Innovative Governance 11. Jingban, Jingtong and Jingzhi mobile terminals  Jingban is an inter-agency office platform that serves as a unified work portal for government staff at the municipal, district, sub-district and community levels. Jingtong is the city's unified public service platform that coordinates online and offline services, and provides direct government and public services to individuals and businesses. Jingzhi is a comprehensive service platform that combines and manages different categories of apps for decision-making, designed to facilitate informed decision-making of authorities at all levels. It also pools data across the city to bolster the development of such apps and improve the efficacy of government decision-making. 12. Digital infrastructure for a smart city This digital infrastructure consists of seven components, namely, the city QR code, spatial layout maps, basic toolkit, computing resources, sensing systems,…

People's Livelihood 20. Two important "minor" details These are waste sorting and property management, which have in recent years become the focus of government efforts to improve the life of the people through meticulous municipal management. 21. "One issue per month" This is a mechanism for dealing with public complaints. In 2021, Beijing began to select thorny chronic issues that call for municipal-level policies and coordination from among public complaints made via the "12345" hotline in the previous year. Each month, one such issue with two to three specific problems is addressed through action initiatives, deployment planning and focused supervision. For each issue, a lead department works under a municipal leader responsible for coordinating cross-departmental efforts, in order to solve the issue to the public's satisfaction. 22. Time banking Time banking is a mode of voluntary service for the benefit of senior citizens. Beijing will…

The Beijing municipal government has introduced 17 measures to promote the high-quality development of the human resources service industry in the Chinese capital. The measures aim to promote the transformation and modernization of the human resources service industry, and facilitate the listing of human resources service enterprises on the Beijing Stock Exchange. Eligible enterprises can receive a subsidy of no more than RMB 3 million (about USD 445,500) as listing funds, according to the municipal bureau of human resources and social security. The city also plans to build 5 to 10 state and municipal-level human resources service industrial parks by 2025. By the end of 2021, there were 2,567 human resources service institutions operating in Beijing, with total revenue of RMB 346.9 billion. （Source: Xinhua）

Since the construction of the Integrated National Demonstration Zone for Increased Opening in the Service Sector and the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone (“Two Zones”) was launched over a year ago, Beijing has introduced more than a hundred pioneering and ground-breaking policies. More than 110 landmark projects and functional platforms have landed in the city, with 10 best practice examples for all parts of the country to learn from. Beijing central business district (Beijing CBD) grasped the opportunity and established the B&R·RCEP Innovation Service Center at Beijing Investment Promotion Service Center, to provide enterprises with one-stop services and favorable policies. Since the commencement of the “Two Zones” construction, the economic development quality and benefit of Beijing CBD have kept improving. In 2021, Beijing newly certificated 15 transnational corporations’ regional headquarters, among which eight have settled in the CBD. (Source:…

In 2021, nearly 38,300 enterprises were newly established in Chaoyang District, accounting for 16.1% of Beijing’s newly founded enterprises, ranking first in the whole city; a total of 721 foreign-funded enterprises were newly established, up by 45.7% year on year (YoY), accounting for 37.5% of the city’s increment; the foreign investment in actual use amounted to USD 5.11 billion, up by 10.5% YoY, accounting for 32.8% of the city’s total amount; the contractual foreign investment reached USD 18.44 billion, up by 200.6% YoY. From January to April this year, 10,410 enterprises were newly established in Chaoyang District, accounting for 12.63% of the city’s increment; a total of 169 foreign-funded enterprises were newly established, accounting for 33.3% of the city’s increment; the foreign investment in actual use was USD 1.88 billion, up by 42.9% YoY, …