Guangzhou style-a city that is "alive" because of its "width"

Guangzhou is a very important city in my life. During my stay in Guangzhou, I continued my undergraduate habit of riding the world by car. Basically, I ride my bike 2-3 times a week, with an average distance of 10-20km.

There are not only my own freshness and curiosity about the city, but also my interest in learning geography, as well as long-distance cycling opportunities provided by many tutors. It can be said that under the action of multiple "forces", I have my fantastic cycling record of three thousand miles in Yangcheng. This time, I will restore the taste of Guangzhou through the memory of riding.

Jiangcheng usually refers to Wuhan, but when riding in Guangzhou, Guangzhou can also be called Jiangcheng. Although there is Huangpu River in Shanghai, its bridges and tunnels are impassable. Many bridges across the Pearl River in Guangzhou can be crossed by bicycle. The wide Pearl River surface has created an extraordinary river view experience, and you can appreciate the characteristics of Guangzhou in different periods. The change of scenery from west to east explains the development process of Guangzhou from modern times to contemporary times:

Jiefang bridge, Ren Minqiao: Guangzhou's "Bund" —— Features of the old Guangzhou Concession.

Haizhu Bridge: Guangzhou's "landmark"-the first bridge of the Pearl River, which is very representative in shape and meaning.

Jiangwan Bridge-Haiyin Bridge: Guangzhou's "post-90 s"-there are many high-rise buildings, symbolizing the high-speed development period of Guangzhou in the 1990s.

Guangzhou Bridge-Liede Bridge: the top of Guangzhou-full of modern urban style, with skyscrapers, the image of new Guangzhou is self-evident.

Pazhou Bridge: Guangzhou's New Business —— Overlooking Guangjiao Guild Hall, a new interpretation of the Millennium Business Capital.

The East Zone around the city is the first wave of "land of revival" after Guangzhou's reform and opening up in the 1990s. So far, the architectural style in this area is also a strong "90' s wind". Especially standing on the Xiaobei overpass, there are many tall buildings, but most of them are khaki or gray, and the architectural design style is relatively old, which gives people a strong sense of crossing. Think about the high-spirited years in Guangzhou after the reform and opening up, and think about the shock brought by these high-rise buildings to the "pilgrims" in the south. Although Friendship Store and baiyun hotel are out of date now, in those days, people believed that they were both representatives of the dream of going south. Guangzhou can be regarded as a museum of "reform and opening up", and the east of the city is the most classic "exhibition area". Not only is the appearance the color of the early days of reform and opening up, but I have also "explored" several office buildings, and the format of foreign trade wholesale has also left some lasting appeal of that era.

The uniqueness of Guangzhou emerged from the journey into Guangzhou. Arriving at Beijing Railway Station, Shanghai Railway Station and Shenzhen Railway Station, many tall buildings appeared after entering the urban area, which made people realize that they had not only entered the city, but also entered a first-tier city. However, this is not the case in Guangzhou. Six or seven stories high, colorful and "handshake building"-style villages in the city make people wonder whether they have entered the urban area. Suddenly, Guangzhou station arrived.

Villages in cities in Guangzhou are everywhere, such as Liede Village near Zhujiang New Town, Xiadu Village near Sun Yat-sen University and the famous Sanyuanli near the railway station. The reason for the formation of the village in the city is nothing more than the rapid expansion of the city and the high cost of demolition, so the village was "packaged" into the city and formed the village in the city.

The village in the city is a dynamic world. The street is very close and there is a huge flow of people. Coupled with the "rickshaw" and cars passing through it, it seems that the whole world has come. I don't know how many people live in the dense "handshake building", and the huge population also supports various small supermarkets, snack bars and small shops, forming a very prosperous business format. In a sense, the "residence, industry and commerce" in the village in the city are integrated, with both living space and numerous small processing clusters formed by various small industries. Although there are similar villages in Kunming and other cities, the population density and commercial density are far from each other.

Life here is also an "ant colony" life, with dense population and poor sound insulation. The windows are hung with iron nets and accents from all directions, and food shops from all directions gather here. And no matter how late it is, people will be active, and food stalls will be open all night. Even if the streets are depressed, the constant feasting in the villages in the city maintains the noise of the city.

Although the villages in the city are not tall in any sense, even quite different from the imagined "Guangzhou", which is also the "psoriasis" that the government deliberately avoids when doing external publicity, they provide the vitality of the city at the bottom, which is also the original appearance of the "economic center". They have also shaped the urban landscape of Guangzhou, which is not only the most tolerant city to accept low-end entrepreneurs from all walks of life, but also a city that has always maintained a high degree of fireworks and civilians.

Taobao shows that the number of goods sold in Guangzhou ranks second in the country. I believe that a large part of these goods come from such a colorful and all-encompassing area as the village in the city, rather than the Pearl River New Town. Villages in the city, people who walk in ghost stalls, people who wear simple slippers and people who carry big black plastic bags are Guangzhou for civilians, Guangzhou for freedom and Guangzhou for pragmatism.

Since the concept of "excellent global city" was put forward in the master plan of Shanghai in 2035, "global city" has gradually moved from academic language to popular language. And Guangzhou: Please add the word "world" before me when you call me "first-tier city" in the future, and turn "global city" into a more familiar "first-tier city". What is a "global city"? It needs to be explained here to set the record straight. Its basic idea is that a city's influence in the world can be determined by the number and level of its "transnational advanced producer services", which are not traditional GDP, nor technology companies, but service companies.

"Multinational advanced producer services" refers to the world's top companies in accounting, banking, insurance, law, advertising, management consulting and other fields. If the company is headquartered in a city, add 5 points; 4 points for the location of the regional headquarters; Have a larger office or more professionals, 3 points; General representative office, 2 points; Lack of further details, or only a few professionals.1; No representative office, 0 point. In this way, all the scores obtained by a city are added up to get the overall ranking.

Therefore, Guangzhou still has its unique advantages in the service industry, especially in attracting top foreign investment services. There is a saying that "Guangzhou is the heart of Guangdong and Shenzhen is the enclave of Beijing". Although it may not be accurate, it has some flavor. Shenzhen is like a trend pioneer at the right time, and Guangzhou is like a leader in Guangdong.

I believe that some people have talked about the above points more or less, but not many people have mentioned this point, that is, the buildings in Guangzhou have their own styles. Although high-rise buildings are everywhere in major cities, old-fashioned residential areas built before 2000 still dominate. There is a saying in Yi Zhongtian that "Guangzhou's buildings are very strange", which is largely reflected in these buildings. There are several points: first, fat, the buildings in the north are long strips, while the buildings in Guangzhou are sandwich plates. Second, the weather in the south is hot, so the buildings are also very transparent, and balconies and aisles are often open.

The third type is grayish black. Guangzhou doesn't care about appearance at all. A large number of buildings are gray in the primary color of cement, which has a strong sense of "stalagmite forest". Moreover, because of the heat, the requirements for indoor sun protection are high, and the brown glass on the external walls of buildings in Guangzhou is far more than that in northern cities. The fourth is green, the flower city is well-deserved, and the dilapidated building is in a poor house, but which balcony is not lush and covered with green plants? The green color exposed in gray buildings reflects the importance Guangzhou people attach to life.

In the recently released Fortune Global 500, there are three enterprises in Guangzhou, namely Cedar Holdings, Guangzhou Automobile Group and China Southern Power Grid, which are composed of/kloc-0 private enterprises and 2 state-owned enterprises. Guangzhou's economic structure is inclusive, pluralistic, flexible, risk-resistant and balanced. There are not only foreign-funded service enterprises, but also a large number of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises, as well as countless small workshops, wholesalers, ghost shops and other informal economies. In fact, readers who often read People's Daily can generally feel that the enterprise type with the highest appearance rate is either a large central enterprise or a science and technology enterprise, which is the most valued enterprise type, and Guangzhou is both. Therefore, I think the important feature of Guangzhou's economy is the establishment of a good mechanism for the construction of stakeholders, so that various economic forms can land, take root and sprout in Guangzhou.

These also reflect the urban features of Guangzhou. First, it is vast, all-encompassing and has a strong mosaic effect in the city. Second, it is casual, loose in scale, practical and informal. Third, the bustling, large and small block economy exists here, and the dense flow of people and fast pace constitute the rhythm of the city day and night. Fourth, the spirit of life, Guangzhou does not want to "concave the shape of a first-tier city" from the appearance and connotation, but the details reflect the city's emphasis on the quality of personal inner life.

Now Guangzhou is highly discussed on the Internet, which is a bit like the Northeast First-tier City Edition. I think that although so many pioneer cities can't be crowded in one country, Guangzhou can be one of them, if not the best. Even if it doesn't have such a big policy advantage, it can always be a wide-area city with its own characteristics by relying on its volume advantage and central advantage.

In a word, Guangzhou's economy is as beautiful as its architectural style. Shops and pedestrians in Guangzhou are as dense as buildings in Lingnan. Countless stories are staged in the grand theater of this city. This is Guangzhou, Conton.