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Round Table China

2026-06-30

32 分钟
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We tend to picture Chinese cities as endless expansion machines. But the next five years are about retrofitting, not rebuilding. The national strategy has pivoted to upgrading existing neighborhoods. By 2030, your street might not look radically different, but it could function like a completely new place. On the show: Steve, Fei Fei & Yushun
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  • This is Roundtable.

  • We usually imagine China's cities getting bigger, taller, and faster.

  • But the next five years?

  • Well, the new national blueprint isn't about cranes and concrete.

  • It's about fixing and upgrading and reimagining the places that we already live.

  • So in 2030, will your street even feel like it's in the same city?

  • We're live from our studios here in Beijing.

  • This is Roundtable.

  • I'm Steve Hatherly.

  • Thank you very much for sharing your time with us today.

  • And for the show, I'm with you.

  • And Feifei.

  • Up first.

  • When we think about China's urban transformation, we often picture skylines rising, megacities expanding,

  • and new infrastructure being built at scale.

  • But when it comes to the homes that people

  • actually live in, the latest national plan tells a bit of a different story.

  • Over the next five years, the focus is shifting inward from building more to improving what already exists.

  • So what is that actually going to look like in practice?

  • Yuxin and Fei-Fei, good afternoon to you both.