城市规划翻译建设与保护：北京城市规划步入正轨.doc

成 绩 X 大 学 级硕士研究生课程考试试卷 考试科目城市规划理论与方法Construction and Protection：Beijing Feels Its Way in City Planning PEOPLE returning to Beijing after a few years’ absence marvel at how much the city has changed, and for old Beijingers, these changes have occurred daily, before their very eyes．According to Huang Yandeputy director of the Beijing Municipal Planning Committee municipal planning of the capital started at the founding of the Peoples Republic, and a general development scenario matured during the 1950s and60s． “The municipal construction achievements of today are attributable to municipal plans back then,” says Ms.Huang. Early City Plans Municipal planning for a capital city Is not easy．As from the1950s, several construction plans were formulated for Beijing．Dong Guangqi, a senior architect and former vice president of the Beijing Municipal City Planning and Design Institute, has been involved in general municipal and phased planning since the 1950s．The first group of planners Included a few specialists that had returned from overseas, and Soviet experts who had participated in the planning of Moscow The great majority, however, were young university graduates． In the early stages of new China, there was high number of unemployed among the capitals residents, sorely in need of the means to make a living．The initial plan, therefore, was to make Beijing into not only a political and cultural center, but also a large industrial city．This tendency towards industrial development of the capital was a result of Soviet influence, and for the 30 years that followed, Beijing developed a strong industrial base, one aspect of which was an iron and steel works with an annual output of over 10 million tons. Excessive industrial development in the city proper, however, put great pressure on energy, water and land resources, and also on transportation, which made it very difficult for Beijing to fulfill its traditional role as the political and cultural center of C