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Editor's note: President Xi Jinping, head of the leading group for overall reform, called for integrated and coordinated development of Beijing and the two neighboring provincial areas during a symposium after listening to work reports delivered by officials from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province last month. |
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Plan envisions economic hub on Bohai Bay The central government considered plans to upgrade regional cooperation between Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province to build a trilateral economic sphere in the Bohai Bay area last year. Xi envisions regional economic hub Thirty-five years after China's reform mastermind Deng Xiaoping identified several coastal cities in southern China as economic front lines, President Xi Jinping produced his vision for another integrated sphere in the north on Feb 28. Xi calls for integrated north China development Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for integrated and coordinated development of the region around Beijing. Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei to be integrated As the functions of Beijing get distributed, many people can live and work in Tianjin or Hebei, which will ease the housing price in Beijing. NPC delegates stress cooperation on air pollution control Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei are confronted with the same environmental challenges, and regional cooperation is a must. |
 Big-picture thinking crucial for regional development Only with long-term planning can the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region achieve integrated and coordinated development, Hu Keqin, a member of the CPPCC National Committee said. Hebei sees gains from ties with major cities Coordination of the region is a national development strategy. Hebei will play whatever role is needed to increase that coordination. |
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Beijing holds the key to regional integration The dream of integrated development among Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province will remain just that, experts said, unless existing barriers to the proposal can be hurdled. Cangzhou to play bigger role in regional development Cangzhou, as a coastal city in North China's Hebei province, boasts huge advantages in transportation. It has policy advantages in integrating with Beijing and Tianjin, said Jiao Yanlong, secretary of Cangzhou municipal Party committee.
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China will for the first time integrate customs clearance in the Beijing-Tianjin region in order to speed up cargo clearance. More water for Beijing, Tianjin The South-to-North Water Diversion Project's middle route is expected to transfer about 1.24 billion cu m of water to Beijing and 1.02 billion cu m of water to Tianjin. Beijing and Tianjin to tackle heavy pollution As the functions of Beijing get distributed, many people can live and work in Tianjin or Hebei, which will ease the housing price in Beijing. Establishing an innovative community between Beijing and Tianjin Tianjin and Beijing should begin top-level designs for their joint projects, such as the innovation community and an industrial cluster zone. Enhancing regional science and technology cooperation Beijing and its two neighboring provincial areas should enhance scientific and technological cooperation. Transfer of industry urged from Beijing to Tianjin Legislators in both Beijing and Tianjin have called upon governments to transfer some industries from the overloaded capital to the nearby port city.
Hebei-Tianjin
New high-speed rail links Tianjin, Qinhuangdao A high-speed railway connecting Tianjin municipality and a port city in Hebei province started trial operations last December. |
Baoding upgrading industry to combat pollution A city in Hebei province is closing traditional industries and seeking to attract more environmentally friendly industries, taking advantage of coordination in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Hebei port ready to cooperate with Beijing and Tianjin The port at Caofeidian, which serves the city of Tangshan, Hebei province is set to become an important economic partner of the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin in the future. Hebei establishes tourism Union along Beijing-HK-Macao railway Hebei province plans to set up a union in Shijiazhuang, its capital, on Dec 23, to promote tourism and resource development along the Beijing-Hongkong-Macao high-speed railway line.Hebei looks to tap into success of neighbors Hebei, the province that has traditionally provided all-round support for the development of Beijing and Tianjin, is now looking to benefit from their development with a new round of reforms and opening-up.
More reading: 'No talk of deputy political center' in Baoding Hebei, Renmin Univ to work on development Green goals set for Beijing and nearby areas Regional development to benefit all A step towards Capital Economic Circle Road, rail links to bring regions closer together Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei FTA plan to unveil |
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