Capital Expansion Eastward

Author: Bian Hongdeng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The book "Capital Expansion Eastward," written by Bian Hongdeng, Secretary-General of the Asia-Pacific Urban Development Research Association, has recently been published and released by "China Economic Publishing House." The book is richly illustrated and narrates the formation history and construction process of Beijing through ten chapters and fifty-seven sections. It introduces the rivalry between Liang Sicheng's "One Capital, Two Cities" plan and the Soviet experts' "spread like a pancake" single-center plan; it also details the "car debate" between Zheng Yefu and Fan Gang; and presents various expert suggestions and proposals for solving traffic congestion in China, including how to address the issue of Beijing becoming the most congested capital. Especially, the author Bian Hongdeng dedicates significant attention in the book to the promising future of capital expansion eastward, the construction of the national administrative center, and the need for space in the transition zone towards the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan-Bohai Bay region.