Shunyi district overview

Shunyi District is an important gateway for international communication of Beijing and the innovative pilot zone for “Innovative Industry Clusters and High-Quality Development of Manufacturing ”, and it’s also the high-end manufacturing base of the capital. With years of industrial development, Shunyi has been identified as the National Airport Economic Transformation and Upgrading Demonstration Zone, the Beijing Comprehensive Pilot and Demonstration Zone on further Opening Up Service Industry, the National Demo Center for Innovation and Business start-ups, the National Pilot District of Industry-Finance Integration, and the National Pilot District of intellectual property.

Shunyi District is located in the northeastern part of Beijing, 30 kilometers away from Tiananmen Square and 15 kilometers away from sub-center of the capital. It has a population of 1.12 milliion and covers an area of 1,021 square kilometers, of which the plain area makes up 95.7%. As China's largest and the world's second largest airport, Beijing Capital International Airport stands in Shunyi, with the annual passenger traffic of nearly 100 million person-times. Metro Line 15 and two airport light rail lines enhance its connection with the central city. The Beijing-Shenyang high-speed rail line passes by Shunyi and forms a convenient way for the residents along the line to visit the central city. Expressways such as Beijing-Chengde Expressway, Beijing-Pinggu Expressway and Airport Expressway, and highways such as Shuntong Road, Shunping Road, Baima Road, and Changjin Road run through the whole district, forming a road network of “seven east-west lines, seventeen south-north lines, and six expressways.

In the year of 2018, Shunyi District achieved the total GDP of 186.4 billion yuan (ranking the first in the five newly developed districts), the general public budget revenue of 15.93 billion yuan. The construction investment of the district reached 20.19 billion yuan, while the retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 5.2% and per capita disposable personal income grew to 36,575 yuan.

The Airport Economic Zone，formed by the airport and its adjacent area, is listed as one of the six high-end industry function zones in Beijing and an important part of the core area of the Capital International Aviation Center. With more than 400 aviation companies,its economic output accounts for 70% of Shunyi and its fiscal revenue makes up 85% of the district.

As the population of international residents in Shunyi district ranks the third in Beijing, the local immigration service provides the most comprehensive services including 10 unique policies in the Shunyi Foreigners' Entry and Exit Service Hall. Shunyi is carrying out a International Talent Community Pilot Project. The number of schools of international enrollment takes up to 16.7% of the whole in Beijing with 50% of the top international schools in the city. More than 700 foreign enterprises chose to settle in Shunyi, of which about 80 ones are multinational corporations and about 30 ones are among the world's top 500. Shunyi has established sister-city relationships with many cities in the United States, Germany, Italy and other countries.

Shunyi district has 5 Third-level grade-A public hospitals, including Beijing Friendship Hospital Shunyi Branch, 8 colleges,such as Beijing City University and China Central Academy of Fine Arts City Design School, and 3 demonstration high schools, one of which is Niulanshan First Secondary School. Shunyi has gradually formed into a regional commercial center in the northeast of Beijing, thanks to many high-end commercial businesses such as the cross-border e-commerce center in Tianzhu Free Trade Zone,Shine Hills, Sam’s Club of Walmart,etc.

Shunyi district overview

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