Chinanews.com, Beijing, September 23 (Reporter Du Yan) Beijing strives to pass five years or so, in terms of key indicators such as international popularity, consumer prosperity, business activity, convenience of arrival, consumer comfort, and policy leadership. The level has been significantly improved, and it is the first to build an international consumer center city with global influence, competitiveness and reputation.

Among the 111 key projects, 6 projects including the first phase of the Universal Theme Park have been implemented.

  This was introduced by Cai Xiaojun, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, at a press conference held today.

  Cai Xiaojun said that Beijing’s 14th Five-Year Plan clearly wanted to “cultivate and build an international consumption center city and build a group of regional consumption centers”.

On July 19 this year, the State Council approved Beijing and other five cities to take the lead in developing the cultivation and construction of international consumption centers.

  At present, Beijing has formulated and issued the "Beijing Cultivation and Construction of an International Consumption Center City Implementation Plan" (referred to as the "Implementation Plan") in accordance with the overall requirements of the Ministry of Commerce. Special actions", steadily promoted the high-quality implementation of 173 key tasks and 111 key projects.

  Cai Xiaojun said that according to the "Implementation Plan", Beijing will adhere to the combination of market leadership and government guidance, adhere to the coordinated development of domestic consumption and international consumption, adhere to the coordinated promotion of traditional consumption and new consumption, and insist on both consumption supply and consumer demand. Improve quality and scale development simultaneously, and strive to achieve a significant improvement in key indicators such as international popularity, consumer prosperity, commercial activity, convenience, consumer comfort, policy leadership and other key indicators in about 5 years, and take the lead in building a global An international consumer center city with influence, competitiveness and reputation.

  ——In terms of international popularity, the ranking of global cities' competitiveness has been significantly improved, creating 2-3 world-class business districts with a scale of 100 billion yuan, and the number of inbound tourists has increased by more than 5% annually.

  ——In terms of consumption prosperity, the driving force, radiation, guidance, and innovation of global consumption have increased significantly, and the final consumption rate has exceeded 60%.

  ——In terms of business activity, the control of the global consumer chain has been significantly improved, and the number of departure tax rebate shops has reached about 800.

Each district has at least one modern comprehensive business district and one commercial pedestrian street, and each plain new city has at least one five-star hotel.

  ——In terms of accessibility, an efficient and smooth three-dimensional transportation network internationally and domestically has basically been formed, and the accessibility and integration of urban transportation hubs and commercial entities have been significantly improved.

  ——In terms of consumer comfort, the soft environment for “consumption with confidence” continued to be optimized, and the “model city” for consumption supporting services and the “city of the best” for service quality were basically completed.

  ——In terms of policy guidance, the institutional mechanisms and policy systems that promote consumption upgrades have been continuously improved, and the linkage with the "two districts" policies has become closer, and the opening of the consumer market has been significantly improved.

  Cai Xiaojun pointed out that in about 5 years, Beijing will become a shopping city that highlights fashion, a gourmet city with global flavors, a global tourism destination where traditional culture and modern civilization complement each other, and a digital consumption that leads an innovative ecology and a new type of consumption benchmark. Cities have formed a series of "city name cards" with global competitiveness in sports, education, medical care, conventions and exhibitions.

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