Lu Xun, known as Mark Twain of China, was a great humanitarian writer advocating intellectual liberation and spiritual freedom. The renewal of his hometown not only refines the design of spaces but also cares about the interests of multiple groups, ensures social equity, and preserves the local lifestyle. The design is inspired by the texture of traditional Chinese waterfront towns and cities. It restores the traditional scenes by restoring waterways for black awning boats, historical streets and alleys, bridges, and old names of places.

Zhejiang University Urban and Rural Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd. relies on Zhejiang University, China's top five university, gives full play to the resource advantages of college design institute, and establishes strategic cooperation and academic exchanges with several colleges and disciplines of Zhejiang University, to build a first-class national planning and design research institution with the college characteristics. We have China's most advanced qualification, including urban and rural planning, architectural engineering design, landscape engineering design etc., is the domestic leading planning and design research institution combining scientific research, innovation and planning.

Zhejiang University Urban-Planning & Design Institute Co .Ltd (hereinafter referred as ZUP) is a national first-class urban planning and design institution associates with universities. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhejiang University, one of the top five universities in China, ZUP gives full play to the resources of Zhejiang University by establishing strategic cooperation and academic exchanges with its colleges and departments. ZUP is a national leading urban planning and design institution that integrates scientific research, innovation with planning practice, and possesses the highest level of qualifications in China in urban and rural planning, architectural engineering and landscaping.