On September 4, 2025, the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (BMC) celebrated the fifth anniversary of its participation in the "Two Zones" initiative (Notes: The term "Two Zones" refers to the Integrated National Demonstration Zone for Opening up the Services Sector and the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone).

With institutional innovation at its core, BMC's tasks for the "Two Zones" development focus on key areas such as green finance, wealth management, and ESG. It fully takes advantage of the pioneering nature of the 10.87-square-kilometer Pilot Free Trade Zone which encompasses the Canal Business District and Zhangjiawan Design Town, continuously advancing exploratory efforts in opening up and innovation.

Over the past five years, BMC has introduced a number of representative foreign-funded projects. These include Ueda Yagi Money Broking (China) Co., Ltd., the first wholly foreign-owned money brokerage company in China; IDC Consulting (Beijing) Ltd., a subsidiary of the world's largest IT information consulting firm IDC; the Chinese headquarters of DEWEsoft, a world-renowned data acquisition system manufacturer from Slovenia; EARNEST Partners Private Capital Fund Management (Beijing) LLC, BMC's first wholly foreign-owned private fund manager; and the Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO). In addition, Bohai Leasing, the world's second-largest aircraft lessor, has maintained annual capital injections of utilized foreign investment for two consecutive years, with the cumulative funding projected to reach 200 million US dollars, making an outstanding contribution to foreign investment utilization in Beijing's leasing and business service sectors.

From 2021 to 2024, the Tongzhou Cluster of the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone achieved an annual average growth rate of 10.4 percent in the number of newly established foreign-funded enterprises, and 27 percent in actually utilized foreign investment. Despite occupying only 1.12 percent of the total area of Tongzhou District, the Tongzhou Cluster is now home to 24 percent of the district's newly established foreign enterprises and has used 32.5 percent of the district's actually utilized foreign investment, rapidly emerging as a powerful magnet for foreign investment.

(Source: Beijing Tongzhou Fabu)