Beijing ETOWN

Beijing ETOWN (sometimes rendered as Beijing E-Town) is an economic development initiative of the Beijing municipal government for fostering high tech manufacturing through the administration of industrial parks and investment funds.

Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area

Main article: Beijing Economic and Technological Development Area

The initiative includes the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA), a state-level industrial area located in the Daxing district that was chartered by the Beijing government in 1994. Within the BDA are six industrial parks, the China New Media Industrial Park, Biopharmaceutical Industrial Park, New Energy and Automobiles Industrial Park, Manufacturing-Oriented Services Industrial Park, Military and Civilian Industrial Park, and New Airport Industrial Park.^[1] BDA has significantly grown since establishment with a stated receipt by 2013 of more than $40 billion in investment by 6,000 companies from around 30 countries and regions, and production in 2013 that equaled half of the city's industrial output.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 Chinese European Training on Regional Policy EU-China Regional Policy Dialogue - Final Report 2013 (PDF). European Commission, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy. February 24, 2014. p. 73.
↑ "Beijing Etown: from farmland to futurist business model". China Daily. June 6, 2013.

Notable buildings and structures in Beijing from the modern era

Ten Great Buildings	Beijing Railway Station Cultural Palace of Nationalities Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Great Hall of the People Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution Minzu Hotel National Museum of China Workers Stadium

Olympic Green	Beijing National Stadium Beijing National Aquatics Center Beijing National Indoor Stadium China National Convention Center Digital Beijing Building National Tennis Center Olympic Park Observation Tower

Tiananmen Square	Mausoleum of Mao Zedong Monument to the People's Heroes National Centre for the Performing Arts

Museums	Beijing Planetarium Capital Museum China Aviation Museum China Railway Museum China Science and Technology Museum Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression National Art Museum of China

Transportation	Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing South Railway Station Beijing West Railway Station

CBD	Beijing TV Centre Beijing Yintai Centre CCTV Headquarters CCTV Tower The China World Trade Center Fortune Plaza Jing Guang Centre

Other government buildings	Beijing Etown National Library of China Workers Indoor Arena

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