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Suining City, in Sichuan Province, which located in the middle of Sichuan Basin in the middle reaches of Fujiang River, is the core regional city in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone. It has the reputation of Guanyin s hometown, with a deep cultural background and rich waterfront landscape resources. Suining city has earned the name of Ecological Garden City with its diverse natural and cultural resources, including the wetland ecological park, the national geo park as well as the cultural heritage town in the heart of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic regional district. The continuous growth of population, economy, and industrial development has played a leading and driving role to the development of Sichuan province. The municipal government s vision is to add a beautiful landmark and destination to Suining and a popular waterfront leisure place for the citizens through the creation of the landscape greenway of Binjiang South Road. The original levee of the site is close to the waterfront, stiff and rigid, and of a single type; the urban interface lacks space for rest and stay, and lacks connection with the waterfront space. How to create a diversified water-philic space combined with a multi-functional urban open space combining the levee and increase the interest of the site are the main points of our design. Construct four major urban landscape systems The Riverfront Greenway Park Project of Suining covers 1,300,000 m² in area. The full length is 9km, which is divided into three sections along the Fujiang River. Binjiang Park based on the planning is in the south portion of the city. To meet the diverse recreation needs and activities of the residents and visitors, ECOLAND's design program provides a highly participatory riverside green belt park. The program focuses on the location and functional connection of the project to the whole urban area, making Binjiang Park the core area of the whole city's slow-moving network. As a result, the waterfront park becomes the most concentrated area for stopping and leisure activities in Fujiang River through the renovation and upgrading of the old wharf. Binjiang Park has become a link between the city and the green corridor, as well as the activity space of the whole city. The program deeply studies the route and psychological needs of visitors' activities, designs the path of lodging, viewing, sightseeing, and services, and combines the visual and cultural feelings brought by the urban space form to construct a slow-moving space system in the city and the space of the overlooking node.