Research on Reuse Strategy of Industrial Relics in Youth-Friendly Cities: Taking Xinglin Old Industrial Zone in Jimei District of Xiamen City as an Example

It is extremely important to explore how to closely adjust the protection and reuse of industrial relics to current events and situations under national and local policies. Taking the Xinglin old industrial zone in Jimei, District of Xiamen as an example, this study investigated and sorted out the evolution of the Xinglin old industrial zone, studied the urban industrial landscape, planning layout, architectural space and structural characteristics, and considerd the possibility of the construction of a youth-friendly city and the reuse of industrial relics. On this basis, combined with policies such as the “Action Plan for Building a Youth Friendly Urban Area in Jimei District”, the paper explored the strategies for the reuse of industrial relics in the context of construction of youth-friendly cities from the perspectives of youth entrepreneurship and employment friendliness, youth life friendliness, school village and student friendliness, Taiwan youth integration and youth growth friendliness, and analyzed them through the Xiamen Textile Factory renovation project.