New Landmark: Hangzhou Civic Center

Qianjiang New City—a benchmark among China's 20 new urban districts—transcends typical commercial clusters. As defined by its development authority: "This integrated CBD provides administrative, financial, trade, commercial, cultural, and residential functions with comprehensive services, innovation capacity, and resource allocation capabilities. It prioritizes banking, insurance, securities, IT, and consulting sectors while fostering logistics, retail, sports, and housing industries to attract multinational and domestic corporate HQs. The district features large-scale public facilities including the Civic Center, cultural complexes, and media hubs, complemented by modern office towers, luxury hotels, and retail amenities."

As Hangzhou's CBD, Qianjiang hosts over 30 mixed-use developments integrating commerce, offices, finance, and hospitality. Projects like MixC, Dikai International Center, Donghang Tower, and Lanjing International are under construction. The core area's commercial scale reaches 700,000 sq m, including:

· 240,000 sq m MixC Mall near Fuchun Road metro stations

· 130,000 sq m Raffles City

· 80,000 sq m Gaode Plaza

· 50,000 sq m Wave Cultural City underground mall
This represents 85% of Hangzhou's total commercial inventory. The centerpiece 580,000-sq-m Civic Center—with six interconnected towers symbolizing "cosmic harmony between heaven and earth"—will house municipal administration, becoming one of China's largest government complexes.

The Civic Center employs ice-storage cooling technology for energy conservation. Accessen, a global leader in ice-storage heat exchangers, secured this project through proven reliability and service excellence. The system comprises:

· 10 ice-storage heat exchangers

· 8 hot-water heat exchangers for HVAC
Delivering 71,000 kW total cooling capacity—making it one of China's largest ice-storage installations and a model integration of sustainable technology with urban planning.