The ghost city in China

Creation <> DestructionNatural <> Man madeGenetic <> Cultural

Ecology <> EconomyLandform <> Land settlement

Quantity <> QualityPreservation <> Development

鬼城

鬼城河南鄭州市鄭東新區150 km2, 19B USD 2 finance centersMuseums, exhibitions15 universitiesResidential buildings for 0.2B people

Unoccupancy rate is 90%

內蒙古鄂爾多斯市 - 新城 200432 km2 for residential, 530 km2 for industrial areasDesign for 1 M peopleNow only 28,600 people

鬼城

Ordos

Industrialtransformati

on

Economic

Transition

Land Settlement

About those ghost cities in China

Located around 40 different places in China

Built to help sustain China’s economy of $8 trillion – half of which is from construction

Yale professor, Stephen Roach, states that these cities were built in anticipation of future urbanization Cities must be built in advance to absorb mass

migrations Ghost cities will be occupied in the next 10-15 years

China’s urbanization pace: Expect to reach 65% within next 10 years

China Urbanization by 2025

China Urbanization by 2025

China Urbanization by 2025

China Urbanization by 2025

China Urbanization by 2025

China Urbanization by 2025

China Urbanization by 2025

Formation of ghost city

rural urban

Urbanization

GDP

PoliticsEconomy

Ghost city

It is a 城（ cheng), it is not a 市 (chi)

Shanghai PudongFrom ghost city to golden city

The area of Pudong in Shanghai was largely unoccupied until the turn of the century (2000)

As China’s economy boomed and people and businesses flooded to Shanghai, Pudong began to thrive

Pudong is now home to wealthy residents as well as many foreign and domestic businesses

5.5M people live in Pudong

Shanghai's advantages: a strong industrial base, widespread prosperity and favorable geography at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Pudong: Past vs. Present

Ghost city ‘saves’ China?

Ghost city now stands for

Rapid urban planningOver constructionReal estate bubble

Economic Failure

Ontologyentirety

synthesis

EthicsSimplicit

y purity

Knowledge

Yin-yung, Wu xing

Methodology

feng shuiDaoist

Traditional Chinese Thinking Pattern needs to be back to Modern China

Engineering

activities

Social life

Traditional

Chinese Thinking Pattern

Natural environme

nt

Dujiang DamHow Human Beings Can Live in Harmony with Nature

Fish mouth leveedivides the water into inner and outer streams