Beijingers see ‘auxiliary capital’ need
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MORE than three-quarters of Beijing residents — 76.5 percent — accept the need to build an “auxiliary capital” to address megacity woes, according to a survey published yesterday.
The poll, by the China Youth Daily, found that almost 58 percent believe an auxiliary center would help tackle traffic congestion, ease population pressure, cut pollution and be a better use of resources.
Respondents want labor-intensive industries, auto equipment manufacturing, traditional manufacturing and low-end service sectors to move out of the city.
But they want medical institutions, commercial centers, government agencies, college and research facilities, nursing homes and high-tech companies to stay, the survey found.
Half expressed a willingness to move to an auxiliary capital while nearly 30 percent said they would not.
But nearly 32 percent are worried about possible side effects of an auxiliary center, saying it may give rise to a hike in commodity and real estate prices, cause inconveniences and create new traffic problems.
Housing prices in the city of Baoding in Beijing’s neighboring Hebei Province have surged over the past months on rumors that the city could become an “auxiliary national capital.”
The survey polled 2,502 people. Almost 11 percent were born in the 1990s, 58 percent in 1980s and almost 26 percent in 1970s. They included employees of private and state-owned companies, government agencies and academic institutes.
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