Vice-mayor charts roadmap to world city

The Chinese capital must navigate some major obstacles on the path to becoming a world city, Beijing's executive vice-mayor has said.

Ji Lin said local authorities are being ultra cautious with thorny issues such as garbage disposal, traffic restrictions and soaring housing prices as the city enters its post-Olympics development stage.

During the city's annual legislative meeting that ended over the weekend, a government work report that proclaims Beijing's ambition to be a "world city" in four decades was approved.