Beijing Historical Culture Famous City Protection Planning

Beijing Historical Culture Famous City Protection Planning approved and promulgated by Beijing municipal people’s government in 2003 was the first comprehensive intact protection planning from the foundation of the P.R.China. It was the depth for the city master planning in 1993, at the same time, it was the preparation basis for the latest version of city master planning, it was the special protection planning for connecting link between the preceding and the following.

The planning start from analysis on the features of Beijing as historical culture famous city, look back the working course for the recent ten years, it carry out full and deep analysis and description on Beijing as historical culture famous city from dozens of aspects. The dozens of aspects include: the planning guiding idea and thought, protection on the cultural heritage protection unit, the protection on the historical culture protection area, the protection on the old city integrated layout, the protection on historical river and lake water system, the protection and development of the city central axial, imperial city historical culture protection area, the integrated layout protection, Ming and Qing Dynasty 凸 form enceinte plane protection, chess road network and backbone, street and lane protection, the control of the old city building height, city scenery line protection, street symmetric protection, old city building status and color inherit and carry forward. The ancient tree and famous tree protection, old city dangerous rebuilding and old city protection, traditional place names protection, traditional culture and commercial protection and carry forward, implement the safeguard measures.

Compare with 93 Version on the main content of the planning, the city master planning have following main differences:
1.Clearly issues “three layers” and “one key”. The three layers are protection of the cultural heritage, the protection of the historical culture protection area, the protection of the historical culture famous city. One key means the old city.

2.The cultural heritage adds the protection on the important modern and contemporary building and emphasize on strengthening the city archaeological work content.

3.It issues the second total 15 historical culture protection area list, making the historical culture protection area extend to urban scope form the old city.

4.The protection of old city integrated layout add the content of integrated protection on imperial city and omit the content of increasing the city plaza.

5.Add the contents of unified dangerous rebuilding and old city protection, protecting traditional places name, protect and carry forward traditional culture and commerce, implement the safeguard measures etc.