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"In the next five years, the economy of Beijing will become stronger and we will make efforts to build the brands of 'Created in Beijing' and 'Beijing Service'. The per capita GDP of Beijing will reach $20,000 and it will become an influential international city in terms of technology, culture and creativity."

Liu Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, presenting the goals in the next five years of boosting Beijing into a "world city" during a plenary session of the municipal Party congress on Friday.