On June 1, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) study group from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SHUTCM) and U.S. Northeastern University visited Dingfeng Sauce Garden for a firsthand look at how a century-old industrial heritage site has been reinvented through urban renewal as a new landmark for industry-education integration and cultural leisure in southern Shanghai.

The delegation toured Dingfeng Sauce Garden in depth, experiencing firsthand the cultural vitality that this century-old industrial site has gained through urban renewal.

The dialogue between fermentation and TCM resonates across disciplines, connecting an Eastern philosophy of time with the tenets of classical medicine. The link between industry-education integration and international outreach extends the site's academic-practice model into intercultural exchange and communication. Leisure becomes a vehicle for heritage as three signature identities—plum blossom, books, and sauce—are translated into a universal cultural language.

Urban renewal's core purpose is to restore contemporary relevance to historic spaces; the key to cultural outreach is giving international audiences a sensory entry point into Chinese artisanal excellence. The Northeastern University TCM study group's visit was both a showcase of Dingfeng Sauce Garden's capacity for industry-education integration and international engagement, and an example of how Nanqiaoyuan harnesses culture to drive urban renewal and connect with young people around the world.

Fengxian Development Group's Nanqiaoyuan Company will continue to develop Dingfeng Sauce Garden as a dual-engine landmark, working to make it a model for urban renewal and industry-city integration across southern Shanghai and the broader Yangtze River Delta—so that a century of sauce-making tradition may ferment not only in the vat, but across the world.