Polluting district uses recreation to go green
(BOCOG)
Updated: 2006-05-31 09:03 Hou Yulan, governor of the district, said at the summit that Shijingshan
aimed to attract more than 30 billion yuan (US$3.7 billion) investment within
five years to develop digital recreation, information technology (IT), tourism
industry, shopping, exhibitions and office space.
"All the development will totally change the image of Shijingshan, which used
to be a major polluting source of the capital," said Hou.
Already more than 90 IT and recreation companies have established their
offices in Shijingshan to develop animation and digital productions.
Hou said he believed that domestic and foreign investors will soon move to
the district, as Shijingshan is expected to become increasingly environmentally
friendly.
Vice-Mayor Zhang said the industrial restructuring is helpful to promoting
the contribution of cultural and creational products to its economic
development.
"The cultural and creational products will become pillar of Beijing's economy
in the coming years," said Ding Xiangyang, director of Beijing Municipal
Commission of Development and Reform, at the summit.
Ding predicted that the cultural industry in the Chinese capital will produce
66 billion yuan (US$8.25 billion) in added value by 2010, up from 50 billion
yuan (US$6.25 billion) in 2008 and 24.6 billion yuan (US$3 billion) in
2003.
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