Zhong Feipeng said that they will also make use of modern technology to make Shibati the center of “Eighteen Views” while retaining the old characteristics, to attract tourists from Jiefangbei to the “lower downtown”.

Huguang Guild Hall. (Picture provided by Publicity Department of Yuzhong District Committee and released by CQNEWS)

The first area to open for business is scheduled for the end of 2018 and the whole reconstruction project will be completed before 2020.

Same as the Shibati, Yuzhong District also plans to create a cluster gathering Baixiang Street Traditional Conservation Area, Huguang Guild Hall and Dongshuimen Historical and Cultural Blocks.

Huguang Guild Hall and Dongshuimen Historical and Cultural Blocks will be mainly based on the architectural style featured by the migration culture to form a themed zone for the development of a related tourism industry.

Baixiang Street. (Picture provided by Publicity Department of Yuzhong District Committee and released by CQNEWS)

Baixiang Street Traditional Conservation Area will be based mainly on the architectural style from the port opening period to form the port-opening themed zone for the development of characteristic business, tourism industry and theaters. (Translated by Xu Mengmiao, Fathom Language Limited)