“The connection between people can enhance understanding, eliminate estrangement, and create unexpected surprises. The coincidence of these surprises is the driving force for our future urban development.†At the 2017 New Tier 1 Cities Summit, Audemars Piguet Pan Wei, Vice President of Operations Management at Airbnb, shared his views on the future of the city. On May 25th, the “First Tier City Summit†organized by the First Finance, “First Financial Weekly†and the New Tier City Research Institute was held in Shanghai. The summit brought together people from various fields including commerce, internet, data, and urban planning. Big coffee, jointly explore the future of urban development in China. At the meeting, the New Tier City Research Institute released the 2017 China City Business Charisma Ranking, which revealed 15 "new first-line" cities selected by big data. Where are the most futuristic cities in China? Pan Lan shared his views at the meeting: “The connection between people and the city drives the future of the city. The force behind the development of Chinese cities is the millennial generation in China.†Turning to the connection between people, Pan Zhi shared the founding story of Airbnb. Initially, the three founders put an empty living room on the air bed, rent it to the people in need, and receive it as a friend, establishing a deep friendship with the tenants. This allows the tenants to have a deep impression and feelings on the strange city. Pan Xi thinks: “People must have their own deepest impression on the city. The significance of this city to us is not an attraction, but a person, or a story that we have with someone.†In this era, people have more and more connections with the city and they are becoming more and more active. Pan Yu provided an internal survey data. They found that 83% of the users on the Chinese website are Millennials, and 93% of the 80’s and 90’s think that understanding a city is living in the local ordinary family’s home, 86% of which People want to live in communities that integrate into local life. Pan Mao believes: "China's Millennials have a big feature. Travel is a way for them to discover and elevate themselves. Their expectation for travel is to connect with everyone in the city. They are the future of the city. The force of development." Chinese tenants come to the world. At the same time, there are also many Chinese 80 and 90 landlords who share their homes with strangers. There are many such landlords in Shanghai. One of the very interesting young guys, he put Airbnb in the house where he could see the Pearl of the Orient. He had a lot of guests and he introduced his neighbors and friends to these guests. He now has friends all over the world. Pan Mao believes that “in a sense, these landlords have created a new city of ever-expanding new dimensions. The connection between people can increase understanding, eliminate estrangement, and create many unexpected surprises. Surprises, like the evolution of all creatures, the coincidence of these surprises is the driving force for our future urban development."
