Move colleges out of capital

That Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province are working on a joint development plan to ease the population pressure on the capital and boost the overall development of the surrounding areas, has grabbed much public attention lately.

But what kind of enterprises and institutes in the capital should be relocated to these two areas has become a central concern of the plan, said a commentary in Global Times Chinese Edition on Thursday.

The plan may remind us of the past practice of developing satellite towns around a municipality. Given the relatively low property prices, satellite towns around Beijing basically function as dormitory communities as they provide no job opportunities.