The grooming design-sketch of Shufang Street on Beijing Road

In the afternoon of March 7, the ceremony of "Launching Construction of Business and Tourism Downtown Featuring Guangzhou City Culture along Beijing Road &Authorizing Publicity Ambassadors for Greeting the Asian Games" was held on Beijing Road with a millenary history. The ceremony marked the launching of construction of ten landmark projects covering 1.2 square kilometers surrounding Beijing Road.

The ten landmark projects or constructions are listed as follows:

1. Palace Museum of ancient Nanyue Kingdom;

2. Renovation of Guangzhou City God Temple;

3. Extension of Big Buddha Temple and Construction of North-South Square;

4. Comprehensive Regulation of Beijing Road for Greeting the Asian Games;

5. Tourist Services Center at Business and Tourism Downtown Featuring Guangfu Culture along Beijing Road;

6. Exhibition Center of the Guangfu Culture;

7. West Fuxue Road;

8. The Origin Site of the Old Guangzhou City;

9. Grooming of Sun Yat-sen Documents Depository and Panshan Pavilion;

10. Grooming of Xihu Road, Jiaoyu Road and Shufang Street (including historic sites of Yaozhou Isle (Drug Isle) and Southern Theater area)