A newly renovated school that cost 15 million yuan ($2.1 million) in Fujian, East China's Fuzhou Province, is to be demolished to make way for a government-initiated Central Business District (CBD) project, China National Radio (CNR) reported.

The Xiangban Primary School in Taijinag district was completed in September 2009 with two five-floor buildings and a brand new sports field.

Local government reportedly spent 15 million yuan on the project to replace the old Xiangban School, which had only a dilapidated two-story building.

The Global Times could not confirm the demolition order after repeated calls to the local city planning department went unanswered Tuesday.

Huang Yingming, director of the Taijiang Education Bureau, told a China National Radio reporter that the new campus is on the list of buildings to be torn down for the CBD project.

"The CBD project is the local government's flagship project," he said. "The school will be torn down together with other buildings in the area to build a place that will become the hallmark of Fuzhou."

Huang explained that the government could not find a better location than the river-side area where the school is located.

The school is included on a map of buildings to be demolished, displayed in the demolition command office, 500 meters from the school.

Sun Minglong, president of the school, told CNR that the school had informed the students' parents of the demolition plans and sent a notice to them in December of last year.

"My grandson just transferred to this school last semester. I really don't know where he can go after this," student Lu Weiting's grandfather said.

Chen Qiong, a local resident who lives close to the school, told the Global Times Tuesday that she knows of the demolition plan and is very concerned about the development.

"I had hoped that my kid could go to this school when he grew up," she said. "The city planners should have thought about this before. I really hope they won't tear the school down."

Another local resident surnamed Zheng expressed a similar view.

"As far as I can see, most buildings in the area have been demolished. It would really be a shame if the school is torn down too."