Announcement of the International Consultation on the Overall Positioning and Conceptual Masterplan of the Land of Giant Pandas

2. Host

Chengdu Tianfu Greenway Construction Investment Co.,Ltd

3. Application Requirements

3.1 Application of the consultation is open to the world. The applicants shall meet the following requirements:

Planning and design institution: For an overseas planning and design institution, it must have the legal business and design license in its originate country or region. For a domestic planning and design institution, it must be an independent legal entity with Grade A qualification for urban-rural plan compilation (institution from Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan must have the legal business and design license in its region).

Industrial planning institution: For an overseas industrial planning institution, it must have the legal business license in its originate country or region. For a domestic industrial planning institution, it must be an independent legal entity with legal business license (institution from Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan must have the legal business license in its region).

3.2 Methods of participation

Planning and design institutions domestic and overseas may participate in this activity independently, or in combination with other industrial planning institutions. If a planning and design institution participates in this activity independently, its team shall include personnel having the ability of industrial planning;

An industrial planning institution is not allowed to participate in the activity independently；

Application of joint design group with no more than 3 parties is accepted, and each party shall not apply for this activity in their own name or as members of other joint design groups. The application is not accepted for the combination among individuals, or the combination of individuals and other institutions.

3.3 Team requirements: According to the characteristics of this project, the target team shall include the professional personnel in the fields of planning, building, landscape, tourism, industrial planning, and animal protection. The principal designers of the team shall have similar project experience and directly participate in the full process of design.

3.4 Achievements: Have at least 1 similar achievement of planning and design and industrial planning within the past 5 years (since Jan. 1, 2013).

3.5 To guarantee the continuity of conceptual planning scheme and the implementation of design development, the 6 shortlisted competitors and 2 alternatives selected through qualification review shall, if not having grade-A qualification for the preparation of urban and rural planning, form a joint design group with one domestic planning and design institution having corresponding qualificcations, and shall submit relevant materials for examination and determination to the competent administrative department according to requirements.