In his annual report to the deputies of the Beijing People's Congress last month, Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun outlined the city's tasks to transform the capital into a center for culture, national politics, international exchange and technological innovation.
1. Strengthen the leading role of the Zhongguancun National Demonstration Zone and encourage businesses to invest in innovation; implement 12 key projects involving technological research and applications.
2. Boost entrepreneurial startups by creating business incubators.
3. Pilot a program at Zhongguancun to provide Internet financing and build equity holdings.
4. Focus on high-end industries, such as new-energy vehicles, robots and 3-D printing.
5. Join the Belt and Road Initiative and promote cooperation in international production capacity, equipment manufacturing and service trades such as telecommunications, financing and culture.
6. Build a national center for cultural industries and protection; promote the city's central axis from the Olympic Green to the Forbidden City as a World Heritage site.
7. Promote the integration of traditional and new media.
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