On September 24, the "Lingnan International Architects Commune" press conference and the Design Change Village Summit Forum were held in Guangzhou. "Lingnan International Architects Commune" is located in Gangtou Village, Huadong Town, Huadu District, Guangzhou City. It uses design and innovation to activate the village, and uses the architectural education industry as the leader to complete the re-creation of space value. At the same time, it uses design, culture, The power of art has found a sustainable and systematic development path for the construction of beautiful villages.

Gangtou Village is a traditional village with a history of more than 600 years. It is rich in ancient construction resources and retains a large number of courtyards from the Ming, Qing and the Republic of China. It is known as the "open-air museum of Ming and Qing architecture". It is also one of the 6 Lingnan characteristic boutique beautiful village demonstrations selected by the Guangzhou Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau and Guangdong Hengjian Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. among the beautiful villages of Guangzhou. The village is also one of the reserve projects of the Industrial Investment Fund for the Revitalization and Development of Guangdong Beautiful Villages of Hengjian Holding Company.

At the press conference, He Jingtang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, chairman of the South China University of Technology Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., and honorary dean of the School of Architecture of South China University of Technology delivered a speech and announced the official launch of the "Lingnan International Architects Commune" beautiful village project. As one of the initiators of the project, CBC Architecture Center elaborated on the development ideas of the commune and proposed a new model for the practice of the whole-region development of beautiful countryside.