Executive Summary

The Yangshan Island Project, presently in the final planning stage is a major development of a monumental scale.
Yangshan New City is to be developed on Da Yangshan Island 35 kilometers offshore from the Shanghai mainland. It lies next to the massive Shanghai Deepwater port undertaking at Xiao Yangshan estimated to cost US$12 billion over 20 years. The port is connected to the mainland by one of the world's longest bridges included in the first stage costing of US$2.4 billion.
Burchill VDM was selected by Chinese authorities as one of five firms worthy of addressing the planning and urban form challenges of Yangshan New City. They and three other firms from Japan, Germany, Italy as well as a major Shanghai planning university, were engaged to prepare competing planning solutions.
In April 2004, the Chinese government authorities awarded their first choice of planning and urban design solutions to Burchill VDM.
In their winning plan for Yangshan New City, issues such as a harsh landscape and a long existing Chinese town had to be addressed. The Burchill VDM plan drew on their experience in creating facilities to encourage tourism and recreational boating, both deemed to be essential for the financial stability of a new city at such a remote location.
The plan delivered incentives to encourage visits by sea-going ferries and coach tours across the world's longest bridge. Restoration plans for the old city, with its traditional community watering facilities, temples, stone walls and pathways, were included in the plan. A desolate mountain in the centre of the island is destined to become a significant tourism focal point, with a funicular railway and mass tourism attractions.
The key to the Burchill VDM plan was the creation of a new harbor, with a dramatic, and surprising entry from the open sea through two narrow headlands. Inside, the plan portrays a mix of resort living, commercial waterfront activity, shopping and recreation, with sensations reminiscent of a mix of Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast and Sydney Harbor.
There will be business and commercial precincts for international shipping and logistics companies thronging to the new Shanghai Deepwater Port. A fishing harbor, parks and road or pathway linkages add greater substance to the urban design.
Horizon Technologies Inc. thru its Parent, Horizon HOLDING AND MANAGEMENT INC., is in the process of providing financial assistance and long term credit enhancement for the development of a project of this magnitude. Housing Technology on a large scale is another component being provided to the project.