Title: Start with Urban Planning to Read a City — An Insight into Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall

Speaker: Zhao Xing

Time: Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 19:00-21:00 (Doors open at 18:30)

Venue: Sunrise Concert Hall, Xueyuan Road Campus

Hosted by:

Aesthetic Education Center, Zhixing College

Registration:

Students: Please register via the Boya platform (https://bykc.buaa.edu.cn).

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Abstract：

Taking the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall as a window, this lecture traces the city's cultural lineage, reviewing over 3,000 years of Beijing's urban history and more than 870 years as an imperial capital, while exploring the philosophical wisdom embedded in traditional Chinese capital city design. From the perspective of contemporary development, the lecture will examine the seven editions of the city's master plan since the founding of the People's Republic of China, illustrating the profound transformation of the capital's development in alignment with national strategies. Focusing on the major contemporary question — "What kind of capital should we build, and how should we build it?" — the lecture interprets Beijing's planning practices guided by the "Two Combinations," grounded in the capital's realities and the inheritance of ancient capital civilization. Finally, it highlights people-centered urban development, sharing how the Exhibition Hall listens to public voices, fosters social consensus, and strives to tell the story of the capital's modernization.

About the Speaker:

Zhao Xing is the Director of the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, a recipient of the Beijing March 8 Red-Banner Award, and a professor-level senior engineer. She has long been engaged in the preservation of historical and cultural cities, urban design, and public participation in planning. Projects under her leadership have received 16 international, national, and provincial/ministerial-level awards. She has also published over 20 academic monographs and papers.

Editor: Liu Tingting