The Electronic Information City located on Liaoning Road is already familiar to many people. Now, such a commercial project will also appear on Zhongshan Road. The reporter learned in an interview on August 2 that after Pichaiyuan and No. 1 Zhongshan Road, Shinan District’s third project to promote the revitalization of the century-old Zhongshan Road – the No. 78 Zhongshan Road Electronic Information City project is about to kick off. . On the same day, a notice released by the Qingdao Government Affairs Network showed that from August 3 to 5, the construction plan for the reconstruction project of No. 78 Zhongshan Road, Shinan District will be publicized before approval.
Renovation of old buildings is on the agenda
No. 78 Zhongshan Road, located at the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Dagu Road, is one of the distinctive German-style buildings on Zhongshan Road, a century-old street. On August 2, 2010, a news release on the Qingdao Government Affairs Network announced that its transformation was officially on the agenda.
A notice issued by the government department shows that from August 3 to August 5, public announcements will be made on-site about the reconstruction project of No. 78 Zhongshan Road, and opinions and suggestions from all walks of life are welcome. During the publicity period, visitors to the publicity can fill in their opinions and suggestions as required and submit them to the on-site staff. The consultation telephone number is: 83871906.
Will be transformed into an “electronic information city”
No. 78 Zhongshan Road is now an outlet selling foreign trade clothing and other commodities. According to information previously released by Shinan District, the No. 78 Zhongshan Road renovation project is one of the eight major projects to be implemented on Zhongshan Road in the district in the next two years. It will be transformed into an electronic equipment city with a business area of 6,000 square meters. On August 2, reporters learned from the Zhongshan Road Commercial (Tourism) District Renovation Headquarters that the commercial project that No. 78 Zhongshan Road will eventually transform into is the “Electronic Information City”. This is the first commercial project on Zhongshan Road with electronic information products as its main business. Commercial projects.
The investment boss is a Wenzhou businessman
Unlike other construction projects that are invested and constructed by units, a notice issued by the government department shows that No. 78 Zhongshan Road is invested and constructed by individuals. The names of the investors are Lin Feng and Chen Renzhong. The reporter learned further that the investor and construction party of the project was actually Lin Feng.
Who is Lin Feng? It turns out that he is a Wenzhou businessman who has been working hard on Zhongshan Road for more than 20 years. He is now the executive chairman and secretary-general of the Qingdao Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce. His other identity is a member of the Qingdao CPPCC. Lin Feng, whose ancestral home is Ruian, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, came to Qingdao in 1988. At that time, he just rented a three-foot-long counter on Beijing Road. Later, his business grew and grew, and now he owns two stores on Zhongshan Road.
In 2007, Lin Feng bought No. 78 Zhongshan Road for 20 million yuan and began to further plan his expansion. When talking about why No. 78 Zhongshan Road should be transformed into an electronic information city, he said that it was mainly because there was no such business format on Zhongshan Road.
According to reports, the Electronic Information City at No. 78 Zhongshan Road will be rebuilt on the original site according to the original structure. The main difference is that the building on the street side will be retracted by more than one meter to align the building facade with the surrounding buildings. In addition, the Electronic Information City also plans to have three-dimensional mechanical parking spaces, which can provide a total of 40 parking spaces. It is reported that the entire reconstruction plan requires an investment of 20 million yuan, and the project will be completed before the Spring Festival in 2011 at the earliest.
■History
No. 78 Zhongshan Road was once a German pharmacy
At first glance, the current No. 78 Zhongshan Road is just an ordinary old German-style building, but there are some little-known stories behind it. According to Lu Hai, an expert on literature and history, the history of No. 78 Zhongshan Road can be roughly divided into three stages. The first stage was during the German occupation, that is, in the early 1890s. At that time, it was just built and it was the Lingji Pharmacy in Germany. It usually sold some Western medicines. Later, in the 1930s, it was transformed into Yong’an Department Store. It is worth mentioning that the owners who opened Yongan Department Store were the “three Wang brothers” from Ye County (now Laizhou, Yantai): Wang Deyi, Wang Deju and Wang Dehe. This department store is a testament to the prosperous business of the “Three Brothers” in Qingdao – they first opened banks in the surrounding areas, and then gradually expanded their business before investing in a department store at No. 78 Zhongshan Road. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, No. 78 Zhongshan Road became the original Shandong Textile Import and Export Company, which was also one of the eight major companies at that time. Qingdao News Network reporter Li Zhibo’s intern Yu Hong
