Progress in Zhengzhou…

16 February 2009

3 April 2010

In February 2009 we started the Go West Project with a visit to Zhengzhou. The city made a big impression on us. So big, that we’ve spent the last year trying to find the answers to the questions that we had when we visited Zhengzhou in 2009. Last week, we went again to Henan’s capital. We met new people, and we saw old friends. It was good to be back, to see how the city changed. It’s development continued: the traffic got much worse. People told us that in Zhengzhou every day 1800 (!!) new cars hit the road. But not only on a large scale development is visible. Also, or maybe especially, on a small scale you see progress. For example in the mobile venue of this DVD salesman we met again on the parking lot of the new CBD.

Zhengzhou, Central Business District

The Central Business District is designed by Japanese architect Kurukowa. This new urban area consists of a circular shopping mall of 2 km which is still under construction. The apartment buildings are finished and mostly sold, but still empty, due to speculations.  

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