Beijing CBD striving for development

From: China Daily | Date: September 17, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Beijing's Central Business District (CBD) is to draw on the experiences of foreign counterparts to attract multinationals to move their headquarters into the area.

Beijing is to sign a contract in exchange with "La Defense" of Paris, the French capital city's CBD, during the ongoing fifth Beijing Chaoyang International Business Festival.

Zhang Mao, Beijing's vice-mayor, said on Tuesday at the Forum on CBD Multinationals Headquarters & Regional Development that the Beijing CBD had also signed a Letter of Intent of Friendly Exchange with Manhattan borough in New York City, the world's leading ...

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