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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Megaregion and Space Layout ---<br />

International Seminar Held<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2008--11—04<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=225860966<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Nov. 4, 2008: On Oct. 28th and 29th, the international seminar<br />

―Megaregion and Space Layout: International Experience,‖ co-organized by the<br />

Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, <strong>PKU</strong>–Lincoln Institute and Lincoln<br />

Institute <strong>of</strong> Land Policy (America), was held in Wenjin Hotel, Beijing.<br />

In the seminar, QIU Baoxing, Vice Minister <strong>of</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong> Housing and Urban-Rural<br />

Development, gave a report on ―The Challenges facing Urbanization in China and<br />

the Mission <strong>of</strong> Urban Planners,‖ and Lu Dadao, General Director <strong>of</strong> the Geographical<br />

Society <strong>of</strong> China, followed with a speech on ―Globalization, Informatization and the<br />

Metropolitan Development.‖<br />

The two-day seminar gathered nearly 40 famous planners and scholars from regions<br />

and countries such as China, America, Britain, Japan, South Korea, Australia and<br />

Hong Kong. The discussion was divided into 5 main sections: megaregion and space<br />

layout, megaregion and space layout in America, megaregion and space layout in<br />

Asia, the innovation and challenge <strong>of</strong> urban planning and cooperation in China, and<br />

urban management and development in China.<br />

Dr. Man Yanyun, Director <strong>of</strong> the Centre made the final remarks by saying that the<br />

discussion on megaregion was very meaningful from a national point <strong>of</strong> view. The<br />

speeches made by guests present covered the definition, characteristic trend and<br />

mode <strong>of</strong> development <strong>of</strong> megaregion, and the practical experience <strong>of</strong> space<br />

structuring <strong>of</strong> megaregion in America and Asia, especially China. And also there<br />

were many speeches were concerned about district management and coordination,<br />

and inspiring strategies <strong>of</strong> space layout, which would certainly facilitate the<br />

international cooperation in urban planning researches and practices.<br />

Edited By : Ding Zhilan<br />

Translated By : Lin Jingxian<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese)<br />

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