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The Beijing central business district, or Beijing CBD (), is a central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
and the primary area for finance
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...
, media
Media may refer to:
Communication
* Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data
** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass e ...
, and business services in Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...
, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
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Beijing CBD occupies 3.99 km2 of the Chaoyang District on the east side of the city. Geographically situated to the east of the city center, sandwiched between the 3rd Ring Road and the 4th Ring Road
The 4th Ring Road () is a controlled-access expressway ring road in Beijing, China which runs around the city, with a radius of approximately from city centre. The total length of the road is . There are 147 bridges and viaducts that run the l ...
, the Beijing CBD is currently undergoing large-scale development.
Economic history and importance
As Beijing is becoming one of the most importantinternational financial center
A financial centre (British English, BE), financial center (American English, AE), or financial hub, is a location with a concentration of Global financial system#Participants, participants in banking, asset management, insurance or financial ...
s in China, Beijing CBD was recently positioned as the secondary core area in Beijing's International Financial Center Development strategic plan published in May, 2008. Beijing CBD is also emerging as China's media center as Beijing Television Station (BTV) just moved in its new headquarters (Beijing TV Centre
The Beijing TV Center () is a 41-floor, -tall skyscraper completed in 2006 located in Beijing, China. It was designed by Japanese company Nikken Sekkei. It looks similar to the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt.
The building is home to the Beijin ...
) in this area and the new CCTV Headquarters
The CCTV Headquarters serves as the headquarters for China Central Television (CCTV) formerly located at the old China Central Television Building some to the west. Feted by architecture critics as perhaps "the greatest work of architectu ...
was officially opened on the night of 15 June 2008.
In the eight years since the government decided to speed up construction of the district, the Beijing CBD has attracted 117 Fortune 500 businesses in the financial, media, information technology, consulting and service industries. More than 60 percent of overseas-funded companies in Beijing are in the CBD. A majority of foreign embassies in Beijing - the No 1, No 2 and No 3 embassy
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...
districts are now concentrated in the Beijing CBD and its neighboring areas.
The Beijing CBD Administrative Committee, established in 2001, is in charge of planning and management and aims to facilitate investments and improve the work environment for professionals. The committee provides information to investors on laws, taxes and state policies as well as a one-stop service, which has simplified approval procedures and raised efficiency.
The establishment of the Beijing CBD Chamber of Finance, the Beijing CBD Chamber of Media Industry and Beijing CBD Association of Property Management & Real Estate Development has facilitated communication and cooperation between the government and enterprises. The Beijing CBD International Business Festival and Beijing CBD International Forum have put the Beijing CBD on the map worldwide.
Skyscrapers in the Beijing CBD
* China Zun * China World Trade Center Tower III *Beijing Yintai Centre
Beijing Yintai Centre () is located in the core of the Beijing central business district. It is a three-towered structure with the central tower rising 250 m high and the two flanking towers about 186 m. The central tower consists o ...
* Beijing TV Centre
The Beijing TV Center () is a 41-floor, -tall skyscraper completed in 2006 located in Beijing, China. It was designed by Japanese company Nikken Sekkei. It looks similar to the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt.
The building is home to the Beijin ...
* Fortune Plaza
* CCTV Headquarters
The CCTV Headquarters serves as the headquarters for China Central Television (CCTV) formerly located at the old China Central Television Building some to the west. Feted by architecture critics as perhaps "the greatest work of architectu ...
* Jing Guang Centre
The Jing Guang Centre (, an abbreviation for "Beijing-Guangzhou Centre") is a skyscraper in Beijing CBD which was top of the List of tallest buildings in Beijing from 1989 to 2006.
The Jing Guang Centre was also the tallest building in mainla ...
* China World Trade Center
The China World Trade Center () is located in Chaoyang District, the central business district of Beijing.
The construction of the complex started in 1985 and was completed in 2010 after the completion of the China World Trade Center Tower 3. ...
* SK Tower Beijing SK may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
* SK Foods, an American agribusiness company
* SK Hand Tools, an American tool manufacturer
* Sangguniang Kabataan, Philippines youth councils
* SK Group, South Korean conglomerate
* Scandinavian Air ...
* China World Trade Center Tower III Phase B
The China World Trade Center () is located in Chaoyang District, the central business district of Beijing.
The construction of the complex started in 1985 and was completed in 2010 after the completion of the China World Trade Center Tower 3. ...
Education
*Beijing Ritan High School
Beijing Ritan High School () is a senior high school in the Beijing CBD area of Chaoyang District, Beijing, adjacent to the embassy district and Silk Street
Silk Street (, Xiushui Street, literally meaning "beautiful water Street"), aka Silk ...
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Beijing Ritan High School
Beijing Ritan High School () is a senior high school in the Beijing CBD area of Chaoyang District, Beijing, adjacent to the embassy district and Silk Street
Silk Street (, Xiushui Street, literally meaning "beautiful water Street"), aka Silk ...
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See also
*Beijing Financial Street
Beijing Financial Street (BFS) () is where Chinese regulatory agencies are located. It is located inside Beijing's innermost 2nd Ring Road. According to the 13th 5 years plan, Beijing Financial Street will be positioned more towards a regulat ...
* List of economic and technological development zones in Beijing
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A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...