location:
China
Yangtze River &
Great Canal
• Population:
4.6 million
• Area:
6,634 km2
• Climate:
Subtropical

3. Features
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4. History
• Guangling was first founded
485 BC
• Changed her name into Yangzhou
590 BC
Est 610 • Great Canal was completed; Yangzhou became the southern capital of China
BC
Since • A leading economic and cultural center and major port, especially for salt trade
Tang • Different foreigners from middle east and Korea lived here
Dynasty
• During Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou was still the center of salt trading
Manchu • Afterwards, failure of building a railroad led to a decline of the city
s

5. History
Go to Yangzhou
In history, Yangzhou
has been the symbol
of prosperity and
romance. Many
in March, in the
poems and literature mist of the
flowers of spring
works were
dedicated to her.
This is composed by
famous poet in Tang －－Li Bai
Dynasty.

6. Alley
History
Today, much of the Preserved
city's heritage is still Garden
alive within its
narrow lanes and
well preserved
family gardens
situated in the old
town area.
Ancient
Gate

7. History
historical areas in Yangzhou
Guandong Lane
China has been developing at a tremendous
pace. Rapid urbanization have led to an
enormous amount of construction activity
Ancient Gate
which caused numerous cultural loss.
First Catholic Church
However, in Yangzhou, the old inner city is
Wen Chang Ge
well preserved—area of 5.1 km2 with over 0.1
City Center
million residents living inBreakfast Restaurant
Shopping District
buildings no
higher than 2 stories.

8. Tourism
• One of the first excellent tourist cities in China
• One of the “Top 10 leisure cities in China”
• Yangzhou is rich in tourist resources, boasting the uniquely
beautiful sceneries of rivers and a number of gardens and
buildings:
• Slender West Lake: the only national-level cultural & tourism
model area in the country
• Geyuan Garden: one of the four most famous gardens in the
country
• Daming Temple and the Gaomin Temple, over one thousand
years
• Heyuan Garden, the most famous garden in the late Qing
Dynasty
• Over 10 museums including Yangzhou Museum, China’s
Museum for Flat Engraving Typography, China Yangzhou
Buddhist Culture Museum, the Museum for Potted Sceneries of
Yangzhou Style, the Museum for Huaiyang Cuisine, the Museum
for Industries, etc.

9. Slender West Lake
The National Key Scenic Spots
The First Batch of the AAAA Class Tourist Area
The Important Cultural Relic Site under State-
Level Protection
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10. Other Preserved Gardens
Geyuan Garden Yiyuan Garden
Wang’s Garden
He’s Garden
Lotus Park

11. Cuisine
• HuaiYang Cuisine: One of the Great
Four Traditions in China
• Original flavor of each ingredient
• Low oil, low sodium
• Ordinary Yangzhou people enjoy
cooking and mostly are foodies.
Therefore, a variety of food choices
provide Yangzhou people with a high
quality of life.

12. Cuisine
Tofu Noodle in Chicken Broth Fried Rice Pan-Fried Dumplings
Tofu Hair Soup Thousand-Layer Cake Crab Stuffing Dumplings

13. Cuisine
Fine Dinner Street Stall
Cold Appetizers Fried Fish
Shark Finn Fish’s lung
Roasted Piggy Steamed Fish

14. Lifestyle
• In Yangzhou, it is hardly to see
anything fast. People here enjoy their
lives and take things slow.
• A typical weekend day will be: teatime
with buns in the morning, go to some
parks or play some card games with
friends, then have a nice dinner before
taking a bath in either a bath house or a
hot spring.

15. A Typical Day
Music/
Card Bath/
Food Story Game Hot Spring
Telling
Drink tea in the morning and take a bath in the evening.

16. Transportation
Personal Public
• With the boost • The public bus regained
economy, more and its popularity due to the
more private increasing traffic and
automobiles show up its improved coverage
on the road area
• Major transportation is • Government promotes
still the electric bicycle the public
• Many people still ride transportation to
bicycle control the traffic and
go green

17. Modern
Aside from the
ancient inner city,
the other parts of
Yangzhou are
modern and
prosperous.
Especially during
the night, all the
nylon lights are
twinkling, Yangzhou
then becomes the
shiniest pearl along
the Yangtze River.

18. City’s Feature
• Thanks to the
absence of the train
station previously, we
retained the history of
the city during the
wave of urbanization.
Along the entire bank of Great Canal
Then we developed there are grass lands as this
our own style of city many people exercise here
every morning and evening
outlook characterized
with the perfect
combination of the
city and gardens.

19. Living Environment
• National Hygienic City
• National Model City
for Environment
Protection
• National Garden City 2006 UN Habitat Scroll
• National Advanced Of Honour Award
City for the Progress
of Science &
Technology
• China Habitat
Environment Prize

20. Sustainability
• Strength
• Infrastructure

21. • Yangzhou is a cultural
symbol. Instead of
Strength struggling to emulate
other industrialized
cities, Yangzhou became
• Culture more cultural-centered.
• Yangzhou does have her
unique culture, but she
• Tourism is in need of innovation
for cultural diversity to
• Environment attract more people.
• In 2008, Master Xingyun
held a huge cultural
festival, of which the
form should be learned.

22. • With many well
Strength preserved gardens,
tourism should be the
leading source of
• Culture income for the city.
• It only accounts for less
• Tourism than 37% of GDP, which
is even lower than the
• Environment average in Jiangsu
Province. Three key
words are proposed for
improvement: high-end,
leisure and broadcast.

23. • Yangzhou has many
Strength awards regarding the
excellent living
environment.
• Culture • Yangzhou won UN
Habitat Scroll Of Honour
• Tourism Award
• Subtropical Weather
• Environment provides all four
seasons, which can be
used to promote the
tourism

24. Infrast- • From 1996, Eco City
initiative was launched
ructure by SEPA.
• Since 2001, Yangzhou
Municipal Government
• Policy has enacted a series of
new policies:
• Plan – Renovation of old and
dangerous houses in the
ancient city area
• Process
– Building demolition in
shanty town areas
• Old vs. New – Reconstruction of urban
villages

25. Infrast- • Over 320,000 square
meters were completed
ructure by the end of 2008
• Water quality was
• Policy improved under the Eco
City Plan
• Plan • 5.1 km2 ancient urban
area is in conservation
• Process • Industrial Park was built
to the east of the city
• Old vs. New

26. Infrast-
ructure
• Policy
• Plan
• Process
• Old vs. New

27. Infrast- • Under the constrained
ructure macro economy, the only
way to develop the new
city is to improve its
• Policy education and medical
condition to attract new
• Plan residents.
• A main street traverses
• Process the old town. If the road
could possibly be
• Old vs. New relocated to outside of the
ancient inner city, the
inner city will be better
preserved.

28. Conclusion
Cuisine
• Health cooking
style
Tourism • Various types Lifestyle
• Preserved gardens • Cozy and slow
• Heritages & paced
Museums • Leisure
History Modern
• Well know Sustain- • Well developed
• Culture influence new city
ability • Improved trading