The construction of sponge city in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province meets national assessment requirements

Recently, the reporter learned from the Guangzhou Water Affairs Bureau that the built-up area of Guangzhou that has reached the sponge city construction requirements is 274.1 square kilometers, accounting for 20.7% of the city's built-up area of 1,324.17 square kilometers. The sponge city construction meets the national assessment requirements.

Guangzhou implements the construction of a sponge city, takes the basin as a unit to calculate the "water account", and builds a sponge system of "upper, middle and lower coordination, blue, green and gray blending, and integration of large, medium and small". According to the requirements of the "Guiding Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the Construction of Sponge City", in 2020, more than 20% of the built-up area of Guangzhou city must meet the target requirements of sponge city construction. As of November 30 last year, according to the statistics reported by various districts, the built-up area of Guangzhou that has reached the sponge city construction requirements is 274.1km2, accounting for 20.7% of the city's built-up area of 1324.17km2 (with 2019 as the level year). The construction of sponge city meets the national assessment requirements.

The current list of sponge city projects in Guangzhou covers 4 categories, including construction communities, road projects, parks and green spaces, and water works, with a total of 665 projects. In all kinds of projects, various forms such as sunken green spaces and rainwater gardens are adopted in accordance with local conditions to give full play to the absorption, storage, and slow release of rainwater by ecosystems such as buildings, roads, green spaces, and water systems. Effectively control rainwater runoff and achieve the goal of "natural accumulation, natural infiltration, and natural purification".

At the same time, the entity of the Guangzhou Sponge City mascot "Mu Mu" also appeared publicly. According to reports, the Guangzhou Sponge City mascot is named "Mu Mu", which means to turn disasters into usefulness and floods into baths, so that the city can be bathed in natural rainfall and enjoy the natural beauty. The two characters "Mu Mu" are read together, which is kind and friendly, catchy, and lively. "Mu Mu" selected "Little Raindrops" as the basis as a whole, integrated into the "sponge city" blue, green, and gray system. Blue symbolizes the water body, gray represents the building, and green represents the plant buffer zone. Highlight the characteristic elements of sponge city and outline the anthropomorphic and adorable image of sponge IP with simple lines.