The CBD of Shenzhen North Railway Station is one of the 13 key areas designated by the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee and Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government. In order to carry out the unified arrangements by the Municipal Committee and Government for accelerating the development and construction of the 13 key areas, to build the CBD of Shenzhen North Railway Station in high standard, the key area construction plan of “one Core, one Center, and one Network” will be implemented. “One core” is the Business Core Zone of Shenzhen North Railway Station; “one Center” is the Cultural and Consumer Center of Hongshan Metro Station; and “one Network” is the Urban Green Valley. The Urban Green Valley is an ecological green network connecting the whole neighboring areas of Shenzhen North Railway Station by permeating through the eastern and western part in a finger-shape and joining up the southern and northern part in a belt pattern, and link the Yangtai Mountain to the city. It is not only a carrier to demonstrate the natural landscape of the New District, but also an important engine for the area’s development; moreover,it has great influence on the building of high-quality urban environment for Shenzhen North Railway Station area, by being the core place for public activities and inheriting the urban culture, as well as the basis for ecological safety layout to ensure the area’s sustainable development.,

The Administrative Committee of Longhua New District is organizing the International Consultation on the Urban Green Valley Landscape Planning and Design for CBD of Shenzhen North Railway Station, in order to learn from those advanced experience in urban ecological leisure design and urban feature building home and abroad to draft a blueprint for the development of the Urban Green Valley with global vision and innovative ideas so as to drive the urban function transformation and promote the urban public space quality for those areas along the green valley. We warmly welcome the global outstanding design firms (including design consortiums, similarly hereinafter) with rich experience in urban planning and design to take part in this International Consultation.

This International Consultation is aimed to invite high-level design teams to deeply study the functional connotation and construction goals of the Urban Green Valley so as to offer multiple possibilities for the landscape space design and public function building and to provide innovative development ideas for boosting its construction, management and operating of green valley. We hope the concept of leading the urban construction with landscape would build the Urban Green Valley into a landmark of the Shenzhen North Railway Station area and an engine for its development, and guide the quality, efficient and sustainable development of North Railway Station area.

Design firms or consortiums who are interested in this International Consultation please fill out the Application Form of the International Consultation on the Urban Green Valley Landscape Planning and Design for the CBD of Shenzhen North Railway Station (See Appendix 1 for details), and apply for it with reference to the Instruction to Applicants and Design Brief of the International Consultation on the Urban Green Valley Landscape Planning and Design for the CBD of Shenzhen North Railway Station (See Appendix 2 for details) by 17:00, January 26, 2015 (Beijing Time). For more information, please visit the following websites:

Urban Planning, Land and Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality (http://www.szpl.gov.cn)

Longhua Office of Urban Planning, Land and Resources Commission of

Shenzhen Municipality (http://lh.szpl.gov.cn/)

Longhua New District Government (http://www.baoan.gov.cn)

Shenzhen Urban Design Center (http://www.szdesigncenter.org)

ABBS (http://www.abbs.com.cn)

We sincerely look forward to your participation and support!

Appendix 1: Application Form of the International Consultation on the Urban Green Valley Landscape Planning and Design for the CBD of Shenzhen North Railway Station

Appendix 2: Instruction to Applicants and Design Brief of the International Consultation on the Urban Green Valley Landscape Planning and Design for the CBD of Shenzhen North Railway Station

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The Planning and Construction Office for CBD of Shenzhen North Railway Station

December 30, 2014