Beijing committed to cleaning up its act
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BEIJING is continuing to purge the capital of non-essential and polluting businesses to make way for upgraded functions, such as hi-tech innovation.
The capital will shut down over 500 manufacturing and polluting factories and demolish up to 40 million square meters of illegal buildings in 2017, according to a municipal government plan approved late last month.
A total of 10 billion yuan (US$1.5 billion) will be allocated to the shutdown and relocation of businesses. Beijing Mayor Cai Qi says the city has drawn up a zoning plan for the freed-up land.
The central government ordered Beijing and the neighboring Hebei Province and Tianjin Municipality to pursue coordinated development.
According to a guideline released in April, 2015, the key functions of politics, culture, international communication and technical innovation will be prioritized, while other sectors will be moved out of the capital.
To date, more than 1,300 manufacturing companies have been shut down, freeing up more than 7 million sq m of land for new uses.
Sun Shuo, executive deputy chief of Xicheng District, said 5,000 booths in seven downtown markets at the renowned Beijing Zoo Wholesale Market area had been closed or relocated. The market will close by year-end.
Zhongguancun, which is known as “China’s Silicon Valley,” has closed 550,000 sq m of IT retail markets and moved out 2,100 retail booths over the past five years, to make way for high-end and value-added startups and innovative centers.
“One-and-a-half years ago, it was a shopping center here, and now it has become home to over 130 companies,” said Zhou Hongxu, a manager with the startup community called “Vstartup” at Zhongguancun.
Near Tsinghua University, the intelligence manufacturing way has turned a former high street into a center for intelligent hardware in industrial design, 3D printing and circuitry manufacturing.
Lu Yang, a manager with IMWAY, said the 380-meter street generates an average output of 8 million yuan per meter. Lian Yuming, head of the International Institute for Urban Development in Beijing said the capital will be able to adjust and optimize its industrial and urban structures.
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