
Professor Wu who made a survey in the quake-hit areas said emotionally that,
based on the survey, there are more quake-affected people in the places where is
lack of planning, while the quake-affected people become remarkably less in
those places where have planning. "The previous location selections for some
towns are lack of scientific basis and many buildings are constructed in the
fault zones. Being a planer, we hope to select safety location for resettlement
through this planning activity so that the local people can live and work in
peace and contentment."
Wu Zhiqiang introduced that, the regions of frequent geographical hazards and
potential secondary hazards, such as debris flows, landslide, collapse belt,
land sinking, flood control area and lower land, should be avoided in location
selection as possible. The resettlement site should be provided with basic
traffic conditions and arranged in a centralized manner, or in the model of new
rural residential community as possible.
The reporter realized that, the transitional resettlement houses are mainly
comprised of portable houses. Every block consists of ten houses with supporting
facilities including public toilet, wash room, kitchen, shower room, and rubbish
collection site. Every house is a standardized house with an area of 12 square
meters. Furthermore, hundreds of houses will constitute a standard block
equipped with public facilities such as water supply and power supply, even
natural gas if possible. The life for such transitional resettlement houses is 1
to 3 years. After the life period, these houses will be removed to construct
permanent houses according to the plan.
I represent a great team
The theme of Expo Shanghai is "Better City, Better Life". Wu Zhiqiang said
that, the reconstruction plan conducted by us in the quake-hit areas is to
contribute ideas and concepts for urban construction in Sichuan Province and
introduce the modern concepts into the urban construction in order to let the
quake-affected people enjoy a better life. "This is exactly consistent with the
theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China".
One of the sub-themes of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is "interaction
between urban and country". "Our tour for this time is a good example for
interaction between urban and country." Being an expert in urban planning, Wu
Zhiqiang believes that, the urban planning would consider the development of
rural areas, and be developed to urban-country plan. New concepts and
experiences should be introduced to the rural area to construct new rural area
under integration of urban and rural areas.
Being chief planner of Expo Shanghai Park, this "tour" of Professor Wu is
vigorously supported by the leaders of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo
Coordination, "In these days, Zhong Yanqun, the Secretary and Hong Hao, the
Director always keep in close touch with me, they hope that I will bring the
cares of Expo Shanghai People to the quake-affected people and bring the spirit
of mutual help to the quake-hit areas."
In these days, Wu Zhiqiang always wore a safety hamlet printed with "Expo
Shanghai" and emblem of Expo Shanghai to work on site. To take the safety hamlet
by myself, will release the pressure on materials supply for the quake-hit
areas, on the other hand, "I am the chief planner of the Expo Park, what I
represent is not me only, what I bring to the quake-hit areas is the love and
kindness of Expo Shanghai People, and I believe this tour will leave a rich
spiritual fortune to the organization of World Expo."