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China plans
to turn Beijing into
a world-class city within 5 years -
China announces plan to lift Beijing's standing into a world
class city with "Chinese characteristics", aiming to improve
the capital city's economy, scientific & technological
innovation, cultural development and the urban environment.
This implies good opportunity for local & foreign
firms in the area of architecture, urban design, landscape design,
green development, sustainability design, environmental engineering,
pollution control, innovative application of scientific research
& new technology.
The
plan is announced by Mr. Liu Qi, BJ CPC Ctte Secretary, during a
large officials change-over meeting being held in BJ.
Policy to boost Beijing's
standing
The policy announcement aims to complete
in the next 5 years the development framework for Beijing to become a
globally influential advance city of
scientific, technological and cultural innovation by 2020.
It is reported that the policy plan sets to create a "cultural,
technological & green" Beijing so that the city is a first
choice for major international functions & gatherings, global
top enterprises' headquarters, global top talents' congregation place;
also for Beijing to become China's advanced cultural urban centre, and
a harmonious, livable city - in summary, to provide a better living
environment for the city's citizen.
The policy plan lists 6 goals:
1. To accelerate structural change of economic development of the BJ
area
2. To achieve sooner balanced rate of growth for the economic
development of both urban BJ and countryside BJ areas
3. To initiate framework for "democratic" political structure in BJ
areas
4. To invigorate and support large scale cultural development as the
country's capital
5. To drive improvement and innovation in social infrastructure
building and services management
6. To increase & improve ecological development and place more
emphasis on ecological/sustainability consideration
in development
Main targets &
policy areas
The
following targets and policy areas are listed in the BJ development
plan:
- to lift the average GDP per capita from present US$12,500 per year to
US$20,000
- to continuously improve the city's functions - refine
-
to achieve 40% landscape & tree coverage of the city
- to implement a massive tree planting program to cover a million acres
-
to consistently reduce the release of major pollutants in BJ
- to resolve BJ's traffic jam problem effectively
- to achieve 50% target for public transport usage in the BJ CBD and
surrounding areas
- to achieve a more harmonious society environment
- to balance the delivery of basic public service
- to improve channels of reflection of public opinion
regarding social welfare
- to control the city's population in a scientific and orderly manner
- to improve mechanism for resolving social conflicts
- to improve the cultural sophistication level for both the personal
and city level
- to better protect, discover, adapt and re-use heritage cultural
resources
- to become a blueprint for development of cultural rich city for the
rest of the country
- to narrow the difference in income levels between urban and
countryside citizens
- to improve substantially the income levels of the middle and low
income population in BJ areas
- to realize proportional linkage between income growth and economic
growth
- to complete urban development of 50 million sqm of old districts
- to complete one million units of social housing
- to satisfy the basic needs of education for young children
- to establish basic medical / healthcare system and aged care system
to cover both urban BJ and countryside BJ areas
- to realize a harmonious livable urban environment
Basic data of Beijing
According
to wikipedia,
Population
19,612,368 (as of 2010)
Area
16,801 sq
km (6,487 sq miles)
Density
1,200/sq km
(3,000/sq mile)
Elevation
43.5 m (142 ft)
Administration 16 districts, 2
counties,
289 towns and villages
GDP (2011)
RMB 1.6 trillion (US$247.7 billion)
GDP per capita RMB 80,394
(US$12,447)
GDP growth
+8.1%
Source:
HKWWP, Wikipedia - 30.6.2012
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