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General Introduction

Beijing, the capital city of the People’s Republic of China, the political and cultural center of the country, is an international metropolis renowned both for its ancient civilization and its modernity. Haidian, located in the northwestern part of Beijing’s urban area, is a major functional district of the city and is one of the 18 districts and district-level counties under its jurisdiction.

On this fascinating soil, many of the latest achievements have been recorded through the perfect fusion of traditional Chinese culture and modern science and technology. Boasting of charming landscape, profound cultural ethos, abundant high-caliber talents, advanced modern sci-tech industries and pastoral ecological environment, Haidian is one of the most appealing districts with great dynamism and innovative spirit in China.

 

Haidian District covers an area of 430.77 square kilometers, with 22 subdistricts and 7 towns under its jurisdiction. It has a registered population of 1.841 million and a permanent population of around 3 million. The district boasts of the greatest ethnic diversity, with all of country’s 56 ethnic groups represented here. Haidian District, as a part of the ancient alluvial plain of the Yongding River, is located in the northern edge of the North China Plain. Topographically, it is low in the east and high in the west. The district lies in the continental monsoon region in the warm temperature zone. The average temperature here is 12.3 throughout the year.

 

Haidian District is packed with institutions of higher learning and research institutes. It boasts rich cultural and tourism resources, rapid economic and social development, and niche advantages in politics, science and technology, education, human resources as well as cultural and natural endowments. It is a state-level high-tech industrial zone. The Zhongguancun Science Park in Haidian is an experimental area for comprehensive reforms intended to implement the strategy of “invigorating the country through science and education” and to accomplish two fundamental transformations. It is a national demonstration base with international competitiveness for sci-tech innovations, an incubator and base for the national spread of sci-tech achievements, and a training base for high-caliber talents. It serves as the “locomotive” of development and “engine” of economic take-off on the Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Sci-tech “Shinkansen” line of the pan-Bohai region. In 2005, the retail volume of consumer goods in Haidian District stood at 58.33 billion yuan, up by 15.8% over the previous year. The government revenue derived from Haidian District for all levels of the government totaled 42.4 billion yuan and the revenue for Haidian District alone totaled 7.11 billion yuan, up by 36.5% and 22.1% over the previous year respectively. The per capita disposable income of urban residents in Haidian reached 18,478.8 yuan, and the per capita consumption was 12942.1 yuan annually, with a year-on-year increase of 13.9% and 7.5% respectively. The GDP was expected to hit 125.6 billion yuan.

 

Haidian New Area, where construction is in full swing, is composed of Wenquan Town, Xibeiwang Town, Shangzhuang Town and Sujiatuo Town. With a population of 103,100, it covers an area of 226 square kilometers, 53% of the district’s total.

 

Blessed with abundant natural and cultural resources, Haidian New Area is the development zone for Zhongguancun Science Park and serves as an ecological shield for northwestern Beijing. It is part and parcel of Haidian’s development strategy of “promoting a new historic leap forward and building a modernized new Haidian”.

 

Haidian is pressing ahead with structural and institutional innovation to improve the government’s administrative competence, to build a service-oriented government and to optimize the investment environment. The district is building a service-oriented government administrating in accordance with the law, being pragmatic, boasting high efficiency and putting people first.

 

In recent years, Haidian District has won many honors, such as the “National Demonstration District for Sci-tech Development”, the “Demonstration District for Science Popularization”, the “National District for Outstanding Work”, the “National District for Outstanding Quality”, the “National Demonstration District for Harmonious Army-people Relations” and “Model District of the Capital City”. In addition, it was honored the “Model Residential Environment in China” by the Ministry of Construction in recognition of its achievements in ecological development.

 

Haidian adheres to the scientific outlook on development in implementing a comprehensive, stable, harmonious and sustainable strategy of development. It has seized the opportunity offered by the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to vigorously improve its infrastructure, to develop high-tech and ecological industries, to speed up the construction of science parks and the New Area in the north and to boost the urbanization drive so as to build, within the upcoming five years, world-class science parks.

 

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