The development history of Leicheng

Turning over the historical records of Leizhou, it is not difficult to find the evolution track of Leicheng planning and construction in the past 60 years.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Leicheng was sparsely populated, with narrow streets and no planning and management of urban construction. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although the pace of construction in Leizhou has increased, there is still no unified planning, and land construction is only based on the road pattern of the ancient city. Until 1985, Haikang County established the Haikang County Construction Headquarters, and began to prepare the ten-year urban construction plan from 1985 to 1995, which opened a new chapter in the construction of Leicheng. However, due to the high building density in the old city, there is no unified pattern planning of urban streets, which still restricts the development of Leicheng.

1993, Haikang county government asked Guangdong Urban and Rural Planning and Design Institute to modify the master plan of Leizhou City 1993-20 10, and passed the expert review in July 1994. In this planning, the urban construction area of the overall planning of Leicheng has developed from the original 13.6 square kilometers to 40 square kilometers in 20 10. However, after 1 1 turn, in 2004, the urban area of Leicheng was still less than 17 square kilometers, the original urban facilities were backward, the city was crowded, the grade was not high, and the overall functions were not brought into play. The urban commerce, tourism, real estate and other industries failed to play a leading role, let alone provide impetus for Leizhou's economic and social development.

It is urgent to solve the bottleneck of urban construction.

In 2004, the new leadership of Leizhou City took office, and the provincial party committee's goal of "one year's stability and three years' change" required that two driving forces immediately added enough horsepower to the development of Leizhou City. After taking office, Secretary Li Changwu, Mayor Luo Diannan and other leaders assessed the situation, innovated ideas, established the concept of managing the city, and put forward "continuing history in protection and shaping the future in construction".

After many investigations and studies, they have a preliminary blueprint: according to the general idea of "expanding the west to the north and reforming the middle", jump out of the old city to build a new city, build a new city with the old city, grasp the framework of the new city, beautify the old city, optimize the part, grasp the overall planning and promote the overall improvement. At the same time, they found a scientific operation method: taking the road of "government planning and design, market mechanism operation and multi-party investment construction", and at the same time striding to build Leizhou New City and broaden urban space; While protecting and building the old city, we will build a new people's living circle.

Since then, Leicheng construction has embarked on a new journey. Leicheng is the political, economic and cultural center of Leizhou, but the road has always been a "bottleneck" restricting the development of this city.

According to records, in the early 1950s, the main streets of Leicheng were Zhenxi Street, Zhendong Street, Guangchao North Street, Qujie Street, Erqiao Street, Longsheqiao Street and Shisanxing Street.

1984, the spring breeze of reform and opening up blew the Leizhou Peninsula in the southern part of the motherland green, and Leizhou was in full swing. The idea of developing a new city has been lingering in the mind of Chen Guangbao, then secretary of the county party committee. 1985, urban road reconstruction planning began. At that time, the mass avenue and Xincheng avenue opened up to become a new road with a width of 30 meters. 1994, Leizhou withdrew from the county and set up a city. Chen Yongping, then secretary, built Leinan Avenue, Yegong Avenue and Xincheng Avenue. These measures are regarded as the economic highlights of revitalizing Leizhou. However, due to various reasons, the supporting facilities of these three avenues are not perfect, and the driving force of urban development can not reach the expected goal. In particular, Xincheng Avenue, which was originally positioned as the main road of Leicheng, has been idle.

Over the years, the people of Leizhou have been calling from the heart to build a new city avenue, expand urban space and ease the traffic pressure in Leicheng. Therefore, the request for the construction of Xincheng Avenue has been written into the motions of Leizhou Municipal People's Congress and CPPCC members many times, and it has also been written into the work report of Leizhou Municipal Government many times. However, due to financial difficulties and many other reasons, excavators have not entered Xincheng Avenue for a long time.

The new leader of Leizhou, full of ability and courage, decided to build Xincheng Avenue as the first big plan to describe the great changes in Leizhou.

In the process of construction, funds have become a "roadblock". Looking at the financial difficulties at that time, it was difficult to come up with a sum of money. Therefore, after careful study and gathering the wisdom of the people of the whole city, a brand-new idea came into being: adopting a new model of "recovering land-mortgage-recovering land, demolishing houses and pavement construction-listing land for sale-repaying loans" to raise funds for the construction of Xincheng Avenue. This road construction mode is unprecedented in Leizhou.

After more than two years, Xincheng Avenue, the city avenue that best represents the image of Leizhou, a famous historical and cultural city, was completed and opened to traffic, effectively alleviating the traffic congestion in Leicheng and stimulating commercial activities in this area. At present, the commercial and living areas on both sides of Xincheng Avenue are favored by many merchants, and some merchants have begun to build commercial buildings on the purchased land. At present, the World Trade Center on this avenue has been capped and the international building has broken ground. The pulling effect of Xincheng Avenue on Leizhou's economic and social development began to stand out.

Then, drawing lessons from the "New City Avenue Model", the city continued to improve the overall urban planning, pulled the engine of "managing the city", and rebuilt Leinan Avenue and Baylor Avenue. Now, Leinan Avenue is gradually forming a commercial and residential area integrating commerce, administrative services, real estate and education, and has become an important part of Leixin Town. Baylor Avenue is located in the sub-central area of the city, surrounded by industrial parks and beautiful new countryside. This avenue has not only become a functional area of Leicheng, but also a beautiful landscape avenue in Leizhou.

The completion of the three avenues beautifies and brightens Leicheng, broadens the urban framework of Leicheng, and like three continuously extending tentacles, it drives Leicheng to expand from east to west, and together with 207 national highway, it forms a new urban area of Leicheng. The economic development around the Avenue will create a new business district, give play to the leading role of Leicheng's commerce, tourism, real estate and other industries, and set off a new round of development boom in Leizhou. One autumn morning, the author went to Lei Hu scenic spot for morning exercise, and what caught my eye was a pleasant picture: at dawn, the lake was covered with green willows, and people doing morning exercises were scattered in every corner of the scenic spot. In Lei Hu Cultural Square, women dressed in white and holding red fans are doing fitness dance. On both sides of the arch bridge, tough old people are playing Tai Ji Chuan; Next to the guardrail, the running citizens shuttled back and forth; In the fitness area, citizens do exercise while chatting. Lei Hu Scenic Area has become a leisure paradise for people in famous cities.

This situation reminds me of a past event. When I graduated from college, my brother who lives in Maoming heard that Leizhou is a famous historical and cultural city, so he happily came to Leizhou to play. The author who lives in Leicheng naturally became her tour guide. During the day, I took her to visit several famous places of interest in Leicheng. I don't know where to take her for leisure at night, so I take her to wander around the South Lake. At that time, South Lake, the predecessor of Lei Hu Scenic Area, was divided into two parts by a overgrown path. Xueyou couldn't help wondering when he returned to China: As a national historical and cultural city, isn't there a good place for citizens to relax and entertain? The hidden pain that this sentence brought to the author didn't disappear until the completion of Lei Hu Scenic Area.

Talking about the entertainment life of Leicheng people in the past 40 years, an "old Leizhou" summed it up: watching Lei Ju in the 1970s-watching movies in the 1980s-singing OK in the 1990s-with the completion of Lei Hu scenic spot, it gradually became a popular term for Leicheng people.

In the past five years, the municipal government of this city has kept pace with the times, constantly updating the concept of urban construction and connecting to create a leisure landscape belt. * * * invested nearly 2 million yuan to increase the greening, beautification, purification and infrastructure construction of Lei Hu scenic spot, and planted many beautiful banyan trees in the scenic spot, making the scenic spot more green and intoxicating; The sidewalks on both sides of the north square of the scenic spot have been transformed to make the scenic spot more beautiful; A complete set of fitness equipment has been installed in the scenic spot, which gives citizens a good place to exercise; The stage of Lei Hu Cultural Square has been transformed, adding a new style to the scenic spot. Build the guardrail of Leihu Lake to create a safe and harmonious environment; Investing 7.5 million yuan to renovate the East-West Canal has purified the living environment of residents on both sides of the Canal and beautified the scenery on both sides of Lei Hu Scenic Area. Remove the fence of West Lake Park, widen the scenic spots of West Lake Park, open the park for free, and return the lake to the people ... to create a landscape belt of "West Lake Reservoir-Martyrs Cemetery-West Lake Park-Lei Hu Scenic Area-East-West Canal-Nandujiang". At present, this landscape belt has become the leisure center of Leicheng citizens.

At the same time, relying on Lei Hu Scenic Area, the city vigorously builds square culture and promotes the construction of a famous cultural city, making it the "exhibition center" of Leizhou culture. Every Spring Festival, a colorful cultural feast will be staged here to feast the eyes of the citizens. On major festivals, people in famous cities sing and dance here to celebrate peace and prosperity; Every weekend night, there is a fixed Lei Ju performance or film screening, and the party's principles and policies are well publicized here; Various cultural performances, knowledge contests and various commercial activities are also held here. The colorful square culture increases the movement and color of the famous city, displays the cultural personality of the famous city, and builds a bridge between the government and the people. Leicheng has a history of 5000 years, leaving a deep track in the distant just visiting. Leizhou culture has a long history, and it has accumulated profound connotations in the vast historical river. 1994 65438+ 10, Haikang County was approved by the State Council as a national historical and cultural city, and it is the only national historical and cultural city in western Guangdong. People in the ancient city are very happy.

Some people say that to make Leicheng bigger and stronger, it is necessary to make it taste good. Then, we can't rely solely on historical and cultural support, but must organically combine with modern architecture to highlight our taste.

However, when we open the "photo album" of Leizhou history, there are very few buildings in Leicheng before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Only the ancient arcade in Qujie shows the prosperity of Leicheng's ancient commerce and trade. From 1978, urban architecture began to develop, and more than 0/00 buildings, such as Foreign Trade Building, Yin Jian Building, Du Ming Hotel, Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar Building, were built successively. The completion of these buildings has promoted the development of the tertiary industry in Leizhou. However, these commercial buildings lack a little cultural connotation and a little urbanization color.

In the 20th century, with the rapid development of urban life, people's cultural needs are increasing. The development idea of Leizhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government is to speed up the construction of urban infrastructure and meet the growing material and cultural needs of the masses.

On June 5438+ 10, 2002, Leizhou Book Shopping Center, located on the west side of Lei Hu Cultural Square, was completed and opened. It is the largest and most comprehensive book retail center in Zhanjiang. Its completion has ended the history that Leizhou has no large-scale book shopping center, and at the same time, the taste of the famous city has also been upgraded to a higher level.

In June 2003, 5438+ 10, Leizhou Shopping Plaza was completed and opened. At that time, it was a modern comprehensive shopping plaza with the largest scale, the most complete facilities and the most complete functions at the county level in western Guangdong. The opening of Leizhou Shopping Plaza has promoted the rapid development of Leizhou's tertiary industry and the prosperity of the region.

In order to further promote the development of Leizhou's cultural tourism economy, Leizhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government regards the relocation of the museum as a key project and landmark project of "building a famous cultural city". In September 2005, the relocation project broke ground. During the relocation, Li Changwu, Luo Diannan and others went to the site for guidance many times, and all departments cooperated with each other, and the construction unit stepped up construction. After more than three years' efforts, the largest museum in western Guangdong, with an area of 6 180 square meters and a building area of 165438 square meters, finally stands in the beautiful Leizhou West Lake. Magnificent, elegant and generous museums are important cultural elements in the process of Leizhou's urban modernization, which will greatly enhance the taste of historical and cultural cities and lay the tone and pattern for the construction planning of famous cities.

Looking at Leizhou's 60-year history of urban construction, it is branded with the glory of building a city and the glory of dreams.