Urban renewal, building a better future. On the morning of April 8, the launch ceremony of phase one of the West District Urban Renewal Project (Mashan Area) was held in the Jinma Square community. The roar of demolition machines marked the start of the reconstruction of Mashan Area.

Demolishing old houses near Xianghe Street in West District.

The doorplate and archway at the rear door of Mashan Primary School will be refurbished.

The former site of Mashan Primary School is now the office for the West District Urban Renewal Project (Mashan Area).

A construction clean-up in a soon-to-be demolished building on Xiangning Street, Jinma Square.

Two sanitation workers pass by a building to be demolished.

On April 8, the roar of demolition machines at the construction site marks the start of the reconstruction of Mashan Area. [Photos by Yu Zhaoyu]