As an important window for international exchanges in the capital, Chaoyang District adheres to the guiding principle of "culture, internationalization and large-scale greening", gives full play to the advantages of international talent aggregation, abundant scientific and innovative resources, and the intersection of Chinese and foreign cultures, and strives to build Wangjing International Talent Community into an "experimental sector" and "demonstration zone" for the international development of Chaoyang District.

Following the start of building, a focus has been placed upon attracting international talent.

The talent program has been expanded to include the "Short-Term Projects for Foreign Specialist" and "Strategic Scientist Projects", etc.

Second on the agenda is the fostering of an international innovation and startup ecology.

To this end, new international science and technology innovation resources such as the China Academy of Industrial Internet, Beijing Kunpeng Joint Innovation Center, and the DJI Beijing Research and Development Innovation Center have been introduced and innovation, and entrepreneurial events such as the Future Science Award, the Overseas Scholars Entrepreneurship Competition, and the International Entrepreneurship Gathering have been held.

The third area of focus has centered on improving international living support.

Key initiatives have included promoting the construction of major projects along the lines of international talent apartments, schools, and hospitals and future forums through new construction, integration, reorganization, and expansion.

The fourth initiative has sought to make the surrounding environment more livable for international talents.

This has been done by working on the construction of Wenyu River Park demonstration zone, actively promoting the construction of landscape environments such as Dawangjing Science and Technology Park, Chaolai Forest Park, and renovating the slow traffic system.

The next step calls for Chaoyang District to focus on the  Three Combinations.

These combinations consist of playing the leading role of  talents and the development of functions, the building of a "high-level, high-precision, state-of-the-art technology" economic structure, and innovative brands such as the "Future Forum", by which we hope to speed up the construction of international venture capital clusters and create an innovative landmark with international influence.

They also include a focus on the combination of hardware quality improvement and software enhancement, the promotion of talent services, cultural integration, and environmental creation, and improvement to the level of comprehensive services provided while accelerating the construction of supporting infrastructure such as road traffic and park greening infrastructure.

Finally, they call for a focus on the combination of feature creation and overall advancement while coordinating existing planning projects and surrounding resources, accelerated advancement of special projects such as Lidu Commercial  Street and Wangjing Walk to form an integrated development pattern.

(Source: Beijing Daily.)