Urban rejuvenation in Shanghai gathers pace
China DailyAn aerial image shows Max City, an urban lifestyle complex developed by China Overseas Land and Investment Ltd, in a redeveloped area of Shanghai. By turning the city's largest urban village in its downtown area into an iconic project, China State Construction Engineering Corp, or CSCEC, has shown how urban renovation can reshape the city, sources said. Hongqi village is one of Shanghai's largest urban villages situated in northwestern Putuo district, and it had all the problems of a poor-quality settlement about a decade ago. Occupying an area of 586 mu, Hongqi village used to be home to nine large primary markets, 90 printing houses, 207 cold storage warehouses, more than 1,000 stalls, and a mobile population of more than 60,000 people, said Zhao Weimao, project director for Hongqi village at the Shanghai company of China Overseas Land and Investment Ltd. "Before the relocation, this area was the largest old neighborhood in Huangpu district, housing about 10,000 families without modern toilets, which means people had to clean the wooden toilet every day," said Jin Tian, general manager of COLI Shanghai.
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