The groundbreaking Future Science City International Talent Community pilot area was established in accordance with the "Science + City" concept and is focused on being open and active, improving institutional mechanisms, seeking for key breakthroughs, and making positive changes. 

During the construction, Changping District has focused on the following key areas. 

First, it has attempted to streamline and improve development planning and construction guidelines for the international talent community, with 32 international exchange activities successfully held including the Global Energy Transition Forum and the Biomedical Summit.  

Second, it has looked to International Talent Building when creating an innovative exchange block, seeking to attract leading domestic and foreign teams with their projects, and shaping the open neighborhood of the future center. 

Third, it has sought to optimize public service facilities, start the construction of an international research hospital, complete and commission four new school facilities (including the Second High School Attached to Beijing Normal University in the Future City), and accurately allocate the first 800 sets of shared ownership houses. 

Finally, in an attempt to fulfil the role of Huitian (Huilongguan and Tiantongyuan) Area talent pool, it has integrated the surrounding 1.3 million square meters and put them to work for the transformation of public services and industrial spaces while actively promoting service sharing and industry-city integration on a large scale and having coordinated development among different areas.  

The next phase will see Changping District make use of the Pilot Free Trade Zone to accelerate the development of an open, shared, innovative, integrated and vibrant international talent community.  

To do this, it will first seek to focus on the "Two Valleys and One Park" to create an innovative Foreign Startup Enterprise Accelerator + Iconic Key Project + Thematic Exchange Neighborhood + Talent Service Platform neighborhood to create a talent development environment similar to those that can be found around the globe. 

Second, it will promote the construction of Metro Line 17, Future Science City Hospital, Beijing National Day School International Department, accelerate the construction of two urban complexes in the east, the Zhongguancun Life Science Park business complex, and the fourth phase of shared area of Higher Education Park to create a more attractive and livable space for international talent. 

Finally, it will strive to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship ecology of "Leading Enterprises + Small and Medium-sized Innovative Enterprises + Public Service Platforms + Universities", accelerate the construction of 20 collaborative innovation platforms such as Power Distribution Internet of Things Laboratory, extensive molecule biopharmaceutical pilotscale experiment facilities and five new R&D centers for school-city integration, promote the integration of innovation chain, industry chain and value chain, and establish a new engine serving the high-quality development of the capital. 

(Source: Beijing Daily)