
Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center
Huairou sits in the northeast of Beijing, joins Miyun on the east, connects with Shunyi on the south, neighbors Changping and Yanqing on the west, and borders Fengning, Luanping and Chicheng of Hebei Province on the north. The district covers a total area of 2,122.8 square kilometers, of which 89 percent are mountainous areas. Huairou incorporates 14 townships, 2 subdistrict offices, 284 administrative villages and 35 communities.By the end of 2023, the population of permanent residents reached 440,000.Huairou enjoys convenient traffic and is inside "Beijing's 30–minute economic sphere" as it is only 50 kilometers away from city center, 32 kilometers from Beijing Capital International Airport and 170 kilometers from Tianjin Port.
In 2019, the district's GDP reached CNY 32.8 billion, recording an increase of 6 percent year-on-year and the revenues in general public budget totaled CNY 4.3 billion, showing a year-on-year increase of 6.5 percent. Retail sales of consumer goods stood at CNY13.38 billion, achieving 6 percent annual growth. The district-wide per capita disposable income was CNY 39,900, with an increase of 8.5 percent year on year.
Huairou functions as an eco-conservation area for Beijing. Huairou boasts nice eco-environment and is long known as the "Pearl of Suburban Beijing" and "Backyard Garden of Beijing". Here in Huairou, over 98 percent of area belongs to Beijing's level-one and level-two preservation area of drinking water source, making its surface water the best in quality in the city. Huairou's air quality is relatively sound. The PM 2.5 average concentration index was 35 ug/m3 and average annual dust fall quantity was 5.6 t/km2 in 2019, ranking top in this regard. Moreover, Huairou has made full-scale efforts to build a national forest city with Huairou Urban Forest Park project. The district's woody plant coverage and forest coverage are 80.5 percent and 58.5 percent respectively and over the years, Huairou garnered over 30 honorary titles including National Afforestation Model City and National Ecology Model District. It's also a must-be place of leisure travel for Beijingers. The district includes 19 A-level national scenic spots and 294 Bed &Breakfast (B&B) boutiques. Moreover, Huairou is a founding member of "National All-for-One Tourism Demonstration Area" and among the first ones of "Demonstration Area for B&B Industry Development in China". In 2019, the A-level and other major tourist sites in the district generated accumulated operating revenue of CNY 430 million and received 6.309 million tourists, of which the number of inbound tourists reached 1.302 million, recording an increase of 11.7 percent year-on-year. It is fair to say that Huairou's sound eco-environment has become the strongest competitiveness for the district's development.
With years of hard work, Huairou forged a "1+3" new integrated development pattern with Huairou Science Town at the helm and established closer connections to complement Beijing's "Four Centers" urban strategic positioning. Therefore, Huairou's role in the capital's development landscape becomes ever more prominent and thus there come significant strategic opportunities for the district.
Huairou is a science town rapidly taking shape. Back in May, 2017, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) officially approved the "Plan for the Construction of a National Comprehensive Science Center in Huairou of Beijing". Thus the district was listed by the State Council as one of the three science towns amid Beijing's effort to build a national science &technology innovation center and altogether an area covering 100.9 square kilometers was being planned. Original innovation will be a great feature and salient hallmark of Huairou Science Town as it strives to become a world-class original innovation incubator. At present, major scientific development fields of the science town have been confirmed, such as material science, space science, life science, intelligent science, terrestrial and atmospherical sciences. In 2019, a full-blown installation effort of science-related facilities within the science town was getting started. For instance, there were five major pieces of science equipment under construction including comprehensive extreme condition laboratory equipment. Meanwhile, the first five cross-over research platforms have entered equipment installation and commissioning stage, and they are material genome, clean energy material testing, diagnosis and R&D. Moreover, the construction of basic 11 science education facilities and the second group of five cross-over research platforms have been launched. Huairou is committed to building an all-round innovation-based eco-system and as Huairou kicked off its innovation town project, a succession of research institutes entered the district, namely, Beijing Haichuang Industry Technology Research Institute, Huairou Industry Research Institute of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Weiqiao Industry Research Institute. Moreover, in Huairou, there is a growing momentum for international academic exchanges and cooperation as evidenced by the inclusion of International Collaboration Alliance of National Science Center and Alliance of International Science Organization in the Belt and Road Region. Huairou will seize opportunities provided by "100•365" science action plan and solidly kick-start urban framework for Huairou Science Town. Meanwhile, the construction work for Beijing Huairou General National Science Center has seen preliminary progress. These endeavors showcase Huairou's determination of becoming a new pillar for the construction of National Science &Technology Center and innovation-driven country. Huairou is committed to speeding up the building of urban pattern, major science facilities, urban function complementary facilities and science innovation eco-system for the Science Town, in a bid to contribute to its growing international exposure and influence of the Huairou Science Town.
Huairou is on its way to becoming a new area for the capital's international exchanges. Centering on building the capital's international exchange center, Huairou has constructed a number of world-class high-end conference venues, such as Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention Center &Exhibition Center and Sunrise East Kempinski Hotel. Over the years, Huairou government has pulled off a number of high-end conferences such as APEC, the first and second BRF (Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation), making its Yanqi Lake conference venue a famous name at home and abroad and prompting Huairou to become the main theatre for China's foreign exchanges. This in turn establishes a solid foundation for Huairou to attract high-end conference and exhibition industry resources and thus boost the sector's development. Over the recent years, Huairou has undertaken an array of high-end convention and exhibition events such as Global New Economy Forum, Understanding China, G20 Ministerial Conference, Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation, the 7th Internet Security Conference and Baidu Create 2019. Moreover, China Meetings Industry Convention (CMIC) has chosen Huairou as its permanent host. In 2019, altogether 2,680 conventions and exhibitions of all sorts had been organized, receiving up to 420,000 participants. In the future, Huairou will continue to push steady capacity enhancement for its Yanqi International conference venue, promote eco-governance of its mountains around the Yanqi Lake and landscape renovation, foster an elegant environment for international exchanges, improve convention and exhibition function portfolio, thus making Huairou a gathering spot for diplomatic summits and high-end conferences, a destination for top-notch academic, business and fashion trend release and a new highland for convention and exhibition industry development.
Huairou is a national demonstration area for film and television industry. Back in May, 2014, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television officially agreed to establish Huairou Film&Television Industry Park (HRFT), the first of its kind at national level. Presently, the industry park has pooled together a number of film&television giants like China Film Group Corporation, Stellar MegaMedia, and over 600 related companies including Bona Film Group, Huayi Brothers Media Group, Hairun Film Group, Jinyingma Media Co., LTD and Galloping Horse Group. All these resources make Huairou the most competent district in Asia for "Mega Post-Production" system and as a result, nearly half of recent blockbuster movies with over a hundred million yuan at the box office were produced in Huairou. Huairou has also successfully held many film and television cultural brand events like Huabiao Film Awards and it is the permanent host for Beijing International Film Festival, making Huairou's name as a capital of film more well-known and more influential. With the first phase of Huairou Campus of Beijing Film Academy being completed, "Alibbaba Culture and Entertainment Industry Base" officially becomes a member here and Guanghua Vision Park comes into operation. A strong impetus has been injected into the development of film and television industry park this year, speeding up converging process of film, television and related industries in the district. Huairou will stay focused to vigorously gather essential film &television resources, effectively strengthen development vitality for the film capital, coordinate elements for functional layout and accelerate progress to build an exemplary area for the industry. Down the road, Huairou, undisputedly will become China's film &television industry pioneer with international competency and strong comprehensive competitiveness.
Huairou is a high-quality living-friendly and business-friendly demonstration area featuring mutual building and sharing. Huairou is committed to boosting its business environment at full scale, carrying out earnestly the version 2.0 of "9+N" policy for municipal business environment improvement, adhering to practices of company inspection routines by district leaders, and improving service mechanism of "service packag" and "kind&honest steward" for major enterprises. Moreover, Huairou is the first district to carry out e"One Window" reform of government affairs service system at district level, township level and village level and this Huairou experience of "getting administrative matters done without setting foot aside" and "one-stop corporate services" has been crystallized to facilitate convenient process for corporate and residential affairs. Furthermore, Huairou stays committed to upgrading its industry in a vigorous way. The district has mapped out a five-year action plan for Huaiou's industry development and a three-year action plan for quality and efficiency improvement for Huairou-based companies, strengthened top-level design of its sophisticated industry development and strategic layout research of its industry pattern, in a bid to forge a new engine for economic growth. Huairou continues to invest heavily to address livelihood issues, accelerate its endeavors to refine infrastructure and supportive facilities for public services, and perfect its social security system to keep enhancing a sense of benefit for its residents.
Huairou enjoys a complete package of policies. Over the recent years, Huairou government has rolled out Special Fund Supportive Policies for the Transformation Development of Huairou's Regional Economy, which included special development fund for emerging industries, special supportive fund for corporate quality enhancement and efficiency improvement, special development fund for micro, small and medium-siezd enterprises and special fund for capital function adjustment and relocation. All of these policies pave the way for better development of companies in Huairou. Moreover, the district put forward Fiscal Policies for Facilitating the Development of Regional Economy in Huairou, which separates operation scenarios with and without land, thus providing fiscal motivation for Huairou-based companies. Moreover, Huairou launched special policies for film &television industry development to encourage industry clustering in the HRFT, which provides strong investment and development support for companies in Huairou in ten aspects including corporate reward, rental subsidy, investment subsidy, incubation growth support and rewards for business attraction. Huairou government continues to explore a number of policies for the development of the district's sophisticated industry and industry development catalogue of Huairou Science Town. The district keeps expanding policy coverage, boosts the reference value and effectiveness of its policies and gradually generates a complete set of industry policy supportive system.