In 2025, Zhengdong New District plans to start construction on 18 projects with a planned investment of 18 billion yuan.

At the meeting, Chen Yaozong, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee and director of the Management Committee of Zhengdong New District, introduced that currently, Zhengdong New District has a total of 55 urban renewal projects (18 in the project library, 4 in the reserve library, and 33 in the seed library), 40 of which have started construction, with a total investment of approximately 120 billion yuan and a cumulative investment of 49.5 billion yuan; among them, 12 new projects were added to the library in 2024, with a completed investment of 16 billion yuan.

In 2025, Zhengdong New District will focus on implementing the "Ten Major Strategic" action plans, including the implementation of a new type of urbanization centered on people, advantage reconstruction, lane-changing leadership, and the integration of culture and tourism, with the determination to draw a blueprint to the end, and comprehensively and steadily promote urban renewal actions. According to the overall plan for national land space in Zhengdong New District and Zhongyuan Science and Technology City, Zhengdong New District has delineated ten major renewal areas, including the East Plaza of the High-speed Railway Renewal Area, the Financial Island Renewal Area (core area of the North Long Lake Renewal Area), the Longzihu Renewal Area, the Shangdu Road Renewal Area, the Hanfeng Road Renewal Area, the Liezi Town Renewal Area, the area north of Lianhuo, the Kunpeng Software Town Renewal Area, the Baisha Life Science Institute Renewal Area, and the Zhengdong Thermal Power Plant Renewal Area.

In 2025, a total of 19 projects will be prioritized in Zhengdong New District, with a total investment of approximately 55 billion yuan. In 2025, 18 projects are planned to start construction, with a planned investment of approximately 18 billion yuan for the whole year. Among them, three renewal areas are involved: the East Plaza of the High-speed Railway Renewal Area, the Financial Island Renewal Area (core area of the North Long Lake Renewal Area), and the Longzihu Renewal Area, as well as the urban ecological improvement project of Zhengdong New District Park+.

Self-driving boats and beach motorcycle projects are expected to be completed and put into operation in June this year.

Among them, the Zhengdong New District Park+ renewal area is located along the Ruyi Canal, the Beilong Lake water system, and six major park areas, covering an area of approximately 63,000 square meters, with a planned total investment of approximately 90 million yuan, and the implementing entity is Henan Xinfa Zhan Wenlv Group.

This project will aim to meet the diverse needs of citizens for a better life and provide universally accessible and shared services, with "Park+" as the guide, making parks and green spaces become places for citizens to rest and play, fashionable consumption experience places, check-in places for young talents, places to yearn for fitness and sports, and places for cultural exchange, comprehensively creating a green and shared space suitable for tourism, learning, health care, and employment, and establishing a model for "Park+" development in Zhengzhou and Henan Province.

According to the "Zhengzhou Municipal People's Government's Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Construction of the "Park+" Model (Draft for Comments)", Zhengdong New District will plan 9 Park+ projects, creating a layout structure of "one belt, two banks, and six parks". Among them, the belt is the Ruyi Canal leisure belt; the two banks are the Beilong Lake beach bank and the F1 venue area bank; the six parks are Longhu Wetland Park, Xiyunhe Park, Xi Commercial Park, Forest Park Island, Dongyunhe Park, and Zhengzhou Zhilin Park.

Currently, the Longhu Wetland Park+ project in this area has started construction, and the self-driving boat and happy beach motorcycle projects in Xiyunhe Park are preparing to start construction. In 2025, it is planned to complete an investment of 20 million yuan. In the first phase, five projects will be implemented first: Longhu Wetland Park+, Happy Beach Park+, Xiyunhe Park+, Ruyi Canal Leisure Belt Park+, and Longhu Bay Park+, which are expected to be put into operation successively in June 2025; in the second phase, four projects will be implemented successively: Dongyunhe Park+, Xidaoyu Park+, Xi Commercial Park+, and Zhengzhou Zhilin Park+, which are expected to be put into operation successively in December 2025; at the same time, it will expand to other waters and green spaces along Longzihu, Xianghu, and Jialuhe.

Zhengzhou's first urban cultural theater is about to land in Zhengdong New District.

In the financing project promotion session, Chen Yaozong focused on introducing the Zhengxin Gaoko Smart Port project, the Peking University Zhengzhou New Materials Advanced Research Institute urban renewal project, the Henan intangible cultural heritage drama culture inheritance and protection project, and the Lanxi East Bank urban renewal project in Zhengdong New District.

The reporter noted that the Henan intangible cultural heritage drama culture inheritance and protection project is located in the RE07 and RE08 plots on the east side of the Ruyi Canal in Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou City, with a total land area of approximately 23 mu and a total construction area of approximately 51,000 square meters, with a planned investment of 1 billion yuan.

This project aims to lead the new trend of urban performing arts in Zhengzhou, broaden new entertainment methods and consumption scenarios for citizens and tourists, and create a new brand image for the culture and tourism of Zhengdong New District. In April 2024, Henan Xinfa Zhan Wenlv Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Beijing Happy Twist Performing Arts Brokerage Co., Ltd. to carry out in-depth cooperation in the urban cultural theater industry, jointly planning to create Happy Twist's first performing arts new space flagship store in Henan and the Henan intangible cultural heritage drama culture inheritance and protection project.

Among them, the Happy Twist flagship store officially started operation on September 28, 2024; the Henan intangible cultural heritage drama culture inheritance and protection project has completed the preliminary plan concept and is simultaneously conducting preliminary business negotiations with Beijing Happy Twist Performing Arts Brokerage Co., Ltd. Currently, the project is conducting preliminary planning and positioning, and simultaneously negotiating project cooperation agreements with Happy Twist. It is planned to obtain land in August 2025, and the design conditions and construction intentions have been preliminarily determined. The project construction period is from December 2024 to March 2027.

This project will create a business format centered on drama, intangible cultural heritage, Happy Twist themed streets, and urban theaters, filling the gap in urban cultural theaters and enriching new consumption scenarios. On the 08 commercial plot, Happy Twist's classic IPs and Henan's characteristic historical and cultural elements will be transformed into scenic spots and immersive consumption spaces. Incorporating catering, cultural and creative, trendy toys, sports, and leisure businesses, combined with market activities, festivals, costume changes, road shows, and flash mobs, to create a themed leisure street with distinct themes, rich experiences, and fashionable vitality.

After the completion of the project, it will further enrich the supply of cultural and performing arts content in Zhengzhou, effectively boost consumer demand among citizens, shape the "Cultural Zhengdong" city brand, build a new Zhengdong lifestyle oriented by "art and culture", and provide strong support for accelerating the construction of Zhengdong New District's "three highlands, two centers, and one new city".