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Beijing International: An Ancient Capital's Renaissance in the Age of Globalization


Author(s):
Lowell BENNETT
Publisher:
Foreign Languages Press
Publication:
12/2013
Languages:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9787119084824
Pages:
163
Sizes:
235 x 173mm
Weight:
0.5320
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Beijing Municipality invested 75.8 billion yuan in technical research and development; 302 million yuan of value was added to the IT industry, science and high technology. Collectively, those delivered 9 percent of the capital’s GDP. Beijing’s 72 tech sector projects took the nation’s top awards for natural sciences and technological advancement, thus dominating in the fields in China. And in the search for innovative and advancing fields of technology Beijing is not stopping at the border. Foreign-driven high-tech players are being drawn to the city with highly preferential programs. - Lowell Bennett, More Recently Contents: Considering the Recent History of Foreigners in China The Opium Wars and Other Instances of World-class Meddling Enter Beijing The Foreigners Return - For Festivities and Fiscal Fun City Sectors Major Districts of Profit,History and Entertainment Profiled Civic Structure Edifice Institutions of Culture and Public Service Tech Zone Powering Up:The Zhongguancun Science & Technology Zone Cultivating the Business of Technology Beijing's Leading Position in China's Tech Field and International Outlook Green Gain Environmental Efforts,Clean Industry and a Greener Beijing Of Brutality,Beauty and Building: The Mark ofZhu Di Mongols Beat Back,an Aggressor Emperor Destroyed,He Built the City Author Addendum - Being in Beijing: A Visitor Primer Achieving Enlightenment and Entertainment in the Age-old Metropolis