A new start By Ji Yuqiao in Tangshan Published: Apr 15, 2021 07:48 PM A wharf in Tangshan, North China's Hebei Province Photo: VCG The fourth International Urban Planning And Design Competition kicked off on Wednesday with the goal of further helping the old industrial city of Tangshan in North China's Hebei Province, which had been devastated by an earthquake, transform itself into a green and creative urban center. Tangshan is located in the central area of the Bohai Rim Economic Circle and is a core area of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei development strategy. It is a coastal industrial city with a history of over 100 years, and also a city with a miserable memory.