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Under the theme of “Innovation · Customization”, the second World Eco-Design Conference opened at Conghua Eco-Design Town, the permanent site of the World Eco-Design Conference. Guests of design organizations, institutions, enterprises and universities from over 30 countries were invited to participate in the conference. "
Guest Countries of Honor Initiative enriches exotic elements to the conference, new-added music festival and fashion gala brings unprecedented audio-visual feastd.
The second World Eco-Design Conference would lay more importance on “execution” and “implementation” so as to better inherit the theme of “Ecology of Design, Field of Hope” of the First World Eco-Design Conference and the value of “getting start”. Therefore, the organizer further developed the theme into “Innovation · Customization” in Sept. 2019.
Compared with the First World Eco-Design Conference, the conference this year invites the Guests Countries of Honor to participate in the event for the first time. They are Bangladesh, Cambodia and Thailand. Their representatives from the government, enterprises, schools, institutes and art industry have fully displayed their customs, features and characteristics industries, which bring more exotic cultural elements to the conference.
In the opening ceremony of the Second World Eco-Design Conference, the results of the first Capital of Customization and ID Award were released. Guangzhou China and Siem Reap Cambodia had the privilege to be awarded as the Case City of “Capital of Customization”.
In addition to those activities in the First World Eco-Design Conference, more activities have been further innovated this year. Through the activities and theme exhibition like Beauty of Ecology · Fashion Gala, Digital Arts Industry Exhibition, Culture Exhibition of Guest Countries of Honor, Customization Industry Exhibition, Conghua Emerging Industry Exhibition, the Second World Eco-Design Conference develops a platform to showcase the innovative results of design to all social sectors and promote the development of ecodesign-oriented economy.
It is worth mentioning that night elements are first added to the conference. Night of Ecology · Music Festival and Beauty of Ecology · Fashion Gala were held in the evening on December 6th and December 7th respectively, bringing unprecedented audio-visual feast for those guests who are participating in this conference.
Besides that, the 2019-2020 Industrial Design Advanced Program led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China and UNIDO 2nd Eco-Design Leading Talent Training Program has been started respectively on December 4th and December 5th.
With the completion of a series of major projects, the value of ecological design becomes increasingly prominent.
Last year, the first-stage project of Eco-Design Town has been completed in 89 days. In the construction process, a large number of ecological and low-carbon environmental protection technology have been applied while the scale of construction land has not been increased. The Eco-Design Town has built the development platform for rural revitalization with the form of village and enterprise joint construction by planning and revitalizing the old factory buildings, old villages, inventory real estate such as Liangkou poverty alleviation comprehensive farmers market and reserved land.
Nowadays, a number of second-stage projects, such as China Institute of Eco-Design Industry, China’s first Designers' Village, the first Design-Themed Hotel in the world, Academician Workstation, are under intensive construction in Eco-Design Town and will be completed in the near future.
Designers village, the first international designers community in China, is located in the northwest of conference center in Eco-Design Town. With a total area of 47,863 square meters, the village can accommodate 560 people and 162 workshops. Based on the small town's talent introduction, innovative industry incubation and life service needs, designers village is committed to providing a comfortable and convenient SOHO leisure space for the settled enterprises, design studios and industry associations and improving life supporting services. In terms of community operating, designers village will break traditional community pattern, implement healthy and comfortable intelligent management, and introduce high-quality catering, supermarket, hospital and other residential facilities specifically for designers.
Based on the needs of designers and the combination with natural environment management of Yadong River’s both sides of the town, Eco-Design Town has forged a scenery of blue sky and green water at the entrance of the town. Guided by the green development concept oriented to harmonious coexistence between man and nature, the Eco-Design Town will integrate river and surrounding greenbelt to build a design ecological park, covering an area of 120 hectares. Meanwhile, Eco-Design Town will forge public outdoor leisure space with characteristics and high quality. Therefore, it will promote life quality of staffs in the settled enterprises and residents in all aspects and forge a fashion release center and cultural experience center.
At the same time, there will be theme light show along the river bank of Yadong River. Based on the natural environment along the Yadong River and Liuxi River and complying with terrain of river valley, an arc arena is built for performance. With the plants along the river banks as the main body of landscape, splendid light lightening the orchard and gurgling water around the arena, a large-scale 3D music light show of mountain, river, lighting and music will be presented to the audience. On the night of November 29, the debut of light show was held in the beautiful Yadong river. In the future, there will be more light shows. And more projects like ecological adventure park will be built in Eco-Design Town, which will become new landmarks of Conghua’s night tour together with light show.
S Resort, facing the conference venue of Eco-Design Town across the river, is the first design theme hotel in the world. This hotel also integrates the concepts of “customization and new retailing” and become a combination of new retailing (online creative shopping mall), new B&B (offline experience platform) and new mode (social media influencing industry). This hotel, transformed from an abandoned toothpick factory, possesses many entertainment venues and facilities such as classical Chinese restaurant, creative fusion restaurant, hot spring and SPA and outdoor swimming pool. In addition, S Resort is a O2O, one-stop and customized creative product consumption and experience platform for designers throughout the world. Most of hotel supplies like combs, table lamp and furniture can be bought by scanning QR code with home delivery service. Thus an increasing number of achievements of ecological design industry enter into the market and people’s daily life. Moreover, S Resort creatively set up "Pandora" customized PARTY hall, riverside book bar and broadcast studio, providing avant-garde, fashionable, flexible landing space for new business activities in the age of Internet economy.
Guangzhou Institute of Recyclable Resources settling in Eco-Design Town, and the third-phase key projects will be launched.
The Results Conference of Second World Eco-Design Conference was held soon after the end of the opening ceremony. In the press conference, presenter introduced the background significance and situation of the conference, major projects of WEDC2019, significance and future plans of the selection of the Capital of Customization, highlights of the dream of innovative design and customization, Guangzhou Institute of Recyclable Resources settling in Eco-Design Town, the next action plan of WEDC2019 and so on.
It is reported that on the eve of the Second World Eco-Design Conference, on December 2nd, another new industrial platform-Guangzhou Institute of Recyclable Resources settled in the Eco-Design Town. Guangzhou Institute of Recyclable Resources is a new research and development institute, jointly founded by Zhongqian Market Management Co.Ltd, Zhaoqian.com, All-China Environment Federation, Fintech Association of China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises Green Finance Special Committee, Tianjin University of Commerce Renewable Resources Institute and FENGFAN CO.,LTD. It is positioned as ecological design resources center for renewable resources industry. By building cross-industry research platform, and taking block chain technology scenario application, transaction and circulation, industry and business mode, green and low-carbon application research as the core research direction, the institute makes contribution to the upgrade of China’s renewable resource industry and provides Chinese plan for the world’s renewable resources industry development.
After the institute settling in the town, it will make full use of the advantage of the town as an industrial integration platform and focus on the development of intelligent equipment, new energy and new materials, and cultural and creative technology. The institute gathers leading personnel from the design industry, with the goal of creating major projects with core competitiveness. In the future, it will promote the development of emerging industry and make contribution to the construction of the Greater Bay Area and national economic development, aiming to realizing ecological sustainable development.
According to the introduction from the operator of Eco-Design Town, in the future, on the basis of industrial foundation of WEDC2018 and WEDC2019, Eco-Design Town will start the construction of a series of third-phrase key projects such as three international hotel brands-Ramada, Wyndham and Dolce, second-phase project of Designers' Village, children design theme park, professors village and countryside food street. In the future development, Eco-Design Town will constantly improve the supporting service in the park and gather the first-class design industry organization in the world. By doing so, the town will provide service to the development of industrial platforms such as UNIDO International Eco-Design Promotion Center, Sino-Swiss Design Center and Ecological Design and Research Institute of Guangdong Province, implement China-Swiss Low Carbon Cities Project, promote ecological industrialization and industrial ecologcalization to facilitate the revitalization of ecological design and global green development.
Guangzhou Daily omnimedia text reporter He Zuanying, Liu Ranran
Correspondent Jiang Chujun
Guangzhou Daily omnimedia photo reporter Luo Changwei
Guangzhou Daily omnimedia editor Tang Huan
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