Beijing's major infrastructure development plan during the 14th Five-Year Plan period

2. Development situation

The 14th Five-Year Plan period is the first five years after China completed the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieved the first centenary goal. It is also the first five years in which China embarked on a new journey to fully build a modern socialist country and march toward the second centenary goal. It is also a crucial period for Beijing to fulfill its strategic positioning as a capital city and build itself into a world-class harmonious and livable city. The new situation and new mission put forward higher requirements for infrastructure development.

Building a new pattern of development requires infrastructure to provide a more solid guarantee. The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. China's development environment is becoming increasingly complex, instability and uncertainty are on the rise, and the capital is more closely linked to the destiny of the country. In building a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the international and domestic cycles reinforcing each other, the state has entrusted Beijing with greater responsibilities and put forward higher requirements for cultivating the city's competitive advantages and enhancing the city's attractiveness. Infrastructure development should actively serve and integrate into the new development pattern, enhance the awareness of risks and opportunities, strengthen overall planning and strategic deployment, and support and guarantee the high-quality economic and social development of the capital.

The implementation of the strategic positioning of the capital requires that infrastructure play a stronger guiding and supporting role. The coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has brought broad prospects, and the in-depth implementation of the Beijing Urban Master Plan (2016-2035) has put forward higher requirements for optimizing the functions of the capital and improving the quality of the city. At present, the problem of regional coordinated development and urban spatial imbalance is still prominent in the city. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, infrastructure development needs to break through administrative divisions to optimize resource allocation from a broader perspective, further implement the overall urban planning of Beijing, promote the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, construct the sub-center of Beijing City with high standards, and highlight key points while strengthening the overall guarantee. We will give full play to the guiding role of infrastructure.

People's yearning for a better life has created new demands for infrastructure. With the continuous development of the economy and society, the mode of urban development has undergone profound transformation, and the expectations of the general public for a better life have become more multi-level and diversified. The development of infrastructure in the period of the 14th Five-Year Plan should be guided by major issues that restrict the sustainable development of the capital and hot and difficult issues of public concern, ensure and improve people's livelihood in the course of development, respond to the needs of the people, closely focus on harmonious and livable conditions, increase differentiated and high-end supply, improve the quality of infrastructure, and promote all-round urban development and social progress.

The new round of scientific and technological revolution provides new driving forces for infrastructure development. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the application of new technologies, such as 5G and artificial intelligence, has accelerated, and a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation has deepened. In the face of new scientific and technological development, it is necessary to speed up the construction of new infrastructure driven by technological innovation, promote the in-depth application of technologies such as the Internet, big data and artificial intelligence, and support the transformation and upgrading of traditional infrastructure. We will promote integrated development of infrastructure and make it more information-based and intelligent.