Bidding recently began on the construction and engineering design for the new campus of Tianhe Children's Palace.

According to the latest bidding announcement, the new campus will be located north of Linjiang Avenue and west of Yuancun Siheng Road. It will be about 700 meters away from Metro Line 5.

A design sketch of the new campus of Tianhe Children's Palace. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]

The total investment of the new campus will reach 515.57 million yuan ($75.15 million). It can offer 22,000 places for students in the fall or spring semester, as well as about 6,000 places in the summer and winter holiday periods.

A cultural complex building, with 10 floors aboveground and two underground, will be built, covering an area of 8,774 square meters and a combined floor area of 38,652 sq m. Construction will include areas for literary and artistic activities, sci-tech and cultural activities, as well as sports. The new campus will also include a public welfare center, a practice and exhibition center, an underground parking, as well as outdoor venues.

Tianhe Children's Palace was built in 1988, and moved to its current site in 1998, covering an area of 1,000 sq m. Nearly 120,000 students have studied at it.