Wang Ye had naturally made thorough preparations before daring to bring the proposal up for discussion at the committee.
From site selection to the process of advancing the plan, as well as potential problems that might arise along the way, he had carefully considered everything.
The area he had circled on the map was indeed in an excellent location. It was separated from the Kremlin by only a river, with a straight-line distance of roughly three kilometers.
Most of that area was woodland, with not many buildings. The scattered structures there mostly belonged to government departments, either office buildings or residential compounds for employees' families, so relocation and demolition would be relatively easy.
The total area was four square kilometers. It was not particularly large, but it was more than sufficient.
Some might think that the CBD Wang Ye had planned was too small and overly conservative.
But among the world's major cities, CBDs were not actually that large. Their core areas, in particular, followed what was known as the "one-square-mile rule."
Simply put, in every mature CBD, the truly central area was at most one square mile. That was the real essence of the district.
Beyond that, the remaining areas were basically supporting facilities and were not all that important.
Within the core square mile of the world's leading CBDs were concentrated the densest wealth, capital, and top talent, controlling vital lifelines of urban development and even the global economy.
The core area of the City of London was around two square kilometers and accounted for roughly 48% of global daily foreign exchange trading volume. Manhattan's Wall Street covered less than one square kilometer, yet controlled 40% of the world's financial sector. Central, Hong Kong's CBD was just over one square kilometer, but it was an international center of