In recent years, Beijing's Shijingshan District has been thoroughly implementing the action plan to promote the development of Beijing's western area and accelerating the construction of the Western Beijing Demonstration Area for Industrial Transformation and Upgrading. So, what is the progress of the overall revitalization of the "Eight Major Factories in the Western Beijing" (hereinafter referred to as "Eight Factories") with a focus on the New Shougang High-end Industry Comprehensive Service Area (hereinafter referred to as the "New Shougang Area")? On July 5, Li Xin, Deputy Party Secretary of the CPC Shijingshan District Committee and District Mayor of Shijingshan District, announced that Shijingshan is turning the experiences of preservation and utilization of the New Shougang Area's industrial heritage into guidance for future projects, concentrating on the introduction of high-grade, precision and advanced industries, speeding up transformation and upgrading, and promoting the overall revitalization of the "Eight Factories" at a new height.
The "Eight Factories" refer to eight industrial factories including Shougang, Beijing Shougang Special Steel, B&WBC - Beijing Boiler Works, Beijing BEIZHONG Steam Turbine Generator, and Jingneng Thermal Power. Among them, the two major coal-fired power plants, Jingneng and Gaojing, were shut down and gave way to the Northwest Thermal Power Center, Beijing's largest thermal power center built years ago, turning Shijingshan into the third "Coalless District" in Beijing. As Beijing Shougang Special Steel and the manufacturing workshop of Beijing BEIZHONG quit, with B&WBC to stop production within this year, the relocation and adjustment of all the "Eight Factories" will be completed, starting a new stage of transformation and upgrading.
According to Li Xin, Shijingshan is now focusing on the transformation and upgrading of old factories like those of Beijing BEIZHONG, B&WBC and Beijing Shougang Special Steel. BEIZHONG Sci-Tech and Cultural Industrial Park was recently approved as a municipal demonstration project of old factory transformation to support high-grade, precision and advanced industrial development. The park has introduced 24 businesses including Huacheng Boyuan Engineering Technology Group, and plans to build a large AI computing center to achieve the integration with the adjacent Zhongguancun VR Industrial Park. The old factory area of B&WBC will be used to develop industrial clusters of AI, electronic and information technologies, and other industries through organic urban renewal. By accelerating the construction of projects like Everbright Bank's financial technology center, Beijing Shougang Special Steel aims to create a demonstration zone of new industries centered on financial technologies.
Shijingshan District coordinates the reuse of the legacy of the previous Winter Olympics and industrial heritage, making the Big Air Shougang the world's first permanent facility for big air competitions. Through developing new business forms of "sci-tech plus" and "sports plus" at a faster pace, A cluster of the science fiction industry and a national demonstration zone for the sports industry are now being developed in Shougang Park, which now has 264 enterprises settled in it, in an accelerated way. Shangri-La Hotel and a shopping center named Chang'an Mills have been put into operation. The China International Fair for Trade in Services has been held here at a high level for two consecutive years, with nearly 200 projects signed. Since its opening in May 2020, Shougang Park has received over 10 million visitors.
By accelerating the transformation of a "factory and industrial park" into a "community and block", the project of the north zone of Shougang's old industrial area won the reputation of the "Best Practice for Urban Renewal" in Beijing, and the "Shougang Model" of urban renewal was selected as a Case of China's Reform 2022.
(Source: www.cnr.cn)