Beijing Today (November 3, 2006)

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BEIJING TODAY FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3 2006 NO. 283 CN11-0120 HTTP://BJTODAY.YNET.COM

CHIEF EDITOR: JIAN RONG NEWS EDITOR: HOU MINGXIN DESIGNER: YANG GEN

Call of the wild.

Balanchine in Beijing.

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Special supplement on the China-Africa Forum Page 5

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Ground control to Major Tang

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Couldn’t give a flip Wuhan International Acrobatic Festival’s closing ceremony in Wuhan Acrobatic Hall, Wednesday.

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Plans to protect 798 art district from developers By Annie Wei Demolishing old buildings in Beijing was once a complicated contradiction for many parties: residents, protectors, local government and real estate developers, especially when concerning beautiful historical buildings. Now, Beijing’s Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design and Municipal Commission of Urban Planning are drafting a new plan for Beijing’s modern architec-

ture. The 798 Dashanzi Art District and Xizhimen Railway Station will be the focus of the plan. Song Xiaolong, director of the Municipal Institute said that many modern historical buildings were also part of Beijing’s architecture scene. Western influenced architecture has been springing up in Beijing since the 1840 opium war. But there is as yet “no plan or regulations to protect them,” said Song.

So earlier this year Song got together with officials from the Commission of Urban Planning to draw up a scheme to protect these areas. “We will select influential types of modern architecture, including residential buildings, hospitals, stores, office buildings, hotels, schools and industrial sights,” said Song. Xizhimen Railway Station, built by the famous Chinese engineer Zhan Tainyou in 1906, Sanheli res-

idential area, a Russian style community built in the 1950s, and the 798 art district, will all be included in the preservation plans. Tie Ying, an artist who has had a studio in Dashanzi since 2004, said he hadn’t heard about the plans but welcomed the idea of preserving the district. “With 798 getting more and more commercial,” he said, “it’s important that government bodies draw up a plan to protect the area.”

Get your kit on.

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