A concept design for Jixin Community in Lucheng district, Wenzhou

As an integral part of the western development in Wenzhou city’s Lucheng district as well as the city’s metropolitan area, Jixin Community is endowed with superior landscape resources, apart from the rich healthcare and business assets nearby. With the planned construction area totaling 1.38 million square meters, the project will see an investment worth 16.3 billion yuan. It is the only pilot project of its kind in the province that is co-developed with a central state-owned enterprise (SOE), namely China Railway Construction Corporation or CRCC, which is also a Fortune Global 500 company.

Already under construction, the project, to be finished by 2022, will inject new momentum to the development of Wenzhou’s western urban area. Relying on local characteristic resources such as the Wenzhou businessmen network, Jixi Community will be built into a complex with high-quality residential apartments, including those for high-end talents, commercial centers, neighborhood cultural exchange centers, community academies, community early education service centers, community health management service centers, elderly care service centers and entrepreneurship, among other functions. They will help promote the transformation of Wenzhou into a smart, ecological and people-oriented city.

It is notable that Jixin Community is the first pilot project of its kind co-developed with a central SOE, and the model has so far proved to be successful. From the outset, the transfer of land rights for the project was required that the bidders bring a feasible plan for the construction of such a “future community”. In the end, CRCC won out, both for its detailed planning and track records and for its capacity to provide a one-stop service, ie., R&D, planning, designing, construction and operation.

In the process, convenient transportation, complete community public supporting facilities, a low-carbon living lifestyle and a smart community management will be put in place. At the same time, taking into account the current development and future potential, the construction of the community will focus on integrating its functions into serving the purposes of entrepreneurship, healthcare and education. When completed, the community will have a green coverage ratio of 30%; part of the Luchen government will be relocated here, a component of the public service complex; landscaping is planned in such a way that every residential area in the community will see rivers flowing by; and roughly a billion will be invested to build high-quality public schools.

Editor:Huang Yan