Discussion keeps the world turning.
When it comes to how cities use land, what is the right formula?
Is it really just about building more?
China is reimagining and redesigning how urban land can work harder, not by sprawling outside, but by looking inward.
We're talking about turning empty warehouses into senior care centers, building vertical factories,
and transforming polluted industrial sites into orange processing plants.
The future isn't about finding new land, it's about making every inch of the land we already have count.
Coming to you live from our studios in Beijing, this is Roundtable.
I'm your host today, Fei Fei.
And for today's program, I'm joined by Steve Heatherly and Yu Shan in the studio.
But first, on today's show.
Have you ever noticed how cities never seem to stop changing?
One day there is an empty warehouse, the next is a trendy neighborhood, an old factory disappears,
and somehow a park, a school, or even an entire community seems to appear in this place.
But have you ever wondered what actually happens behind the scenes?
Who decides what stays, what goes, and what gets a second life?
And as cities run out of room to grow, is building more really the answer?
Or is the future about making better use of what we already have?
And actually for...
This week, we've been talking about a lot of plans