Beijing’s new sub-centre must be people-oriented: Xi

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for peopleoriented approach in planning and building a new sub-centre for the nation’s capital city Beijing. “Globally advanced energysaving and environment protection technologies, standards, materials and craftsmanship must be extensively used to build a green city, a forest city, a spongy city and a smart city,”, Mr Xi said last Friday at a conference of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The planning, design and construction of the sub-centre must have global outlook and Chinese characters, use high standards, and stick to the concept of innovative, coordinated, green and inclusive development, said a statement issued after the meeting. “Planning must come before construction, the use of every inch of land must be considered carefully before construction begins,” Mr Xi said. He urged city planners and builders to bear in mind that they are creating history and making an art piece. Xinhua