In early April, Nanjing’s “spring flowers with ancient buildings” frequently appeared on the hot searches, making the city more attractive.

Nanjing issued new regulations to protect the old city on March 22.

The protection and development of the old city has been raised to a new height. 

The new regulations not only require the preservation of old city buildings, but also allow them to play a role in promoting urban, economic and social development, integrate into the life of citizens and urban development, and become the source of urban charm in Nanjing.

Nanjing adopts a hierarchical protection method for historical resources. In addition to 4 historical urban areas, 11 historical and cultural blocks, 28 historical landscape areas, 38 general historical areas and thousands of cultural preservation units have been designated.

The area of a historic urban area is often several square kilometers, and a historical urban area generally contains at least one historical and cultural block.

Lu Haiming, president of Nanjing Urban Culture Research Association and president of Nanjing Publishing House, said that Nanjing’s characteristics can be more focused, and polish the “City of Literature”, “City of Peace”, “City of Fraternity” and other representative cultural symbols.

The protection of the old city should put culture first, and culture should be connected with architecture to retain the soul of the city. The development model of old city protection should be more diverse.”