Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 26 Question: Strive to create a better tomorrow for the development of the capital - Beijing chapter along the footsteps of the general secretary
Xinhua News Agency reporters Luo Guojun, Kong Xiangxin and Wu Wenxu
"Building and managing the capital well is an important part of the modernization of the country's governance system and governance capacity."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has been concerned about the construction and development of the capital. He has inspected Beijing many times and planned a layout for the development of the capital with a new strategic orientation.
Under the guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Beijing's urban development has undergone profound transformation, and the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei has achieved remarkable results, striving to write a new chapter of high-quality development.
"What kind of capital to build and how to build a capital"
Citizens take pictures on Qianmen Street in Beijing (photo taken on April 12, 2020).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Ziyang
In February 2014, the first stop of General Secretary Xi Jinping's visit to Beijing came to the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall on the east side of Qianmen.
Zhao Li, the former executive deputy director of the Beijing Planning Exhibition Center, still remembers the scene at that time: "The general secretary has a detailed understanding of Beijing's geographical environment, planning layout, functional positioning, etc., and inquires very carefully. He is very concerned about the problems in the development of the capital, such as high growth and severe ecological environment."
General Secretary Xi Jinping made a series of important instructions on the major proposition of "what kind of capital to build and how to build a capital":
——In February 2014, at a symposium held in Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed a major national strategy for the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and pointed out that to solve Beijing's development problems, it must be considered in the strategic space of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the Bohai Rim Economic Zone , in order to open up the main artery of development, more powerfully demonstrate Beijing's advantages, and activate Beijing's factor resources more widely.
——In February 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during an inspection tour in Beijing that alleviating Beijing's non-capital functions is the "bull nose" of Beijing's urban planning and construction.
——At the beginning of 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping went to Xiongan New Area, Tianjin, and Beijing in Hebei to learn about the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. Quality promotes the planning and construction of Beijing's urban sub-center"...
Residents of Beijing's Qianmen Pingfang District are shopping for vegetables (photo taken on March 13, 2020).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Ziyang
Under the personal planning, deployment and promotion of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Beijing has entered a new stage of development with great adjustment, great improvement and great coordination.
Taking alleviating non-capital functions as the "bull nose", solving Beijing's "big city disease" problem and promoting the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei have become a clear direction and an important mission for the development of the capital.
Implementing the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Beijing promotes high-quality development and the overall improvement of urban functions by reducing the amount of development: released the country's first new list of prohibited and restricted industries aimed at controlling "big city diseases", and has withdrawn from the general public since 2014. There are about 3,000 manufacturing and polluting enterprises, nearly 1,000 regional wholesale markets and logistics centers have been relieved and upgraded, and the replenishment of convenient service facilities has been accelerated...
The urban spatial layout and economic structure of Beijing have been optimized and improved, the air quality has continued to improve, and the living environment of residents has become more beautiful. At the same time, the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei has been driven to a higher level, the construction of transportation integration has been accelerated, industrial upgrading and transfer, and innovation and cooperation have been solidly promoted... …
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The construction of a sub-city center is an important part of promoting the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and relieving Beijing's non-capital functions." During his visit to Beijing in February 2017, the general secretary came to the Grand Canal Forest Park and looked at the An overview of the construction of Beijing's urban sub-center.
This is the Beijing section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (photo taken on June 18, 2019).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
Today, along the Grand Canal, the construction framework of Beijing's urban sub-center is gradually opened, and the former shanty town has turned into a canal business district.
In November 2021, the State Council issued the "Opinions on Supporting the High-quality Development of Beijing's Sub-centers", which is full of vigor and enthusiasm for entrepreneurship.
In the next step, Beijing will continue to implement the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Planning Outline", strengthen cooperation with Tianjin-Hebei, take relief as the starting point, expand the hinterland as the support, and take the integration as the path to build a modern capital metropolitan area, and then drive the formation of Beijing Tianjin-Hebei world-class urban agglomeration.
"Developing while protecting, protecting while developing"
Citizens walk along Sitiao Hutong, Caochang, Qianmen East District, Beijing (photo taken on April 6, 2019).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the grassroots cadres and the masses in Beijing, and walked along the four alleys of Caochang to inspect the streets and alleys.
He pointed out that one of the distinctive features of old Beijing was the hutongs. We should pay attention to preserving the characteristics of hutongs, so that the city can retain its memory and people can remember nostalgia.
Beijing has a history of more than 3,000 years of city building and more than 860 years of capital history. Its rich historical and cultural heritage is a golden business card.
In the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the protection of the ancient capital for thousands of years and the life of the people in the hutongs are the historical tasks and issues of the times for the development of the capital.
During his inspection tour in Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions on the protection of Beijing's history and culture on many occasions, requiring "to properly handle the relationship between urban reconstruction and development and the protection and utilization of historical and cultural heritage, and to effectively develop and protect in the process of protection." "In our modernization drive, we must preserve this cultural heritage and let the residents of Hutong live a modern life, and we must combine the two."
In February 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Nanluoguxiang and successively walked into No. 29 and No. 30 Yuer Hutong.
"I am very familiar with this hutong. I came here today to see the old neighborhoods and hear everyone's thoughts on the renovation of the old city." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the renovation of the old city must respond to different wishes and requirements, and the workload is heavy, and the relevant departments Do the work in depth.
In accordance with the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Beijing has stepped up the transformation of the old city and innovated the transformation method.
In some old urban areas, residents can choose to “go or stay” voluntarily. Those who move out will live in buildings with modern facilities; those who stay will use the vacated space to improve their living conditions and install modern kitchen and bathroom facilities.
With the advancement of the protection and renovation of the old city, the hutongs in the old city that General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected have changed their appearance.
The reporter saw in the No. 30 courtyard of Yuer Hutong that the illegal construction for many years has been demolished, the ground has been opened up with green space, and the courtyard has restored the primitive appearance of blue bricks and gray tiles, red doors and green lattice windows.
Citizens take a break in Xizhuochang Street, Qianmen East District, Beijing (photo taken on April 6, 2019).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
In 2017, Beijing launched a three-year campaign to improve the environment of the back streets and alleys in the core area of the capital, and more than 3,000 back streets and alleys were given a new look. The protection of the old city of Beijing provides legal protection; in the same year, the "Beijing's 14th Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Development of Historic and Cultural Cities Protection and Development Plan" was approved, which clarified key tasks such as strengthening the protection and restoration of historical water systems...
"Today, the scene of 'Shui Chuan Street' is reappearing, and the historical and cultural districts are rehabilitated. The protection of the old city of Beijing is one step at a time." Chen Mingjie, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage, said that in the future, the work of applying for the protection of Beijing's central axis will be an opportunity , injecting new impetus into the prosperity and development of Beijing's urban historical and cultural heritage.
"Manage and make good use of the legacy of the Beijing Winter Olympics"
Zhang Bowei (left), the builder of the "Ice Ribbon" of the National Speed Skating Stadium, and his family took a group photo outside the "Ice Ribbon" of the National Speed Skating Stadium (photo taken on April 10, 2022).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
With the successful hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, Beijing has become the "city of double Olympics".
General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward a clear requirement to make good use of the Winter Olympics heritage to promote high-quality development: "We must actively plan, continue to struggle, manage and make good use of the Beijing Winter Olympics heritage."
The post-competition utilization of Olympic venues is a worldwide problem and one of the issues that General Secretary Xi Jinping is very concerned about.
From the bid to the preparation, to the successful holding, the general secretary repeated five inspections in five years: "Hosting the Winter Olympics is not a one-shot deal", "The competition needs to be combined with the use after the competition, and no extravagance and luxury, and no duplication of construction. "…
Along the central axis of Beijing all the way to the north, there is the "Ice Ribbon" of the National Speed Skating Stadium.
On January 4 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here and pointed out that "whether it is a new venue or a venue renovation, we must focus on comprehensive utilization and low-carbon use, gathering sports events, mass fitness, cultural leisure, exhibitions, social welfare, etc. function".
Wu Xiaonan, director of the running team of the National Speed Skating Stadium, said: "The important instructions of the general secretary have pointed out the direction for the long-term sustainable development of the 'Ice Ribbon'. A business card."
Today, the Winter Olympic venues have opened a wonderful prelude to the "post-Olympic era".
Beijing Yanqing Olympic Park was officially opened to the public, the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform became a "Internet celebrity check-in place", and "Ice Cube" reproduced the Winter Olympics scene in its original flavor... "The City of Double Olympics" Beijing provides "China's" for the post-competition use of Olympic venues. Program".
In accordance with the requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Beijing has driven all aspects of construction through the preparation of the Winter Olympics, and strived to deliver two excellent answers to the preparations for the Winter Olympics and local development.
Focusing on the development of the Winter Olympics and key industries, Beijing Yanqing is building an international ski resort, building ice and snow fields around the masses, promoting the deep integration of ice and snow and tourism and other industries, and many people have achieved a higher level of employment at their doorstep; Beijing Shougang The park carries out national fitness, sports events, commercial and cultural activities, and creates a new landmark of the city; the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway connects the Beijing-Zhangjiakou "one-hour economic circle", and the Beijing-Zhangjiakou sports and cultural tourism belt is accelerated to build a new highland for high-quality development of cultural tourism... …
Beijing cadres and masses are transforming the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping into vivid practice of Beijing and China with the fighting spirit and spirit of perseverance and perseverance, and strive to create a better future for the development of the capital.