At a press conference on May 20 marking the tenth anniversary of the planning and construction of the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center, it was announced that the relocation of state-owned enterprise headquarters to the sub-center is progressing in an orderly manner. A number of state-owned enterprise headquarters, including Beijing Investment Group and Beijing Tourism Group, have completed their relocation and moved in. The headquarters projects of Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Beijing Consulting Company, and Huaxia Bank are expected to be basically completed by the end of this year. Headquarters projects of Tongrentang and Xianglong Group have started construction. The sub-center is gradually building a cluster of state-owned enterprise headquarters with a reasonable layout and coordinated functions.
At the press conference, the deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center Management Committee and director of the Sub-center Engineering Office introduced the achievements of key engineering projects over the ten years of the sub-center’s planning and construction.
The administrative office area has been fully completed. The total construction area of the administrative office area and its ancillary supporting facilities projects is about 2.68 million square meters. 81 municipal-level agencies and one central government unit have relocated, with nearly 30,000 officials and staff moving into the administrative office area. The projects of the Beijing Higher People’s Court and the Beijing People’s Procuratorate are about to be completed and put into use, with relocation expected before the end of the year.
“By the end of this year, except for units responsible for maintaining the capital’s security and stability, ensuring city operations, having territorial management functions, and providing management services to citizens, enterprises, and society, all other Beijing municipal-level agencies will be relocated to the city sub-center,” the deputy director said. The completion and operation of the sub-center’s administrative office area will further enhance its radiating and driving role, promoting the extension and layout of some Beijing industries and functions to the sub-center and surrounding areas like the Three Northern Counties, driving integrated and high-quality development of neighboring regions.
The quality of regional education continues to improve. Beijing School and the First Experimental School have filled the gap in high-quality basic education in the region. Municipal-level prestigious schools such as the High School Affiliated to Capital Normal University, Jingshan School, and the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China have opened their Tongzhou campuses and started enrollment, deeply integrating high-quality educational resources from the city center with the development needs of the sub-center, optimizing the regional education layout. The Tongzhou campuses of Renmin University of China and Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology have officially opened, extending high-quality higher education resources to the sub-center, leveraging university research and talent advantages to promote deep integration of industry, academia, and research. The Tsinghua University Tongzhou Financial Development and Talent Training Base and the Logistics Service Complex of Beijing Wuzi University have started construction, further improving university support facilities and enhancing educational capacity. The new campus of Beijing Health Vocational College and the Industry-Education Integration Training Center project of Beijing College of Finance and Commerce are accelerating, focusing on key regional industrial needs and strengthening skilled talent cultivation.
Medical resources are rapidly converging. The Tongzhou campuses of Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing Friendship Hospital, and Beijing Anzhen Hospital, all Class A tertiary hospitals, have been fully opened for service, making medical care more convenient for residents. The renovation project of Beijing Chest Hospital has been completed and opened, further optimizing infectious disease diagnosis and treatment capabilities. The relocation project of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention has been completed, improving the regional disease prevention and control system and enhancing public health emergency response capacity. The Tongzhou campus of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics has unveiled its exterior, and the relocation project of the Beijing Emergency Medical Center has started construction, which will further enrich specialized medical resources and improve the emergency service network.
New cultural landmarks are rapidly emerging. The three major cultural facilities in the city’s green heart—Beijing Art Center, Beijing City Library, and Beijing Grand Canal Museum—have been completed and opened to the public, allowing residents to experience high-quality art, enjoy reading time, and appreciate the heritage of the thousand-year canal right at their doorstep. The Luxian Ancient City Site Museum has officially opened, becoming Beijing’s first “museum-park integrated” archaeological site park. The construction of the Beijing Art Museum is accelerating; upon completion, it will form a synergistic and complementary relationship with the three major cultural facilities, creating a comprehensive art venue integrating art exhibitions, cultural exchange, and public education.
Breakthrough progress has been made in water conservancy projects. The three key ship locks at Gantang, Yulinzhuang, and Yangwa have been fully completed and put into operation, opening up the key nodes for navigation between Beijing and Hebei sections of the Grand Canal, achieving full tourism navigation. The three major flood control backbone projects of the “Tongzhou Weir”
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