Being close to the Qiantang River, Jianggan District is known as “Golden Jianggan by the Qiantang River”.
Jianggan District, an old district of Hangzhou with long history andteeming cultures, boasts the most ancient culture of Hangzhou – QiantangRiver culture and canal culture and has established a unique historicaland cultural pattern featuring “River, mountain, silk, tea and filialpiety”.
Also as a new district and new window of cosmopolis, JiangganDistrict embraces the modern city image of Hangzhou - Qianjiang NewCity, and Hangzhou East Railway Hub. Qianjiang New City is a CBD ofHangzhou, and also the iconic area witnessing Hangzhou marching forwardto “Qianjiang Times” from “West Lake Times”. A 4km2 Qianjiang New CityCore Area has just raised out of the ground and is growing rapidly,right after which the “Qiantang Smart City” is on the horizon. JiangganDistrict carries on the construction of financial core area of Hangzhouand even that of Zhejiang, exuding the charm of internationalization.With strengths of distinct location, urban transportation, modernindustry, city space, and public services, Jianggan District is a newparadise for startups and innovation.
East Hangzhou New City, the location of Asia’s largest high-speedrailway hub and city entrances of two expressways of East Hangzhou, isthe transportation business lounge of Yangtze River Delta; the metroline 1 and line 4 make it the “bridge tower” connecting Hangzhou andShanghai and it is, moreover, “the land of first impression of Hangzhou”to foreign guests and tourists at home and abroad.
A summit dominating the global economy is to be held in Hangzhou,which is opportunity and honor as well as mission and responsibility toHangzhou.
By targeting at “Building up the national top-notch modernized corearea basically” as the general goal and firmly adhering to “Whole areaurbanization, regional integration and city internationalization”,Jianggan District will make every effort to seize the historicalopportunity brought about by 2016 G20 Summit to build the “New citycenter, new international window, new paradise of innovation and newsmart district” in an all-round way, speed up the formation of newspecial pattern of “One body, two wings and one zone” (i.e. the citycore functional area integrating Qianjiang New City and East HangzhouNew City, the east wing functional area composed mainly of HangzhouQiantang Smart City and the north wing functional area centering onDinglan Smart Town, as well as the ecological zone functional area), andaccelerate the modernization of economy, society, governance, cultureand ecology. Jianggan will strive to respond the public concerns andmake the citizens of the whole district have a greater sense of gainsand happier.
Jianggan District is able and confident to present you a summit with“mixture of history and reality and peculiar charm” in the next year,and extends a warm welcome to friends all over the world.
Sheng yuechun Secretary of Jianggan District
