Sixty Major Projects on Beijing's 2001 Drawing Board

2001/03/01

Infrastructural, construction and environmental-protection projects take priority in this year's Beijing plans, all of which will help the city function better than in the past, according to a Beijing Youth Daily report.

The infrastructural projects include construction of a subway, the Capital Museum, the western area of Zhongguancun, and a highway between Beijing and Miyun. Particular priority will be given to projects that speed up information communications for a "digitalized" Beijing.

Environmental projects will include measures that further improve local air quality, widen the use of natural gas while reducing the usage of coal, and the creation of more greenbelts around the city.



	Article featured in Beijing This Month, March 2001 Publication sponsored by Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Tourism