It was learned from Chinese City Management website that Chenzhou city was enrolled into the name list of “2013 best hot area’s ecological city of subtropical regions”. This list was declared by City Development Institute of Pan- Pearl River Delta on October 17, 2013.

This appraisal was hosted by Guangzhou City Development Institute of Pan- Pearl River Delta, and sponsored by China City Management Association and Asia Research Center for Sustainable Development and other institutions. Followed with the standards on industry, potential, influence, policy, and etc., top eight best hot area’s ecological city of subtropical regions were selected from 46 cities of Pan- Pearl River Delta. Besides Chenzhou city, the other seven cities are: Luzhou, Yibin, Panzhihua, Anshun, Xingyi, Chishui and Yongzhou.

According to the experts’ comments, all the cities were with the most competitive ecological condition and best adaptable capacity, especially for the following seven features: livable, suitable for ecological industries development, suitable for development of biological diversity, suitable for development of eco-towns, suitable for development of 1+N biological industrial model, suitable for development of ecological wisdom chain, and suitable for development of low-carbon city. The cities should follow these features to figure out relative solutions on city and industrial development.

One of the staffs of Guangzhou City Development Institute of Pan- Pearl River Delta- Huang Haijuan said to the reporters when they called the office that the institute was knee on the research of hot area’s cities. Concerning for the reason to select Chenzhou city as one of the best eight ones in the list, it was analyzed as follow: Chenzhou city locates in the dividing line of Nanling mountain where is with foggy and changeable climate and suitable for planting some southern and northern plants and Chenzhou city is also with a small prairie which offers a stuffed feeling to people. Chenzhou city should be followed the above mentioned features to reconstruct city structure and cultural pattern to highlight its characteristics in the new urbanization.