Many foreigners are familiar with Tengchong County in Yunnan when they come to study Chinese in the city of Kunming because of the beautiful scenery and famous tourist attractions there. In recent years, Tengchong County has adjusted their plans and moved their attention to construct this county town in the hilly areas for the purpose of sparing fertile farmland in the plain area with an area of five thousand Mu.
Yang Zhengxiao is the county magistrate of Tengchong County. According to what he said, the reason of adjustment is the increasing contradiction between urban land and farmland. The population is increasing while the available land is decreasing. The westerners learn Mandarin in Yunnan may be told that proper policy is necessary to resolve the contradiction between the land utilization and fertile farmland protection.
For Tengchong County, the most appropriate road is to guide the construction of industrial projects, towns and villages to the mountain areas and desolated slope areas, actively exploring and trying the development road of “towns up to hills”. When foreign learners study in qualified Mandarin program in Yunnan, they will be told that the stricter cultivated land protection policy is being researched to promote the development of towns with clear and specific measures.
But how Tengchong County continues this construction work? To solve this problem, the Executive vice County Mayor Duan Zhaojin said with full confidence: “In the near future, the reconstructed new Tengchong will be presented with richer contents and more complete functions. At that time, if you learn Chinese in China, you will have a fresh view of the Tengchong County.
After the improved overall land use work, Tengchong has made some progress in land utilization. The following figures are provided for those learners who want to study in China. The basic farmland area in the plain area was raised from 479,700 Mu to 509800 Mu, with an increase of 6.3%. The new construction area in cultivated land was reduced from 13,500 Mu to 9,700 Mu, with a decrease of 3,800 Mu. The added construction area in poor quality mountainous areas increased from 3,100 Mu to 9,400 Mu.
In this way, a large scale of fertile arable lands was really protected. To step further in the county construction with scientific and orderly strategy, more projects will be carried forward such as the ecological tourism town construction, Tengchong industry development area construction and volcanic tourism vacation and leisure and so on. A piece of news come from teachers in Chinese school in China that the western mountain new city construction and eastern mountain project will be speeded up.
There is no need for foreigners to worry about the ecological problem in the county construction when they learn to speak Chinese in Yunnan. The construction of Tengchong County is combined with the concepts of “county construction” and “landscape construction” to make it a beautiful and comfortable county.
In terms of the scale, the town will be constructed into a middle-sized city with an area of 35 square kilometers containing a population of 300,000. In function, Tengchong will be expected as a hub and tourists distributing center in western Yunnan tourism circle or even the Southeastern Asia. On the environment, it is expected to be an excellent tourism city of holidays and leisure. It will be a good place for you while you and your friends learn Mandarin in China to go.
In the urban construction process, the future Tengchong should meet at least three criteria: sufficient capacity, enough attraction and enough leading force. When learning Mandarin Chinese, the foreigners may hear about that the old site will be reformed at the same time of forwarding construction. The county will reform the old town area by attracting investments gradually. Meanwhile, the construction of western and eastern areas will effectively relieve pressure in the urban areas.
Tourism is one of the main industries in Yunnan and the key development in Tengchong County. In the past years, the county has obeyed the update development concept to develop the tourism town actively. In the process of exploring the road of “tourism promoting urbanization” with Tengchong characteristic, the town cluster with multifunction and various styles will be constructed. It promotes the tourism second venture policy which can be heard when you learn Chinese language in China.
After finishing the construction, we will witness the development of Tengchong County at the same time we enjoy beautiful scenery. Besides, we will see the progress of Yunnan development.