The registration of the International Consultation on the Urban Green Valley Landscape Planning and Design for the CBD of Shenzhen North Railway Station has ended. By January 26^th, 2015, 17:00 (Beijing Time), we received applications from 80 design firms (including consortiums, similarly hereinafter). We hereby extend our sincere appreciation to these design firms.

In order to ensure the fairness and justness of the qualification and project proposal review, the Undertakers invited seven experts from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shanghai and Shenzhen to constitute the preliminary election panel. The qualification and review meeting of the International Consultation on the Urban Green Valley Landscape Planning and Design for the CBD of Shenzhen North Railway Station was held on Feburary 4^th, 2015. The election panel read the application documents and project proposals, had discussions, carried out meticulous election and voted the following 6 finalists and 2 alternatives:

Finalists（In no particular order）

SWA Group

MLA+ B.V. & OpenFabric & The Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen (UPDIS)

The Architectural Design Research Institute of SCUT & IAPA PTY. LTD.

Shenzhen Lay-out Planning Consultants Ltd & Atelier Dreiseitl (BJ Branch)

A A U P C.SARL

Shenzhen BLY Landscape and Architecture Planning and Design Institute & Plasma Studio (BJ Branch)

Alternatives (In case any finalist quit, they can take its place in order.)

1. NITA Group

2. L&A Design Group

We will issue the Invitation of Formulatign the Design Scheme to the shortlisted 6 firms. Furthermore, we will organize the Site Visit, answer questions and release related consultation documents on Feburary 10^th, 2015. Those applicants that did not receive invitations to formulate the design scheme have equal opportunity to take part in the evaluation of deliverables and win the bonus as the invited firms, if they formulate the schemes according to the relevant notices and requirements and their submitted schemes are evaluated as valid.

Hereby announced!

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

Feburary 5^th, 2015