An artists' impression of the planned Quzhou West Station comprehensive transportation hub for the Hangzhou-Quzhou High-speed Railway [Photo/WeChat account: quzhoufb]

The prefecture-level city of Quzhou in East China's Zhejiang province is well on its way to boosting the number of major projects under construction at the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period – and the municipality has also been moving to streamline its governance, according to local officials.

In a bid to boost investment, a group of 38 major projects with a total investment of 24.5 billion yuan ($3.78 billion) broke ground on Aug 15, among which infrastructure projects accounted for 34 percent, people's livelihood projects accounted for 37 percent and industrial projects accounted for 29 percent of the total.  

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The land site covers 17.86 hectares and the total construction area is 418,700 square meters. The main construction includes 51,700 sq m for commercial uses and 34,500 sq m of offices. There are 53 buildings in total, including 43 residential buildings, one kindergarten, two commercial office buildings, seven commercial buildings and other corresponding support facilities.  

Quzhou West Station transport hub for Hangzhou-Quzhou High-speed Railway 

The total land area is 5.89 hectares and the total building floor space will cover 123,500 sq m. The main construction includes transportation facilities – such as shuttle bus terminal, tourism distribution center and taxi parking lot – and an urban corridor, a transfer hall and a station square.

Quzhou city has reportedly made great achievements in its economic and social development over the past five years and attained the major goals it set itself for the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period.

As of Sept 30, 2020, the registered migrant population of Quzhou was 292,600, an increase of 68,000 compared with the same period in the previous year. That represented a 30.3 percent year-on-year gain, ranking it first among all the cities in Zhejiang province.