Rules for the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area were approved by the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
Â
The main task will be to transfer administrative functions from Beijing to neighbouring areas and improve living conditions in the densely populated areas.
Â
China will readjust the economic structure in the area to create new growth sectors and control Beijing's population.
Â
Priority will be given to traffic management, environmental protection energy security and industrial upgrades. Public services will be improved and the area will be made into a more comfortable environment for foreign enterprises to do business in. Innovation will be encouraged.
Â
The top leadership asked that institutional barriers to the strategy be removed and pilot programs launched as soon as possible.Â