Ulaanbaatar, July 31, 2023 /MONTSAME/. “Urban Vision”, Conference of International Architects for Kharkhorum City was held yesterday in Kharkhorin soum of Uvurkhangai aimag, jointly organized by the Ministry of Construction and Urban Development and the Administrative Office in Charge of the New Kharkhorum City Development.

The President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa issued a decree in December 2022 to restore the ancient capital of the Great Mongol Empire, Kharkhorum in Orkhon Valley, aimed at creating healthy and safe living conditions for citizens, improving accessibility to basic social services, decentralizing the population, ensuring a balanced development of the regions, and strengthening the valuable heritage of the state.

In accordance with the decree, the Government of Mongolia formed the Administrative Office in Charge of the New Kharkhorum City Development this March, and the Administrative Office has developed the concept of New Kharkhorum City development.

Architects, specialists, and academics from Mongolia, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Japan, and Israel participated in the conference and exchanged opinions on the concept of Kharkhorum city planning and the development trends of global cities.

New Kharkhorum city planning is based on the concept of being the center of Mongolia's government, administration, culture, tourism, health services, international relations, and high-tech industry. Kharkhorum city will cover Uvurkhangai and Arkhangai aimags, having a population of approximately 500,000 people and 50 percent of the residential area will be green space, while 70 percent will be areas for walking, cycling, and public transportation. According to the city development concept, the new city will be an economically independent, modern smart city with developed infrastructure, which uses surface water, recycles waste, reuses gray water, and uses various types of renewable energy. 

The conference participants highly appreciated the concept developed by Mongolian specialists and experts, emphasizing the importance of creating an environmentally friendly and healthy environment, water and food supply, and population structure planning. The Administrative Office in Charge of the New Kharkhorum City Development is working to complete detailed engineering-geological and hydro-geological studies and topographical mapping of the city of Kharkhorum this year.

Further, it is planned to take the planned territory of Kharkhorum city for the special needs of the state and develop detailed studies and plans including the feasibility study and general development plan in stages.