“Cycle along the Wenyu River, embrace a slow life by the water.” Dubbed Beijing’s most beautiful cycling greenway, the Shunyi section of the Wenyu River Greenway will start construction this year, with efforts to complete it within the year. According to the Shunyi District government, the Wenyu River Greenway spans Shunyi, Changping, Chaoyang, and Tongzhou districts. Once completed, it will form a “hundred-kilometer greenway” in the northeastern part of the city.
The Wenyu River Waterfront Greenway, part of the Forest Leisure Ring Greenway, stretches about 85 kilometers from Shahe Reservoir in the west along the Wenyu River’s riverside green belt to the new Tongzhou urban area. It connects a series of sites including Gonghuacheng, Shahe Sluice Park, Future Science City Waterfront Park, Xiaotangshan Agricultural Demonstration Park, Eastern Suburbs Forest Park, Tongzhou Business Park Riverside Park, and Grand Canal Forest Park. Upon completion, it will directly serve multiple large residential communities and key functional areas such as Huilongguan, Tiantongyuan, Beiyuan, Wangjing, Dongba, Future Science City, and the new Tongzhou urban area.
The Shunyi section of the Wenyu River Greenway covers a river length of 14.8 kilometers, with a designed greenway length of 16.8 kilometers. The greenway project includes forest land renovation, tree replanting, and pavement installation.
Over the next three to five years, the city plans to complete the construction of 1,000 kilometers of municipal-level greenways, linking major parks and scenic spots around the city and creating new vibrant spaces for residents. It is reported that the greenway system will cover all 16 districts and counties of the city, connecting 11 new towns, and forming an overall spatial layout of “three rings, three wings, and multiple corridors.”