中国日报2018年02月28日第14版报道：
The government will promote more balanceddevelopment in the beijing-tianjin-Hebei cluster, with particular improvingtration, environmental protection nd industrial upgrades thi top ecding to thenations conomic regulator nt will als build a project database and helpfacilitate the deployment of key projects this year in the region, according toan official document.Such efforts come as the central government intends to sethe mega-city syndrome of the capital, ease congestion and integrate regionaleconomies for more balanced development.
By the end of 2020. around 1,000manufacturing indtries and 300 logistics centers in Beijing will be either shutdowor relocated to nearby places, as part of efforts to relocate Bei-jing,snon-capital functions according to Liu Bozheng, deputy head of Beijingcoordinated development office.A number of wholesale markets and educationaland medical organizations will be moved to surrounding regions.Inderly manner,he said during a press corheld in Ja.
Xu Datong, Party chief of Tianjin Economicand Techology Development Area, said a hetnt of 66.4 billion yuan ($10.53billion)was injected to a modern service district devoted to indutrialconvergence among Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei last year, involving 393 projects:The area has launched straties to lure more head quarters of multinational andresearch institutes to tackle the challenges.
Some efforts to promote more balanceddevelopment have started to bear fruit, data showed. In the first threequarters in 2017. the service sector accounted for 82 percent of bejing's totalGDP during the period,luring which finance, information and technologyindustries together accounted for more than 50 percent of the GDP.
Hebei province, which used to rely greatlyon heavy industries has appeared to gather pace in restructuring, as 58.6million metric tons ofiron and 56.3 million tons of steel production capacityhave been reduced since 2014 Amid the rebalancing process, some valuable non-capitalfunctions are expected to move to Xiongan New Area.hich is expected to promote regionaldevelopment together with beijing-tianjin-hebei cluster, according to the National:Development and Reform Commission.Located some 100 kilometers from Beijing, thenew area.is designed to become part of key urban development plans
integrating the capital with surroundingareas.
The government is expected to introduce aslew of supportive measures in finance, tax, technology and opening-up policies"asrequired, accord to an official with the ndrc. During the early stage ofdevelopment, the government will put particular focus on infrastructuralconstruction and improve transportation connecting the region, say, the highspeed railway network, the official said While the overall construction planhas yet to be released to the public, some efforts in Improving transportationhave been already in place. The intercity railway connecting Beijing andXiongan area Is expected to start con struction in March, according to a reportby China Railway.Design Corp Upon completion of the railways, travel time fromXiongan to Beijing will be reduced to 30 minutes, down by 60 percent comparedto the current time.
Looking ahead, top authorities might needto balance well the different roles of Xiongan and surrounding regions, and thevalue chains and ecosystems need to be studied before making policies,according to Zhou Muzhi, an economics professor at Tokyo Keizai University. Hesaid research institutions that rely heavily on government financial support andyet with no strict geographical limitations, for instance, might be approprateto move to Xiongan .
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