The Nanjing Municipal Government was awarded the Habitat Scroll of Honour Special Citation, and the Shaoxing and Zhangjiagang Municipal Government got the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award, according to the UN-HABITAT.
Chinese cities may have some of the best solutions to be found anywhere in the world at a time when the global financial crisis left everybody worrying about their housing financing and mortgages in the United States and other developed countries, said the UN-HABITAT in a statement in Nairobi. Thus, among the six cities that win the Awards, three come from China, and the highest award goes not to an outstanding individual, but to a city for the first time.
According to the UN-HABITAT, the 2008 Habitat Scroll of Honour Special Citation is awarded to the Nanjing Municipal Government for its bold, distinct, exemplary and comprehensive redevelopment, revitalization and improvement along the Qinhuai River which runs through the Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province.
The ancient canal city of Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province, eastern China, gets the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award for preserving a unique cultural and historical heritage at a time of rapid urbanization.
The bustling port city of Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu Province, also in eastern China, gets the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award for setting a new trend in integrated urban-rural development and management through an initiative by the city's authorities to improve the quality of life for farmers and other residents in its hinterland.
By People's Daily Online
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