In the past 30 or 40 years, Xuzhou City has changed dramatically!

Source:Network reprint   Release time:2021-07-14

We live in this city every day

In a hurry, busy

We are in the middle of it

How long has it been since I took a good look at our city?

Sometimes I inadvertently find that a commercial complex has opened its doors to welcome guests

Sometimes I know where a new community has been built by listening to others

Sometimes I just know that a new road has been built by chance ...

Xuzhou follows the times, striding forward and changing with each passing day

This is our home, our city




Contrast 1: Old Road of Yellow River in Urban Area

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In 1983, there were many factory chimneys along the old Yellow River.


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In 2021, along the old road of the Yellow River, there are green trees.



People who are a little older may remember that thirty or forty years ago, Yangzhuang, Duanzhuang, Kuishan and Yinzhuang were all villages outside the city, but now they have already become the bustling place of Xuzhou City; Thirty or forty years ago, who would have thought that far from the southeast of the old city center, a modern new city area would rise up and become a hot gold treasure. What changes will happen to a city in 30 or 40 years?





Comparison 2: Residential environment


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Near Dabatou Bridge in 1983, a variety of self-built houses made the city look like a village. 微信图片_20210714095050.jpg


Looking east from the vicinity of Heping Bridge in 2020, residential areas are scattered in urban gardens.



Once Xuzhou, with more than 100 years of coal mining history, it was listed as one of the 113 key cities for air pollution prevention and control in China, leaving 350,000 mu of coal mining subsidence land and ecological ruin, which left an indelible urban pain in the development history of Xuzhou. Nowadays, the once desolate coal mining subsidence area has been transformed into a wetland scenic spot with lake water and willows. Xuzhou has embarked on a road of ecological restoration and green transformation, and achieved a great transformation from "one city with coal ash and half city soil" to "one city with green hills and half city lake". Ecology has become the brightest business card in Xuzhou.





Comparison 3: Railway Station

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Railway station in 1988.

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Railway station in 2020.



Once in Xuzhou, the bungalows in low shanty towns were dilapidated, with small areas, bumpy roads and cross-flow of sewage. Nowadays, with Xuzhou's spatial development strategy of "eastward expansion and southward expansion", Xuzhou's urban development is constantly overflowing, and new residential areas around the city are springing up. The renovation of old residential areas in the old city makes residents' living environment look brand-new, and city parks appear around them. It has formed the garden city features of "the city is in the forest, the road is in the green, and the people are in the scenery". It is a national environmental protection model city, a national forest city and a national ecological garden city ... The honor of "United Nations Habitat Award" is the truest interpretation of the city's changes.





Comparison 4: yunlong lake

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In yunlong lake in 1985, villagers washed and dried sheets by the lake.


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In 2020, yunlong lake will have green mountains and green waters.




Thirty or forty years, a drop in the ocean. Today's Xuzhou has sky blue, clear water, green land, smooth roads and beautiful city. The urban infrastructure is fully functional, the citizens live and work in peace and contentment, the ecology is more beautiful, the urban management is standardized and orderly, and the urban features gradually appear. Once a battleground for military strategists and an important industrial town, it has now become a city suitable for living, working and traveling. A "New Xuzhou", which makes locals happy and proud, and makes foreigners envy and yearn for, is on the rise, and the grand blueprint for building a truly central city in Huaihai Economic Zone is becoming a reality step by step.





Comparison 5: Hubu Mountain

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In 1985, Hubushan dwellings had narrow roads.


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Hubu Mountain in 2020, the city cultural center.


Today, through the photographer Wang Meng's lens, we use frames to freeze the picture, select several familiar points, and compare and feel the great changes in Xuzhou in the past 30 or 40 years.