Shunyi Green Ecology Industrial Function Zone [Photo via bjshy.gov.cn]

Sitting in northeastern Beijing, 30 kilometers away from the downtown, Shunyi District is adjacent to the subsidiary administrative center of Beijing. It is the site of the Capital International Airport. The district has a total area of 1,021 square kilometers, of which the plain area accounts for 95.7 percent. The district has a permanent resident population of 1.327 million, and has 19 organizational towns and six sub-district offices under its jurisdiction. The district is of a temperate continental semi-humid monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 11.5℃, annual sunshine hours 2,746, annual relative humidity 58 percent, the frost-free period 195 days or so, and the annual rainfall 610 millimetres.

According to the revised master plan for Beijing, the Shunyi District is one of the "multiple points" in the city's layout of "one core area, one main area, one sub-center, two axes, multiple points, and one area". It is also home to the "National Gate", a key new town on the plains, and a vital area for accommodating suitable functional industries from the central urban district. It is a core area of international aviation center with the city and air harbor, a leading area for regional economic promotion and development driven by innovation, and a harmonious and livable demonstration area of the capital with urban and rural development.