■Following up the rapid increase of popula- tion and average consumption level, the scale of the city expands rapidly and the traditional business structure cannot meet the require- ments of hopping from Hangzhou inhabit- ants and the tourists to Hangzhou as well as the development of Hangzhou global busi- ness. Lack of development space in the down- town, the limitation to business scale such as dificulties in driving and parking becomes stood out day by day. As the oriental capital of leisure, Hangzhou has the special culture background and business structure, and RBD is the expansion of Hangzhou’s city culture and the optimization of business structure.

■Hangzhou city committee and municipal government bring forward the target of Con- structing Metropolis and Setting up New Par- adise and start to carry out the metropolis development strategy that expands the city to the east, marches the tourism to the west, explores along the river and develops across the river. The city construction of Hangzhou is changed from the Age of West Lake to the Age of Qiantang River. Leisure Expo Garden is located in the center of Hangzhou Metropo lis that matches the development trend and idea of eveloping Hangzhou across the river. Hangzhou has a complete business structure to connect with international business while Hangzhou has Xiang Lake-Leisure Expo Gar- den (RBD) in the south and West Lake-Wulin Business District (CBD) in the north.