Yangtze River reporter Ye Jun
On April 14, the 2024 Airport International Business City Half Marathon kicked off, with 5,000 runners from Wuhan, Beijing, Chengdu and other cities galloping on the track, passing through a number of iconic points and experiencing the unique charm of Airport New City in a hearty run.
The starting moment of the 2024 Airport International Business City Half Marathon. Photo by Li Zigu
Airport New City is located near Tianhe Airport and is the core area for the development of Wuhan's airport economy. Relying on the development of Tianhe Airport, the Airport New City will become a new gateway for Wuhan to welcome the world in the future, and become a Wuhan Airport International Business New City integrating "air, rail, port and city".
There are the ruins of Panlong City, the thousand-year-old town of Huanghuashui, the profound cultural and historical heritage infiltrates the hearts of the people, there are "one river, three mountains and five lakes", the birds of the Fuhe River are gathered, and the grass is green. Majia Lake, Renkai Lake, Mojia Lake, Xinjiao Lake, Tangrenhai Lake are beautiful...... The total area of the lake is about 5.7 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 798 football fields, and the natural scenery is fascinating. The air here is clean, and the PM2.5 level in the air is the lowest in the city. There are fireworks in the world that are indispensable for years of quiet and good, the community continues to be built, the supporting facilities are constantly improved, and it is planned that 310,000 residents will live here.
Xinjiao Lake. Photo courtesy of Yangtze River Headlines @135****9625
As can be seen on the planning map of the Airport New Town, more than half of the area of water and ecological greenery occupies an area of 55 square kilometers. The developed area is like a well-cared for chestnut, the modern commercial and residential area is in the "fruit" part, and the "shell" is a blue-green ecological resource.
It is a place of hope, a place of vitality, a place of ecology and a place of habitat.
Xianghong Art Park. Courtesy of Airdrop Group Inc
The 2024 Airport International Business City Half Marathon is a race that has been upgraded in terms of participation scale, schedule settings and related guarantees, not only with a record number of participants, but also upgraded to a half marathon for the first time, marking the official entry of the "Airport Half Marathon" into the ranks of road running events. Running through the airport, riding the wind, the contestants ran through Xianghong Art Park, Smart City Operation Center, LINK Art Museum......
Paintings on display at the LINK Art Museum. Photo by Chen Yao of Yangtze River Network
And another long-distance run started as early as 12 years ago, planning blueprints, callouse hands and feet, from scratch, from there to excellence, the two runs coincided at this time, and stretched into the distance.
The essence of planning may be to stand in the future and see and create the present, and finally make the present into the future.
Gan Chunxia: My work and life have been inseparable from the Airport New Town
On April 14, Gan Chunxia, a resident of Evergrande Longcheng, and her family stood at the gate of the first phase of Evergrande Longcheng where they lived, and watched the energetic 2024 Airport International Business New City Half Marathon. The 6-year-old daughter shouted at the athletes to cheer for her, and excitedly raised her little face and said to her: Mom, I will also participate in the competition next year.
The fate between Gan Chunxia and Airport New City has lasted for almost ten years.
Autumn colors in Airport New Town. Photo by Xiong Shaomin
The first time I came to Airport New City was in 2015. At that time, she was working in Optics Valley and came here with her boyfriend to visit his parents for the first time. "It was a very short stay. Gan Chunxia recalled that at that time, there was only one lonely community, and the road had not yet hardened.
In 2018, after she and her boyfriend got married, they officially settled in Airport New Town. In just three years, the mud road has been transformed into an asphalt road, and more communities such as Shangjing and Minmetals have been established, the environment has become clean and tidy, and the smoke and fire have gradually become stronger.
In the past few years, she has a new role in her life, and the Airport New City is also developing. "Now the facilities are more complete, the environment is more beautiful, the popularity is more prosperous, and life here is easier, fun, and full of hope. ”
Xianghong Art Park. Photo by Xiong Shaomin
Gan Chunxia's work and life have been inseparable from the Airport New City. On the morning of work, she would drive to the unit by herself, and it would take her one or twenty minutes to arrive. After she got married, she used to work in Hankow, and at that time she had to get out of bed at dawn. "Now that my workplace is close to home, I can sleep more in the morning, and my happiness immediately rises to a higher level. ”
On weekends, she would get up early and take her children to Evergrande Phase III too early, hot dry noodles, beef noodles, and sauce cakes...... There are a lot of tricks in the morning, which is mouth-watering. After breakfast, she will stroll around the small supermarket nearby, buy groceries and shop, if you want to entertain guests and hold a family banquet, she will go to Jiahai, where there is a large vegetable market with a dazzling array of vegetables and fruits.
When the weather is nice, she and her family love to go to Xianghong Art Park, overlook the covered bridge, walk along the stream, or camp on the grass.
Xianghong Art Park. Photo by Chen Xinqiang
Xianghong Art Park is an ecological business card of Airport New City. A T-shaped green landscape axis connects the major plates of the Airport New Town, and Xianghong Art Park is the "bright pearl" on the axis.
Gan Chunxia likes the large white shells in Xianghong Park the most, they are pure and ethereal, lying quietly in the green. Every time she goes to the park, she has to go and see it.
Airport New City Exhibition Hall. Photo by Zhou Hanhua
This is the exhibition hall of the Airport New City, carrying the past and present life of the Airport New City. The design implies "shells with pearls", and the planning concept of the Airport New City is contained in it.
Gan Chunxia, who has worked in Optics Valley and Hankou, will also go to the central city when she has time. Gan Chunxia said that in the past, it took more than 50 minutes to go around the central city. After the opening of the airport expressway, it will only take 20 minutes by car.
The Airport New City is adjacent to Tianhe Airport, which has the highest degree of transportation integration in China. With 5 subway lines, 7 rail transit stations, airport + high-speed rail + subway + city railway, a national transportation hub is gradually taking shape, and it will become an important window for Wuhan to communicate with the world.
Airport New Town No. 1 School. Courtesy of Airdrop Group Inc
Gan Chunxia is looking forward to more medical resources stationed and building a large-scale shopping mall integrating eating, drinking and playing...... The child is now in a kindergarten in Shangjing's family, and in the second half of this year, he will go to a school opposite Evergrande Longcheng to attend primary school, and his life will open a new chapter.
Gan Chunxia believes that the prospects of the Airport New City will become better and better, and her fate with the Airport New City will continue to be written.
"Smart Brain" + Urban Renewal: Continuous Innovation to Change the City
The rapid development of the Airport New City is closely related to the positioning and implementation of urban planning. In the urban planning and layout of the entire Airport New City area, the smart city operation center plays a vital role.
In the airport road run on April 14, the smart city operation center made outstanding achievements in ensuring the safety and normal operation of the event.
Smart large screen. Photo by Chen Yao of Yangtze River Network
In order to ensure the smooth development of the airport road running event, the smart city operation center deployed in advance, organized technical personnel to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the monitoring front-end equipment, transmission network, outdoor large screen and background data processing system in the region, etc., to ensure that the equipment system is working normally, and adjust the angle of 91 monitoring points along the track to ensure that the track monitoring has no blind spots and full coverage, and provides technical support for the whole event.
In order to ensure the live broadcast effect on the day of the event, we communicated and coordinated with the live broadcast platform and operators in advance, optimized the network bandwidth configuration, and formulated multiple sets of live broadcast technical solutions, which effectively ensured the synchronous live broadcast of the event site. At the same time, the promotional video of the event was played on the outdoor large screen in the area to warm up the event.
On April 2, teachers and students from Wuhan University of Technology and Jianghan University walked into the Smart City Operation Center of Airport New Town. Photo by Chen Yao of Yangtze River Network
The smart city operation center is designed according to the construction plan of "Airport New City Smart City", which carries the functions of regional data center operation command center and achievement display center, and is the core infrastructure of the digital construction of Airport New City.
As the "smart brain" of the entire airport new city, the operation center is based on big data and system integration, which can effectively connect the data resources scattered in various units of urban management, integrate and share massive information resources, organically combine information, technology, equipment and urban management needs, and give full play to the multiple roles of situation monitoring, emergency command, display and reporting, process management, and auxiliary decision-making. The exhibition center effectively improves the efficiency of cross-departmental decision-making and resource coordination and command.
The main operation of the Smart City Operation Center of Airport New City includes the aggregation and centralized display of various information resources, the rapid upload and issuance of various informatization and combat instructions, remote consultation and emergency decision-making, etc. In the past year since its inauguration, through the command and dispatch of the operation center, it has realized the strategic transformation from traditional management to active security and modern high-tech intelligent management in the fields of public security, urban management and services.
At present, Linairdrop Group is actively planning the construction of the third phase of the project, and plans to build a new airport city based on the CIM smart city operation command platform, public service platform (property services, investment promotion, third-party enterprise services, operation management, basic services, O2O services), smart space management, smart community, smart ecology and dual carbon and other application expansion, and plans to fully build an airport new city with ubiquitous interconnection of urban facilities and efficient governance coordination by 2025.
Airport New City not only carries out urban planning and layout with forward-looking thinking, but also takes on the role of incorporating urban renewal into the planning, promoting it as a whole, relying on the historical context of the city, and building and highlighting the cultural heritage of the city.
Huanghuashu ancient town in the rain. Photo by Han Changguang
The history can be traced back to 1800 years ago, the geographical position is superior, the humanities have a long history, and has a unique wetland charm, the ancient stone slope of the Shang Dynasty, the ancient wharf, the ancient tombs of the Three Kingdoms, the ancient houses at home in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the ancient temples, the ancient ancestral halls, the ancient walls of the Qing Dynasty, etc. are well preserved, the ancient style still exists, and it is a historical natural and cultural village that cannot be copied.
Guzhen Wharf. Courtesy of Airdrop Group Inc
In 2024, the Airport New City will set up an urban renewal company, coordinate the implementation of regional urban renewal projects, compile the urban renewal work plan of the Huanghuali area, and successfully include the Huanghuali Cultural Tourism Project in the implementation list of Wuhan's "Pingyu and Emergency" projects.
Enterprise: Falling is recognition, chasing investment is confidence
In the Airport Half Marathon on April 14, Sinopec not only actively sponsored, but also participated in the competition.
"The event is eye-catching!" Zhang Li, general manager of Sinopec Green Energy Hangcheng Petroleum Co., Ltd., believes that this is a major feature of the Airport New City. For example, last year's health run, this year's half marathon, and the upcoming Airport Music Festival in May, as well as various talent exchange activities, etc., these activities are healthy, meet demand, strengthen exchanges, and also highlight the image of a vibrant, energetic and enterprising city.
Hangcheng Avenue Comprehensive Energy Supply Station. Courtesy of Airdrop Group Inc
Zhang Li introduced that Sinopec settled in Airport New City in 2021. At that time, the Airport New City needed to build a gas station, and Sinopec also recognized the regional advantages of the Airport Economic Zone, so it chose to settle here. The company made rational use of land and built a unique Green Island + intelligent gas station in the Airport New City, realizing the simultaneous development of social and economic benefits.
"In the past few years, the development of Airport New City has had a positive impact on the company's operations. Zhang Li particularly appreciates the practice of building roads and then introducing industries in the Airport New Town, "The smooth roads, coupled with the regional advantages and beautiful cityscape, are conducive to the influx of vehicles." He believes that in addition to building hardware, the Airport New City is conscientious in the performance of platform functions, and the business environment is also very good. "Whatever we want, we get a timely response. ”
Overlooking the Airport New City. Photo by Chen Xinqiang
"It's always refreshing to work and live here. Zhang Li said that the airport new city has a beautiful environment, quiet and comfortable, with affinity, and is a young urban area, not only in terms of time, but also in feeling.
Zhang Li revealed that in the next step, Sinopec wants to take another step forward on the road of "uniqueness", introduce McDonald's at gas stations, and plant cherry blossoms. On the terrace, listening to music, being in a daze, and letting the wind blow your hair may be a form of spiritual refueling.
Another "dream" of Sinopec this year is to start construction as soon as possible with the development of the Airport New City at the two planning points that have been established on Hangcheng West Road. He is confident about the future.
In the 2024 Wuhan Airport International Business New City Half Marathon held on April 14, runners ran in the Airport New City. Photo by Deng Miao
After this year's Airport Road Run, Zhang Li and his son plan to run a half-marathon together next year, or run healthily. Zhang Li said that this may also be the biggest impact on his life and mentality after entering the Airport New City. "Willing to try, willing to run!"
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