On Jan. 12^th, 2019, the Prequalification Meeting of the International Bidding of the Urban Design Guidelines for the Urban Renewal Unit of Shenzhen Xiaomeisha Area, organized by Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Development Group Co., Ltd. and undertaken by Shenzhen SDG Xiaomeisha Investment & Development Co., Ltd., was held in Shenzhen. The jury panel of prequalification was constituted by five experts in areas of urban planning & design as well as architectural design, and two representatives from the Organizer. They read and carried out discussion & evaluation on all the application documents submitted by forty-five registered design firms. According to the disclosed voting result, four invited firms to draft the concept proposal at next stage and two alternatives are as follows:

Four Invited Design Firms to Draft the Concept Proposal at Next Stage (In no particular order):

• Shenzhen General Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co., Ltd. & Inbo Architectural Design Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.;
• Urbanus Architecture & Design, Shenzhen & LAY-OUT Planning Consultants Co., Ltd. & Syracuse University;
• MASSIMILIANO E DORIANA FUKSAS DESIGN S.R.L & Architectural Design & Research Institute of SCUT;
• CallisonRTKL Design and Planning Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd..

Alternatives (In case any invited firm quits, they can take its place in order.)

• First Alternative: Tus-Design Group CO., Ltd. & Future Plus Co., Ltd.;
• Second Alternative: AS+P Albert Speer + Partner GmbH.

Thank you very much for all design firms' attention and support on Xiaomeisha.

Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Development Group Co., Ltd.

Jan. 14^th, 2019