With continuing efforts in environmental protection, the local government aims to make the zone an ecological-friendly livable new town.

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Huayuankou is also known for its excellent treatment of investors, with China's first administrative approval bureau so that it can accelerate the approval process and provide more efficient services for its enterprises.

The bureau has said that the project approval process can be practically completed within five working days after submission of the required documents.

In the case of procedures that cannot be completed within five working days, departments will have a pre-approval process and give the project a preliminary go-ahead, while seeing to it that the remaining procedures are completed in a short period of time.

The authorities are trying to improve living conditions for investors, as well as local people and last year spending double the amount of 2008 on projects related to living conditions.

Over the past three years, spending on education, healthcare, and health and social insurance has grown with the economy.

Major projects built this year include a top middle school at a cost of 100 million yuan, a top hospital with the best environment in Northeast China, improvements on a retirement home, and a service center for people in the central business district at a cost of 500 million yuan.