Megalopolis: the transformation process of Jing-Jin-JI

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study is to determine and describe the transformation acting in the chinese region named Jing-Jin-Ji (Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei). Formulated on the basis of the Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) foR the 13th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China (2016- 2020), the 13th Five-Year Plan describes in chapter 38 the efforts should me made fot the coordinate development of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei province throught optimize the spatial arrangements of cities and industrial structure, take out non- capital functions of Beijing, promote transportation integration, expand environment accomodation and ecological space, and explore new models for the optimized development of highly populated areas. The first part of this study deal with a general description of the Hebei region, exploring its history, geography, administrative units and major cities. The second part is relate to Hebei's economic analysis and is most concentrate on foreign investment incentives, development zones and the composiztion of GDP. The third part illustrates the section of the 13th Five-Year Plain for Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China (2016-2020) for the Jing-Jin-Ji area and the actual transformation of this.