Guangzhou City Planning and Design Institute:

The plan by Guangzhou City Planning and Design Institute focuses on the pressing challenge of traffic congestion. Its solution is to build underground, surface and elevated traffic facilities - an idea borrowed from the city of Guangzhou.

The plan's designers estimate 70 percent of people in the new CBD can arrive and leave by public transport with the completion of the facilities.

Guangzhou City Planning and Design Institute is famous for its design for the Guangdong Olympic Center.

Foster & Partners:

The design by Foster & Partners proposes development of zones differentiated by function. The area surrounding the new CCTV headquarters and the People's Daily Newspaper Group would highlight information services, while Chaoyang Road would be the shopping hub, the residential quarters would be in the southeastern sector and a green belt from the north to south would be built near the East Fourth Ring Road.

Sustainable development is another concern of the plan, demonstrated in the layout of buildings. It envisions building that will drop in height from north to south to utilize natural ventilation and light, meeting the CBD's demand for a low-carbon and energy-saving development.

A famed architectural firm from Britain, Foster contributed to the design of Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport, designed the new Bundestag building in Germany and HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong and London.

Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute:

The plan from Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute envisions that the subway system would be the main means of transportation to and from the CBD. It proposes building more subway stations, especially near office buildings.

Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute is known for planning the Caofeidian New Area in Tangshan in Hebei province.

ADP-i:

A major feature of the plan from ADP-i is a long cableway to transport passengers in the area. It also proposes construction of a circle trolley line to encompass the area. Under its design, a second core area with a number of skyscrapers would emerge in the new area.

ADP-i, another of the top urban planning firms in the world, gained fame with its designs for Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, the United Tiara in Dubai, the China National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing and Pudong Airport in Shanghai.