Cities are an important carrier of modernization, and urbanization is the only way to modernization. Recently, the Urban Work Conference was held in Beijing, and General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech, summing up the achievements of urban development in China since the new, analyzing the situation faced by urban work, clarifying the general requirements, important principles and key tasks for doing a good job in urban work, and pointing out the direction for us go out of a new road of urban modernization with Chinese characteristics and providing fundamental guidance.
Since the reform and opening up, China has experienced the largest and fastest urbanization in the history of the world. In particular, since the new era, the level of new urbanization and the ability of urban development, the level of urban planning and construction and, the level of livable and workable, the level of cultural heritage protection and inheritance, and the quality of the ecological environment have been greatly improved, and the urban development made historic achievements. After decades of high-speed development, China's urbanization is transitioning from a period of rapid growth to a period of stable development, and urban development transitioning from a stage of large-scale incremental expansion to a stage dominated by stock upgrading and efficiency improvement. This is the latest historical orientation of China's urban development.

Standing on the new historical orientation, to go out of a new road of urban modernization with Chinese characteristics, we must first change the concept of urban development, pay more attention people-oriented. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The core of the city is people, and whether the work of the city is done well or not, whether the are satisfied or not, and whether life is convenient or not, is an important criterion. We must insist on people-oriented, constantly improve the city's function, and improve quality of life of the masses." The goal of building innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and smart modern cities for the people, as put forward by Central Urban Work Conference, profoundly reflects the subject status of the people in the construction and development of cities. For example, to build a comfortable and convenient livable city and a and reliable resilient city, we should steadily promote the transformation of urban villages and dilapidated buildings, alleviate urban housing pressure, and improve the quality of life and happiness of residents. promote the construction of urban infrastructure lifeline safety engineering, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of old pipelines, and ensure that the "pulse" of the city is unimpeded. Co urban flood control system and urban waterlogging management, so that the people say goodbye to the pain of "watching the sea" in the city when it rains heavily

In building modern people's cities, more emphasis should be placed on intensive and efficient development, and overall planning for production, living ecological spaces should be improved. In the past, some of our cities have followed the development model of "spreading the dough", where the production and living spaces are separated. have been forcibly divided into several large, single-functional and separate central business districts, residential areas, shopping districts, university towns, etc. The citizens suffer from commuting, it is not easy to gather and communicate after work and on rest days. Ecological spaces such as urban green space and wetlands are scarce, making it difficult to achieve the "0-minute park effect". The Central Urban Work Conference proposed to plan the population, industries, towns and transportation as a whole, and optimize the urban spatial structure. In the, we will live in modern people's cities where the production space is intensive and efficient, the living space is livable and moderate, and the ecological space is charming and.
Chinese culture is broad and profound, and Chinese cities have a long history and diverse colors. In recent years, people have gradually realized that it is not desirable for " cities to look alike and all buildings to look the same". Urban construction should protect natural landscapes, inherit historical culture, and make its form diverse, rich and unique. For example Quanzhou has become popular with its hairpin flowers, and men and women dressed in Hanfu can be seen strolling in the ancient cities of Xi'an and Luoy. On the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, people take photos in Tibetan costumes... These cities attract countless tourists with their unique cultural symbols and styles and promote the distinctive development of cities in the continuation of the historical and cultural context of cities. Perfecting the system of protecting and inheriting historical culture, optimizing the management system of appearance, and protecting the unique historical and cultural context, human geography and natural landscape of cities will make Chinese cities more and more distinctive, so that people can see the mountains, see water and remember the nostalgia.