Polluting district uses recreation to go green
(BOCOG)
Updated: 2006-05-31 09:03
Beijing's Shijingshan District, once considered a major polluting area in the
city, yesterday officially announced it is building itself into a capital
recreation district (CRD).
The district, 30 kilometres west of Beijing's central business district
(CBD), took hold of this "green development opportunity" when it was announced
Shougang Group would be relocated out of the area, said Bejing Vice-Mayor Zhang
Mao at yesterday's summit on the recreation economy and creation industry in the
capital.
The central government has decided to move Beijing's largest enterprise
Shougang, also known as Capital Iron and Steel Group, from Shijingshan to
Caofeidian Port in Hebei Province by 2010.
The district has already started projects at the 8-square-kilometre site
previously occupied by Shougang, such as an international sports and restaurant
square, an indoor water recreation centre, a large shopping mall, a villa and
residential park, an international statue park and an exhibition and event zone.
"The industrial shift not only fits orientation of the Chinese capital but
also can offer more job opportunities for those workers laid off by the
relocation of the company," said Wang Qinghai, general manager of Shougang at
yesterday's summit.
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