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JING鈥橝N 鈥?Here鈥檚 to a healthy New Year!
About 5,000 people welcomed 2018 with a 5-kilometer run. Starting from Jing鈥檃n Park, they ran past district landmarks like the
commercial hub of Nanjing Road W. and the Hengfeng Road Bridge. After crossing Suzhou Creek, they ended the run at Magnolia
Plaza near the Shanghai Railway Station, with smiles of achievement on their faces. 鈥?Li Kai
Looking back, we achieved a lot
A bountiful 2017
2018 Jing鈥檃n Booming
in Session financial hub
Scan on WeChat to have Jing鈥檃n District A makeover Packing Factory warehouse, the At the end of 2017, Jing鈥檃n
real-time update of what鈥檚 lawmakers and for Suhe Bay former residence of artist Wu was home to the regional head-
happening in the district. political advisers Changshuo and the typical shi- quarters of 70 multinational
(Chinese only) held their annual Suhe Bay, the size of 602 soc- kumen neighborhood of Junyili. companies, including the Shang-
meetings this cer fields, was once a dilapidated These buildings will be given hai units of German chemical
month. The residential area along Suzhou protected status and turned distribution company Brenntag
January event is Creek, home to migrants and into facilities such as museums AG and Dutch lighting company
called the 鈥淭wo low-income households. or cultural centers. Lumileds.
Sessions.鈥?The
twin sessions Work continued last year on The area also features a cen- Some US$1.02 billion of for-
review progress in plans to transform the area. tral park and a 6.3-kilometer eign investment flowed into
the year just ended pedestrian pathway. Riverside the district last year, and for-
and discuss the Decayed buildings beyond use platforms or some other park- eign companies accounted for
top priority policies or repair are being torn down. like feature will be built every more than half of the district鈥檚
for the coming About 500,000 square meters 500 meters. tax revenues.
year. The agenda of historical buildings 鈥?from
tells the story. lane-style residential neigh- The rehabilitated area will CONTINUES ON C2
borhoods to old warehouses also include modern commer-
鈥?will be retained, repaired cial zones.
and restored.
Those escaping razing are
the turn-of-the-century Ewo