The scope of the construction plan for both sides of the Meijiang River starts from the starting point of the Meijiang South Embankment (Meitang 000) to the Xiyang Hydropower Station, which is about 20.14km long, and areas with varying depths on both sides of the Meijiang River. The standard for determining the depth boundaries of these areas is: South Embankment

Most of the west embankment and the west embankment are bounded by the original earth embankment, and part of it is appropriately expanded according to planning needs; the north embankment, Qinhuang embankment, Dongsheng and Fengshuxia downstream to Xiyang area are bounded by the ridge line of the mountain and river slope.

During the planning, it was implemented to comply with the city's overall plan, protect as much of the natural ecological environment dominated by green vegetation as possible, give priority to meeting the requirements of urban public service functions, and seriously consider the need for investment and transformation development units to obtain returns from real estate development.

The actual situation, integration with the protection of historical and cultural cities, and conducive to the development of tourism resources and other principles Meizhou City Meijiang River Planning Manual (Meizhou City Urban Planning and Design Institute, 1996), P4.

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The "Meizhou Model" is a successful example of my country's riverside cities developing river economy and urban land utilization.

It is mainly manifested in the following aspects.

19.2.1 Turning floods into water resources The Meijiang River is one of the ten largest rivers in Guangdong. The "U"-shaped river section passing through the center of Meizhou City is 12km long.

In the past, floods often occurred during flood seasons, and flood resistance standards were low, making it difficult to effectively resist floods. This has brought endless floods to urban residents.

According to historical data: In 1960, the highest water level of the Meijiang River was 79.77m. Meicheng was immersed for three days and three nights. Nearly 10,000 hectares of farmland were flooded, 5,388 houses were destroyed, and 250 people died in the flood; September 16, 1970

, the flood peak of the Meijiang River reached 79.33m, 60,000 hm2 of farmland was immersed, more than 1,000 houses collapsed, and 29 people died; on July 11, 1986, the flood peak of the Meijiang River reached 79.56m, and 16 levees of the Meijiang River and its tributary Liujiang River breached 77

At this time, 80,000 residents were trapped in Zeguo, 160 people lost their lives, and property losses exceeded 600 million yuan (Meizhou Daily) (2000-10-26).

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In 1993, the local government decided to obtain 80hm2 of land use rights in the river tidal flats, sandbanks and original earth embankments as compensation, guide social investment in building embankments, and raise the flood control standard of the Meijiang Levee once in 20 years to once in 100 years.

The exchange of land for embankments has stimulated the enthusiasm of private capital as well as overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to invest in river embankment reconstruction.

After several years of construction, the reconstruction of 20km of embankments on both sides of the Meijiang River in Meizhou City has been completed, and has reached the standard of resisting a 100-year flood (Figure 19.2).

In August 1997, Meijiang suffered another severe flood, exceeding the warning level by 2.05m.

At this time, the reconstruction of the river embankment has been mostly completed, and the people in the city finally waited for the day when the floods tamed the eastward flow; on May 17, 2003, a sudden heavy rain fell across the city of Meizhou, causing 400,000 people in 89 towns in 6 counties to be affected, and 7 people died.

, direct economic loss of 280 million yuan "Meizhou Daily" (2003-05-18).

, while both sides of the Meicheng River are safe and sound, except for flooding in some blocks (due to poor urban drainage systems).

Figure 19.2 Meicheng Jiangbei Flood Control Embankment Xiyang Hydropower Station downstream of Meicheng was built in 1997 to store water and generate electricity, with an annual power generation of about 70 million kWh.

The Meijiang River section in Meizhou City has become an artificial lake with an area of ??about 4km2 and a total water storage capacity of 18.6 million m3.

The wide water surface forms the beautiful scenery of the water city.

19.2.2 The reconstruction plan of Meicheng’s “Two Banks of the River” with a booming real estate market has acquired nearly 80hm2 of land from the river’s tidal flats, sandbanks and original earth embankments. Therefore, it has established the “combination of embankment reconstruction and real estate development, and enterprises must raise funds for embankment construction”.

"Renovation, the government uses land as compensation" and "whoever invests, who manages, who benefits" construction and development model.

This policy has greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of enterprises at all levels to participate in the "One River and Two Banks" reconstruction and construction project, and the barren beaches and bad water in the city have become a new highlight of Meizhou City's urban construction.

In recent years, real estate construction has been in full swing on both sides of the Meicheng River, such as Jin'an along the river, Nanmen Plaza, Peninsula along the river, Zhuangyuan Real Estate, Kedu New Village, Jiangpan Garden, Binjiang New Village, etc., and the sales volume of commercial housing continues to grow.

Due to the successful development of "One River and Two Straits", the investment environment of the entire Meizhou urban area has been improved.

Therefore, a number of outstanding communities such as Meiyuan New Village and Hongdu Garden have been successfully developed and have become the "leaders" of residential communities, showing a good momentum of development.

The development of real estate has made significant contributions to the urban construction and social and economic development of Meizhou City.

According to statistics, during the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" period, the city completed an investment of 2.025 billion yuan in real estate development, sold commercial housing area of ??1.3457 million m2, sales of 1.266 billion yuan, an increase of 50.44% and 172.26% respectively compared with the "Eighth Five-Year Plan" period, and realized a profit of 56.87 million yuan.

, the tax paid was 82.27 million yuan, an increase of 64.84% and 35.25% respectively compared with the "Eighth Five-Year Plan" period. The data comes from the Meizhou Municipal Construction Bureau.

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19.2.3 Creating a tourism and leisure environment The transformation of "one river and two banks" in Meicheng has resulted in the Meijiang embankment stretching for dozens of kilometers on both banks.

The riverside park on the dike, the cultural causeway, stone sculptures of figures, Rudan Corridor, Cultural Square, Golden Bank along the river, peninsula along the river, Kedu New Village, etc. are all new attractions, connected with 7 bridges, forming embankments, bridges, water,

The building has an elegant and long city view.