National Development and Reform Commission: Beijing City Sub-Center and Xiong'an New Area each have a division of labor, dislocation to undertake functional relief

Beijing, December 1 (Reporter Wang Jing) The State Council recently issued the "Opinions on Supporting the High-quality Development of Beijing's Urban Sub-Centers", and Cong Liang, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission and deputy director of the Office of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Leading Group, said at a press conference of the State Council's new office that concentrating on building Xiong'an New Area and Beijing's urban sub-centers to form a new skeleton for Beijing's development is a major strategic measure to promote the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.

The scene of the press conference (Source: State Council New Office)

Xiong'an New Area is a centralized bearing place for non-capital function relief in Beijing

Cong Liang said that the high-quality development of Beijing's urban sub-center is conducive to the orderly relief of Beijing's non-capital functions. As the two new wings of Beijing, Beijing City Sub-Center and Xiong'an New Area both undertake important missions in undertaking the diversion of non-capital functions in Beijing.

"Since this year, some universities, hospitals and central enterprise headquarters affiliated to the Ministry and Commission in Beijing have started to evacuate the new district in stages and batches. As another wing, the Sub-Center of Beijing City has its own division of labor with Xiong'an New District, and the dislocation undertakes the function of relief. Cong Liang introduced that in January 2019, the first batch of 35 departments and 165 units of Beijing municipal organs officially moved into the city sub-center office, forming a good driving demonstration role. Promoting the high-quality development of Beijing's urban sub-center will further improve the bearing capacity and attractiveness of the urban sub-center, orderly undertake the functional relief and population transfer in line with the development positioning of the urban sub-center, strengthen the service guarantee for the functions of the capital, achieve dislocation development with the Xiong'an New Area, and effectively control The "big city disease" in Beijing.

Build a new regional growth pole to promote the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei

At the same time, the high-quality development of Beijing's urban sub-center is conducive to accelerating the creation of a new highland for regional development.

Cong Liang said that the sub-center of Beijing is located in the east of Beijing, about 25 kilometers away from Tiananmen, with obvious location advantages and convenient and smooth transportation. The sub-center plus the Tongzhou District of the expansion area covers an area of about 906 square kilometers and has a vast space for development.

He pointed out that to promote the high-quality development of Beijing's urban sub-center, it will accelerate the cultivation of new momentum for development, form a modern urban management, social governance system and modern economic system, create a new regional growth pole, continue to optimize Beijing's urban spatial layout and economic structure, and effectively promote the coordinated development of Beijing- Tianjin-Hebei.

In addition, promoting the high-quality development of Beijing's urban sub-center is conducive to driving the integrated high-quality development of the surrounding areas. Cong Liang said that tongzhou district, where Beijing's urban sub-center is located, is adjacent to Hebei Province and Tianjin Municipality, especially just across the river from the three northern counties of Hebei Province, which can be said to be a microcosm of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. Accelerating the high-quality development of Beijing's urban sub-center will further enhance the radiation and driving role of the sub-center, promote the extension of some industries and functions in Beijing to the surrounding areas such as the three northern counties, promote the integrated and high-quality development of the surrounding areas, and make a demonstration for promoting the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.