The scope of the construction plan for both sides of the Meijiang River is from the starting point of the Meijiang South Embankment (Meitang 0 000) to the 20.14km long Meijiang River and Xiyang Hydropower Station and areas with varying depths on both sides. Determine the depth boundaries of these areas The standards are: most of the South Embankment and the West Embankment are bounded by the original earth embankments, and part of them is appropriately expanded according to planning needs; the North Embankment, Qinhuang Embankment, Dongsheng and Fengshuxia downstream to Xiyang area are based on the ridgeline of the mountain and river slopes. as a boundary. During the planning, it was implemented to comply with the city's overall plan, protect as much of the natural ecological environment dominated by green vegetation as possible, give priority to meeting the requirements of urban public service functions, and seriously consider the need for investment and transformation development units to obtain returns from real estate development. The actual situation, the combination with the protection of historical and cultural cities and the principles of being conducive to the development of tourism resources
Meizhou City Meijiang River Planning Manual (Meizhou City Urban Planning and Design Institute, 1996), P4. .
The "Meizhou Model" is a successful example of my country's riverside cities developing river economy and urban land utilization. It is mainly manifested in the following aspects.
19.2.1 Turning Flood Disasters into Water Conservancy
The Meijiang River is one of the ten largest rivers in Guangdong. The "U"-shaped river section passing through the center of Meizhou City is 12km long. In the past, floods often occurred during flood seasons, and flood resistance standards were low, making it difficult to effectively resist floods. This has brought endless floods to urban residents. According to historical data: In 1960, the highest water level of the Meijiang River was 79.77m. Meicheng was immersed for three days and three nights. Nearly 10,000 hectares of farmland were flooded, 5,388 houses were destroyed, and 250 people died in the flood; September 16, 1970 , the flood peak of the Meijiang River reached 79.33m, 60,000 hm2 of farmland was immersed, more than 1,000 houses collapsed, and 29 people died; on July 11, 1986, the flood peak of the Meijiang River reached 79.56m, and 16 dykes of the Meijiang River and its tributary Liujiang River breached 77 At this time, 80,000 residents were trapped in Zeguo, 160 people lost their lives, and property losses exceeded 600 million yuan
"Meizhou Daily" (2000-10-26). .
In 1993, the local government decided to obtain 80hm2 of land use rights from the river tidal flats, sandbanks and original earth embankments as compensation, guide social investment in embankment construction, and raise the Meijiang embankment's once-in-20-year flood control standard to Once in 100 years. The exchange of land for embankments has stimulated the enthusiasm of private capital as well as overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to invest in river embankment reconstruction. After several years of construction, the reconstruction of 20km of embankments on both sides of the Meijiang River in Meizhou City has been completed, and has reached the standard of resisting a 100-year flood (Figure 19.2). In August 1997, Meijiang suffered another severe flood, exceeding the warning level by 2.05m. At this time, the reconstruction of the river embankment had been mostly completed, and the people in the urban area finally waited for the day when the floods tamed the eastward flow; on May 17, 2003, a sudden heavy rain fell across the city of Meizhou, causing 400,000 people to be affected and 7 people to die in 89 towns in 6 counties. , direct economic loss of 280 million yuan
"Meizhou Daily" (2003-05-18). , while both sides of the Meicheng River are safe and sound, except for flooding in some blocks (due to poor urban drainage systems).
Figure 19.2 Meicheng Jiangbei Flood Control Embankment
The Xiyang Hydropower Station downstream of Meicheng was built in 1997 to store water and generate electricity, with an annual power generation of about 70 million kWh. The Meijiang River section in Meizhou City has become an artificial lake with an area of ??about 4km2 and a total water storage capacity of 18.6 million m3. The wide water surface forms the beautiful scenery of the water city.
19.2.2 Bringing a prosperous real estate market
Meicheng’s “Two Banks of the River” reconstruction plan acquired nearly 80hm2 of land from the river’s tidal flats, sandbanks and original earth embankments, thus establishing It has established a construction and development model of "combining embankment reconstruction with real estate development, companies raising funds for embankment reconstruction, and the government using land as compensation" and "whoever invests, who manages, who benefits". This policy has greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of enterprises at all levels to participate in the "One River and Two Banks" reconstruction and construction project, and the barren beaches and bad water in the city have become a new highlight of Meizhou City's urban construction.
In recent years, real estate construction has been in full swing on both sides of the Meicheng River, such as Jin'an along the river, Nanmen Plaza, Peninsula along the river, Zhuangyuan Real Estate, Kedu New Village, Jiangpan Garden, Binjiang New Village, etc., and the sales volume of commercial housing continues to grow. Due to the successful development of "One River and Two Straits", the investment environment of the entire Meizhou urban area has been improved. Therefore, a number of outstanding communities such as Meiyuan New Village and Hongdu Garden have been successfully developed and have become the "leaders" of residential communities, showing a good momentum of development. The development of real estate has made significant contributions to the urban construction and social and economic development of Meizhou City. According to statistics, during the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" period, the city completed an investment of 2.025 billion yuan in real estate development, sold 1.3457 million m2 of commercial housing area, and had sales of 1.266 billion yuan, an increase of 50.44 and 1.7226 billion yuan respectively compared with the "Eighth Five-Year Plan" period, and realized a profit of 56.87 million yuan, which was turned over The tax revenue was 82.27 million yuan, an increase of 64.84 and 35.25 respectively compared with the "Eighth Five-Year Plan" period.
The data comes from the Meizhou Municipal Construction Bureau. .
19.2.3 Creating a tourism and leisure environment
The transformation of "one river and two banks" in Meicheng has created the Meijiang embankment that stretches for dozens of kilometers on both sides. The riverside park on the dike, the cultural causeway, stone sculptures of figures, Rudan Corridor, Cultural Square, Golden Bank along the river, peninsula along the river, Kedu New Village, etc. are all new attractions, connected with 7 bridges, forming embankments, bridges, water, The building has an elegant and long city view. Since during the construction of "One River and Two Banks", great emphasis was placed on providing public recreation and leisure spaces and urban sightseeing attractions for the city. Today, the two banks of the Meijiang River have become a reserved program for the local tourism department to promote attractions to foreign tourists, and are specially designed for This is a tourist battery car sightseeing project. In addition, the tourism department seized the opportunity and vigorously cultivated the Hakka cultural atmosphere, guiding the cultural square and Qiaotou Pavilion to become a venue for spontaneous Hakka folk song duets in the evening, forming a unique cultural landscape in Meizhou and making Meizhou a cultural connotation and taste. City. Meizhou's urban construction provides a good tourism environment for tourists, and also provides good conditions for major travel agencies to develop urban sightseeing tourism.
19.2.4 Improving traffic conditions
Before the 1990s, there were only three bridges on both sides of the Meijiang River in Meicheng. Among them, the Meijiang Bridge was built during the Anti-Japanese War and is no longer motorable. Dangerous bridge for vehicles. Therefore, the two sides of the river can only be connected by the newly built Dongshan Bridge and Jiaying Bridge. However, the streets in the city are narrow and it is extremely inconvenient to divert vehicles. After the implementation of the "One River and Two Banks" reconstruction project, not only the four new bridges of Meizhou, Delong, Jianying, and Xiulan have strengthened the connection between the south and the north of the Yangtze River, but the newly added 20km of embankment has also become an important way to evacuate traffic and people in the city. Convenient conditions for driving to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. In addition, due to the water storage of Xiyang Power Station downstream, an artificial lake is formed in the urban area, which also increases the convenience of water transportation, regulates the urban microclimate, and slows down the heat island effect.
19.2.5 Becoming a model for riverside cities
The success of the "Meizhou Model" also lies in the breakthrough in planning concepts, integrating the scientific concept of development into the construction of urban and rural water conservancy disaster prevention and reduction projects among. While safeguarding urban security, these projects also reflect the coordination of flood control projects with urban development, cultural landscape, ecological environment and tourism resource development, achieving the five goals of "water security, water environment, water landscape, water culture and water economy". The organic combination of one body promotes the sustainable development of economy and society.
After the success of the "Meizhou Model" in Meicheng, it has further radiated to all qualified counties and towns in the city, driving its municipal construction to the riverside areas to form a new urban landscape and new economic growth. point. For example, both sides of the river in the Hejiao City section of Jiaoling Grottoes have been renovated. Secondary and tertiary industries have suddenly emerged. Foreign investment from Southeast Asia has come in droves. The interests of water security, water environment, and water ecology have driven the county’s GDP to grow by about 20% per year. , the urbanization process is increasing rapidly. In addition, Yanyang, Bingcun and Songkou in Meixian County, Gaopi and Xihe in Dabu, Chagan and Renju in Pingyuan have become the leaders of the river economy in townships
"Guangzhou Daily" (2003 -10-19). .
Inspired by Meizhou's experience, various parts of Guangdong and brother cities outside the province are also following the "Meizhou model" and launching the "river economy". It can be said that the eight immortals crossing the sea show their magical powers.
Prefectures and cities that have the conditions to do so use increased financial allocations. For example, Dongguan City withdraws 3 from vehicle tolls on municipal and town-level highway bridges every year as a water conservancy construction fund. The 570 million yuan construction funds required for the Dongguan Levee are all allocated by the municipal finance. In place; Zhongshan City guarantees to raise 1.248 billion yuan for project construction within 5 years from financial funds, water conservancy fees, water conservancy funds and other channels
China Water Conservancy News Network (2004-03-27). .