OnNovember8,ChenhuInternationalTowninCaidianDistrict,akeybranchvenueofthe8thWuhanDesignBiennale,wasofficiallyunveiledtotheworld.Twohigh-standardacademicexchangeactivitieswereheldonthesameday:the"ResidinginWetlandCharms·BuildingaGreenRiverCity"EcologicalThematicDesignAcademicExchangeConferenceinthemorning,andtheInternationalForumonWetlandGovernanceintheafternoon.High-levelexpertsandscholarsfromChinaandabroadfocusedonecologicaldesignandwetlandgovernance,exploringpathsforwetlandprotectionandgreendevelopmentofmegacitiesthroughinnovativedesign,andinjectingnewmomentumintoWuhan'sconstructionasa"CityofDesign"andan"InternationalWetlandCity".

"ResidinginWetlandCharms·BuildingaGreenRiverCity"EcologicalThematicDesignAcademicExchangeConference

LeadersattendingtheacademicexchangeconferenceincludedChenBo,DeputySecretary-GeneraloftheWuhanMunicipalPeople'sGovernment;YuCongbin,SecretaryoftheCaidianDistrictPartyCommittee;WuJunqin,DirectoroftheWuhanMunicipalBureauofNaturalResourcesandUrban-RuralConstruction;HuangYuanfeng,DistrictMayorofCaidianDistrict;KeYanshan,DeputyDirectoroftheWuhanMunicipalBureauofLandscapeArchitectureandForestry;ShengHua,GeneralManagerofWuhanUrbanConstructionInvestmentGroup;andWangXiaonan,DeputyGeneralManagerofWuhanUrbanConstructionInvestmentGroup.

Inhisspeech,ChenBopointedoutthatWuhanisexploringthepathofintegrating"production,living,andecology"andconnectingplanning,construction,andgovernanceinmegacitiesthroughcreativedesign.AsanimportantvenueoftheBiennale,ChenhuInternationalTownisamodelofecologicallivabilitywherethecityandwetlandsareintegrated.Itwillbuildaplatformforideologicalcollisionaround"ecologicaldesignempoweringwetlandprotection"and"integratinggreenconceptsintourbanlife".Hesincerelyinvitedexperts,scholars,anddesignerstotransformadvancedecologicaldesignconceptsintoa"WuhanPlan"forpromotingurbangreendevelopment.

WuJunqinstatedthatChenhuInternationalTown,asthelargestandexperiential"designexhibit"ofthisBiennale,vividlyinterpretsthetruemeaningofsymbiosisbetweendesignandnature.Takingthisactivityasanopportunity,Wuhanwillfurtherpromotethein-depthintegrationof"ecology+design+governance",allowingthenaturalbeautyofwetlandstocomplementthehumanisticcharmofthecity,andcreatingapathforamoderncitywherehumansandnatureliveinharmony.

HuangYuanfengintroducedthatCaidianDistrictisanationaldemonstrationareaforecologicalcivilizationconstruction.RelyingontheecologicalbackgroundofChenhuInternationalImportantWetland,ithasbuiltChenhuInternationalTownadheringtotheconceptof"BoundlessCreativity·IntegratedSharing".CaidianDistrictwilltaketheconferenceasabridgetopromotecross-borderintegrationinmultiplefields,takegreendevelopmentasabrushtocreateademonstrationmodelforpracticingthe"TwoMountains"concept,andsincerelyinvitepeoplefromallwalksoflifetoinvestinCaidian.

Duringtheacademicexchangeactivity,industryexpertsandscholarsconductedin-depthsharingaroundecologicaldesignpractices,whiledomesticandforeignexpertsandscholarsdiscussedtheblueprintforgreendevelopmentfocusingonwetlandgovernance.ThesimultaneousInternationalWetlandCityDesignExhibitionandthe"BytheWater"InternationalMastersInvitationalExhibitionbroughtanimmersiveexperienceintegratingdesignaestheticsandecologicalcharm.

GuestsattendingtheeventincludeddomesticandforeignindustryrepresentativesfromUN-Habitat,theDepartmentofForestryofthePanamanianMinistryofEnvironment,theUniversityofÉvorainPortugal,theUniversityofCopenhagen,aswellastheChinaWetlandProtectionAssociation,HuazhongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,andrelevantplanning,design,andresearchinstitutions,alongwithleadersfromCaidianDistrict.