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metropolis under the new situation of reform and opening to the outside world and of
establishing socialist economic system. It is also pointed out in the target 'to protect
the famous historical and cultural cities under the consideration of the whole, espe-
cially to do this from the view of macroscopic environment of urban layout'.
What was fi rst and foremost to put forward thereon was the 'protection of middle
axis of the old city' and the direction that on the north and south extension lines of
the middle axis of the old city, the following symbolic planning and design were to
be made out respectively: 'the south extension line should embody the image of
South Gate of the city; along the north extension line should be retained the broad
green belts, on the two sides and north point of which the public building complex
should be the culmination and the termination of the city axis, refl ecting outstand-
ingly the new style and features of the capital in the 21st century'.
What should be specially noticed here is that the west and east sides of the north
extension line of middle axis are the very sites of the National Olympic Sports
Center and the Chinese Nation Garden under construction. As for the north point of
it, it is going to be built into the public building complex, and its completion in
accordance with the plan in the area will really be considered the Third Milestone
in the history of the city's planning and construction (Fig.
3.2
).
Fig. 3.2
The north extension of the middle axis of Beijing City
(From
Beijing Daily
, April 1, 1994)
