Donghu New Village: the first commercial housing community in China

Donghu New Village has left a strong impression in the historical process of Guangdong's reform and opening up, and its legendary color will last forever. From 65438 to 0979, the construction of Guangzhou Donghu New Village started, which created many firsts in China: the first commercial residential construction project, the first residential project developed by introducing foreign capital, and the first residential community with property management ... It set off a wave of housing construction reform in China, opened the road of housing commercialization reform in China, and ignited the people's dream of living in peace.

According to the data, during the 30 years from the founding of New China to 1978, the per capita living area in Guangzhou has been around 3 square meters, and the phenomenon of "three generations sharing the same room" is everywhere, so the living conditions are not optimistic. According to the construction funds and construction costs invested in housing in Guangzhou in those years, it is difficult to solve the housing problem by allocating funds. Obviously, it is unrealistic to solve the housing problem by old ideas and old methods.

At that time, the door for China to introduce foreign capital had been opened, and many factories in the Pearl River Delta had been introduced. Faced with the situation that only land has no money, can Guangzhou introduce foreign capital to build houses? As a result, Dongshan District of Guangzhou (later merged into Yuexiu District) was approved, and the headquarters for the introduction of foreign capital residential construction was established in an unprecedented way (referred to as the "introduction office"). 1979101month 15, the government approved the transformation of the old city-Donghu new village project with foreign capital. Guangzhou Dongshan Import Office and Hong Kong Baojiang Development Co., Ltd. introduced Hong Kong capital to develop real estate projects with reference to compensation trade for the first time.

Nowadays, building a community is no longer a rare thing. At the beginning, the groundbreaking of "East Lake New Village" was widely concerned by people all over the country. At that time, there was no precedent of "attracting foreign investment" in real estate construction. Investors don't know the situation in the mainland, importers are not familiar with the situation of Hong Kong businessmen and lack experience in introducing foreign capital. At that time, the cooperation mode of "the government pays the land and the foreign investors pay the funds" was beyond many people's imagination.

The construction of Donghu New Village has experienced many difficulties and twists. In the negotiations for more than half a year, with the support of provincial and municipal leaders, the "Import Office" withstood the enormous pressure of public opinion and overcame many difficulties, and the negotiations were successful. 1979 65438+February 2 1, the first pile was laid in Dashatou, Guangzhou. Thanks to the efforts of all parties, brand-new residential buildings in the "East Lake New Village" community have finally sprung up.

Since then, the introduction of foreign capital and the design and management mode of the building itself have gradually spread to the Pearl River Delta region and even all parts of the country. The introduction of foreign capital to build houses has blossomed all over the country. At the same time, the "East Lake Model", which integrates the planning, construction and management of residential areas, has also been rapidly popularized nationwide.

It has been nearly 40 years since the completion of Donghu New Village. With the change of time, Donghu New Village and its residents have quietly changed their appearance. However, the spiritual wealth and enlightenment left by the construction of Donghu New Village are very valuable. The birth of Donghu New Village has the advantages of reform and opening up, Guangzhou's initiative and invictus's harmony. At the beginning, Guangzhou won by daring to emancipate its mind and be the first to win for the world. At present, we should carry forward the spirit of bold and pioneering reform. Solemnly declare: the purpose of publishing this information is to spread more information, which has nothing to do with the position of this website.