China News Network, Shanghai, November 7 (Fan Yubin) On the 6th, a seminar on the theme of "New Gravity of the City: Urban Renewal, Youth Economy and the Yangtze River Delta Collaboration to Shape a New Ecosystem for High-Quality Development during the '15th Five-Year Plan'" was held in Shanghai. More than a hundred representatives from government departments, universities, research institutions, enterprises and other fields gathered together to conduct in-depth exchanges on the practical paths and future trends of urban renewal, youth economy and the coordinated development of the Yangtze River Delta.
At the meeting, the Shanghai Institute of Public Diplomacy and CBRE jointly released the white paper "New Gravity of the City: Practical Paths for Urban Renewal, Youth Economy and Coordinated Development of the Yangtze River Delta and Outlook for the 15th Five-Year Plan".
The white paper is based on the new trends in urban development, focusing on the three major topics of urban renewal, youth economy and Yangtze River Delta collaboration, sorting out relevant practical explorations and providing decision-making reference for government departments, market entities and academia.
Zhou Hanmin, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and honorary chairman of the Shanghai Institute of Public Diplomacy, delivered a speech titled "The Power of Youth Economy in the Urban Renewal Process of Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta." He said that a city can win respect by relying on its historical accumulation and win competition by relying on its industrial strength, but it must win the future by relying on its appeal to young people. Youth are the creators of urban space, leaders of cultural trends, entrepreneurs of emerging industries and builders of the city's future.
Focusing on how young people can deeply participate in urban renewal, Zhou Hanmin proposed to explore the creation of identifiable youth consumption destinations, build a youth-friendly industrial ecology, establish a differentiated division of labor system and cross-regional public service coordination in the Yangtze River Delta, and suggested measures such as a collaborative evaluation system for urban renewal and youth economy, improving policy mechanisms adapted to small and micro businesses, innovating urban renewal investment and operation models, and improving long-term mechanisms for youth participation to ensure this.
"Shanghai's urban development has shifted from the stage of large-scale incremental construction to the stage of stock improvement, quality and efficiency, and urban renewal has become an important starting point to promote the high-quality development of megacities." Jiang Dan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Management Committee, said that Shanghai will continue to improve the urban renewal policy system and further respond to the practical needs of young people in terms of housing, employment, consumption and public space, and integrate youth-friendly concepts into urban renewal practices.
Li Ling, President of CBRE China, analyzed the new attraction of urban development from the three dimensions of industry, consumption and talent. He said that future urban competition will not only depend on attracting enterprises, capital and talents, but also on whether resources can be transformed into the ability to continuously create value. Urban space is an important carrier for industrial innovation, experiential consumption and talent connection. An urban environment that is suitable for living, working and traveling will become an important factor in attracting long-term talent gathering.
Li Wenhui, vice president of the Association for Cross-Strait Relations and chairman of the Shanghai Institute of Public Diplomacy, said that urban development practice is an important carrier of public diplomacy. The Shanghai Institute of Public Diplomacy will continue to leverage the cross-border integration advantages of university think tanks, deepen cooperation with governments, enterprises and scientific research institutions, transform local practices in urban construction in the Yangtze River Delta into high-quality content for international exchanges, and actively promote Sino-foreign dialogue and urban diplomacy.
Cai Yonglian, Vice President of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology and Vice Chairman and Dean of the Shanghai Institute of Public Diplomacy, said that universities are not only an important position for talent training, but also an important participant in urban innovation and development. The University of Shanghai for Science and Technology will further leverage its engineering characteristics, discipline resources, scientific research strength and advantages in young talents, and rely on platforms such as the Shanghai Institute of Public Diplomacy to deepen cooperation with government departments, market institutions and scientific research institutes to provide solid human and intellectual support for the high-quality development of Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
At the event, the CBRE Yangtze River Delta Culture, Business and Tourism Integration Innovation Center and the Hangzhou Global Service Provider Center Industrial Collaboration Research Institute were unveiled, aiming to further expand the government-industry-university-research cooperation network of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
In the session "Gravity Field: Urban Renewal × Youth Economy - Government-Enterprise Research Dialogue on High-Quality Development in the Yangtze River Delta", the participating guests communicated from the perspectives of policy research, spatial quantification, urban data and design practice, and exchanged and discussed the relevant judgments proposed in the white paper.
