By Xinyi Li, EDITOR

Recently, World Bank Group joined hands with Chongqing Productivity Promotion Center to complete the international studies program. It is Chongqing 2035: Urban Development Research. In addition, on November 25, the research group announced the demonstration of Chongqing’s development vision in 2035.

The international studies program indicated the development vision of Chongqing in 2035

It is a strong team composed of internationally renowned research institutions such as the France-based Urban Morphology and Complex Systems Institute and the America-based Calthorpe Associates. Meanwhile, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program of the World Bank, the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities, as well as the Development and Reform Commission of Chongqing Municipality provided supports to the research group.

The research group demonstrated and predicted the urban development of Chongqing. Moreover, they simulated the advantages, weaknesses, opportunities, challenges and different situations by various systems review and comparison. Additionally, the research contains the aspects of objective connotation, spatial efficiency, morphological structure and growth ratio.

Chongqing will Transform into a  Global City

As a municipality with 20 years of rapid development, Chongqing is the epitome of China’s urban development trajectory. In the past two decades, Chongqing has gone through a hard time from backwardness to success. Therefore, to obtain greater success, it will have a harder experience in future development. By 2035, the research group believes that Chongqing will develop into “Chongqing of the World” from “Chongqing of China”. It also aims to become an international city with leading quality from the national city running after others with quantity, and then to be an efficient, inclusive, livable, characteristic global city.

The study shows Chongqing will become a global city

The research report, in which the models cover the top six global cities—London, New York City, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore, analyzes some potential and weaknesses of Chongqing’s as a global city. It also points out the risks that need to be carefully managed during the development into a global city, including the decreased spatial efficiency caused by land reserve reduction; less sustainable traditional growth drivers; tightening population situation and aging society; challenges confronting the regional advantages; increasingly intensified interregional competition.

Source: Chongqing Daily