During the New Year's Day, Chen Mingluo returned to his son Mingyang to visit his parents.

Chen Tongda is still working diligently. The municipal party secretary Yu Yuanfan cooperated well with him recently. At least he didn't make any trouble with him at work. The communication channels in advance were also smooth. It can be said that the two of them got what they needed and cooperated happily.

When talking about this, Chen Tongda said to Chen Mingluo, "Secretary Yu is still quite open-minded."

"He is not open-minded, but he can judge the situation-" Chen Mingluo replied with a smile, "If someone else had teamed up with him, he would have been bullied by him long ago."

Chen Mingluo himself was also very clear about Yu Yuanfan's energy. He was not clear about the relationship between him and Yu Zilan, and he also knew Yu Yuanfan's situation. Similarly, Yu Yuanfan also knew the situation of Chen Mingluo and his son. It was precisely because everyone knew their respective situations that a tacit understanding occurred.

Yu Yuanfan's purpose is very clear. He served as the secretary of the municipal party committee in Mingyang, with the purpose of being able to reach the deputy provincial level in the future. This opportunity may not be easy to achieve in Xiling Province. The biggest possibility is to go to his nest in Jiangnan Province.

Chen Tongda's purpose is also very clear. His development plan is to be in Xiling Province, for example, he will become the secretary of the Mingyang Municipal Party Committee or the top leader of other departments and bureaus in the next term, laying a solid foundation for his future impact on the vice-provincial level.

In this way, the biggest goal of the two people now is to accumulate enough political achievements, and this political achievements are not falling from the sky. It requires close cooperation between the municipal party committee and government to effectively carry out the work of Mingyang City.

Yu Yuanfan knew very well that Chen Tongda was a hard-working talent with a solid grassroots work. He had received some care from Premier Hong, Vice Premier Sang and even Xiao Mingxue. His roots can be said to be very solid. He was supported by Chen Mingluo, a very despicable son, and was rich and powerful. It can be said that he came to preside over the government work. Whether it is Mingyang City or himself, it is the best choice.

Moreover, Chen Tongda will not compete for power and profit with him, so Yu Yuanfan's attitude in this regard is relatively open and strongly supports him in carrying out various construction work in Mingyang City.

Mingyang City today is very different from what Chen Mingluo saw last year.

Although there are not many landmark buildings, the number of high-tech enterprises is growing relatively quickly. As for the number of small and medium-sized enterprises, the number of commercial and logistics is developing rapidly. After the reconstruction of Mingyang City, a large area has extended outward, forming more than a dozen urbanized small villages and towns around it, becoming the satellite city of Mingyang City.

Chen Tongda’s work goal is now very clear, which is to plan new urban enterprises to these dozens of small satellite cities as much as possible. On the one hand, it is to reduce various pressures in the old city, and on the other hand, it also has the idea of ​​diverting population outward.

"Now some signs can be seen--" Chen Tongda rarely meets his son. Seeing that his son is so old, Chen Tongda is not unhappy. Although many people have higher positions than him, if they are better than his son, there is no need to say that the son of the Chen family is the best.

The signs Chen Tongda mentioned are mainly some disadvantages in the process of urbanization.

Especially in some big cities, although there are more employment opportunities, the pressure on cities is getting worse due to the unreasonable distribution of corporate layout. Needless to mention other problems, just one city transportation makes people feel an extra headache.

This kind of sign was discovered in Mingyang City before, but Xiao Mingxue insisted on carrying out the renovation of the old urban area and was ahead. Mingyang City's current road construction and later urban planning are relatively scientific, and public utilities management is also relatively regular. From Xiao Mingxue to Chen Tongda, there has been no random demolition and construction in recent years, and the management of urban construction land is very strict.

Basically, all newly built projects have been approved to more than a dozen satellite city new districts nearby, greatly reducing the pressure on the main urban area of ​​the city.

Of course, in order to achieve this, the municipal government has made great concessions in this regard. For example, the policy for the new enterprise construction in the new urban area is to be tax-free and 5-year levy halved. It is also particularly willing to invest in the road construction between the new urban area and the old urban area. A ring expressway has been built outside the old urban area of ​​Mingyang City, making the connection between the new urban areas closer and more convenient.

However, in some other cities, the disadvantages brought by this high-speed urbanization are very serious. The most serious and intuitive one is traffic pressure, and there are many incidental things.

"In fact, these problems themselves can be avoided-" Chen Mingluo said to his father Chen Tongda.

His words must be based on them, because the development of urbanization in China has lagged behind for many years compared to some foreign cities.

In the development of many large foreign cities, it was not achieved overnight. Many problems have occurred and many detours have been taken.

As for New York, the United States, first, the small New York in the administrative region. According to the official statistics of the New York City government, New York City has an area of ​​930 square kilometers and a population of 8 million. Second, the Greater New York area in people's concept is the Greater New York area. In addition to the five districts of Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Stanten Island where New York City belongs, it also includes 26 counties and cities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with an area of ​​more than 32,400 square kilometers and a population of more than 16.8 million.

As one of the world's megacities, New York is the largest financial, commercial and cultural center in the United States.

Like other American cities, New York has continued to develop from small to large to today's scale by taking urbanization. One of the characteristics of its transformation is to first implement urbanization, and then transition from urbanization to suburbanization.

The urbanization development process in New York shows that the urbanization process is too fast and social changes are too fast, resulting in social and economic out-of-control and urban problems emerging one after another.

The problem caused by the rapid urbanization of New York is that the concentration of factory residents in the city center makes New York seem overcrowded.

In 1921, New York had a population of more than 6 million, but New York's houses could not meet the requirements, resulting in a very crowded house. At that time, a residential agency in New York conducted an investigation into the residence of Manhattan's East Side and found that one-third of New York's rooms lived in two people, and the other two-thirds of the rooms lived in three or more people.

A large number of factories gather in the city and cause serious industrial pollution. Air pollution breeds various diseases such as emphysema, lung cancer, etc., which seriously threatens the health of residents. Statistics show that in 1910, only 5% of people in New York City lived to the age of 60, and 20% of young children lived to the age of 5.

Similarly, the rapid urbanization process has led to traffic jams and caused a series of social problems.

In the 1920s, cars began to pour into New York streets and traffic in New York City became overcrowded.

The increase in the number of cars further worsens traffic conditions, and traffic congestion has caused huge losses to residents and businesses.

According to conservative estimates, New York has lost at least $150 million a year due to traffic jams since the beginning of the century.

In addition, moral decay and rampant crime are another difficult problem caused by urbanization. In New York, urban crimes such as racial riots, drug abuse, prostitution, theft and robbery are common.

The above drawbacks caused by the urbanization process in New York force New York City to adjust its urban development strategy and shift from urbanization to suburbanization.

New York's implementation of the suburbanization strategy is actually the spread and development of urbanization into vast suburban towns.

The first stage is the suburbanization of urban living functions, that is, the migration of residential houses to urban suburbs.

Before the 1940s, people's work and life were mainly concentrated in the center of New York. With the rapid expansion of the scale of New York cities and the severe deterioration of living environment, the middle class who originally lived in New York City became increasingly willing to buy or build houses in the suburbs of New York. The development of roads made buses and cars a convenient tool for people to travel, so that they could live in the suburbs. The 1950s and 1960s were the climax of New York's implementation of suburbs, and a large number of residents moved from the downtown to the suburbs.

The second stage is the suburbanization of urban commercial functions and industrial functions, which is to establish large shopping centers and other commercial outlets in suburban towns in New York, and move factories and enterprises to the suburbs.

From the 1960s to the 1970s, many large shopping centers were built in suburban towns in New York City, and people no longer had to travel to and from the central commercial district of New York to buy daily necessities. Statistics show that there are currently more than 15,000 suburban commercial districts in the United States, and the retail sales of suburban commercial districts have exceeded half of the total social retail sales.

Since the 1970s, the land price difference between the suburban towns in New York and the downtown area has also caused many enterprises to migrate to suburban towns. Emerging industries have emerged in suburban towns in New York, and large-scale industrial parks and commercial service outlets have settled in suburban areas. Central areas with complete urban functions have gradually formed in suburban towns in New York.

This change has created a large number of job opportunities in the suburbs of New York. The work and lifestyle that travels between the city and the suburbs has changed drastically, and suburban towns have become the main living and working spaces for many middle-class people.

As populations move to suburban towns on a large scale, the population in urban New York showed negative growth.

The third stage is to establish a marginal town, a new town with urban functions such as living, shopping, and entertainment formed on the basis of the suburbs around New York City.

Fringe towns around New York solve the problems faced by traditional cities such as noise, transportation, housing, air pollution, etc., and provide urban residents with a good living space.

Overall, most of these marginal towns have highways connected, only about an hour away from New York. The infrastructure is complete and complete. In addition to sufficient parking facilities and large shopping malls, there are also entertainment facilities such as cinemas, hotels, clubs, sports fields, etc., and the natural greening level is also very high. Most residents live in villa-type residences surrounded by green lawns.

"The experience of the United States is clearly placed there, and it can be used directly to learn from it. Unfortunately, most cities in China do not have medium- and long-term plans in this regard. Everyone is more keen on political achievements and face-saving projects, and likes to build intensive cities. The consequences of doing so are of course predictable." Chen Mingluo said to his father.

"This situation is quite serious-" Chen Tongda frowned and said, "I went to a mayor exchange group before and visited more than a dozen cities. All of them have more or less problems. The most serious problem is mainly transportation, followed by the impact on the environment, and the environmental deterioration is very serious."

Among the several cities that Chen Tongda visited, there were both in the south, but the problems were similar, which made him more convinced that urban construction without planning would not work. In addition to wasting resources, there were many disadvantages in all aspects.

"The government's supervision and guidance are very important-" Chen Mingluo said to Chen Tongda, "If you can work in Mingyang again, continue the policy, spend the most difficult period of urbanization, and wait for everything to become formal, then the problems will be much smaller in the future."

Chen Tongda nodded and said, "I hope so. I am actively renovating urban roads and public facilities. If I plan this aspect, it will be impossible for new projects to be so random."

Chen Mingluo nodded and expressed his agreement with his father Chen Tongda's point of view.

In fact, from an empirical perspective, the fact that New York's transition from urbanization to suburbanization is to a certain extent thanks to the support of relevant government policies.

Although the United States has implemented a complete free market economic system and the government has a very small degree of direct intervention in the economy, the United States government has played a relatively active role in promoting the urbanization process.

The US government has implemented a policy of large-scale assistance to highway construction, and the highway network, especially the medium and highway network, has played an extremely important role in promoting the transition from urbanization to suburbanization in the United States.

These highways will disperse factories, shops, and residential areas, and ultimately bring changes to American lifestyles. State and local governments are also actively involved in highway construction. The highway network greatly improves transportation efficiency, reduces transportation time, reduces transportation costs, and makes the suburbs tend to be on par with cities.

Personnel, shops and enterprises can all move to the vicinity of the expressway and establish suburban towns in the city. The expressway has become a transportation hub connecting the downtown area of ​​New York and satellite towns. Dozens of new small towns integrating living, shopping and entertainment are built on both sides of the expressway.

Now Chen Tongda has made this idea, hoping that he can institutionalize urban planning during his tenure, and even if he is no longer in Mingyang in the future, he can continue to affect the urban development of Mingyang City.
Chapter completed!