Provinces vie for Beijing's industrial castoffs

Representatives from at least seven Chinese provinces met with officials from the National Development and Reform Commission, the country's top economic planner, hoping to secure industries to potentially be relocated outside Beijing, it was reported.

The national urbanization plan was unveiled last month. Eleven city governments in Hebei province have contacted decision-makers in the central and Beijing municipal governments to "show strength and willingness" to take enterprises that may be moved, said a Hebei provincial government official, who declined to be named.

"All of the approximately 200 provincial development zones in Hebei are now ready for the landing of Beijing's industries," he said.