Baoding plans to be center of urban hub

Baoding has drawn up a blueprint for transforming itself into a central city in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

Deputy Mayor Yan Liying made the remarks on Sunday during a city-development forum at Peking University.

"We are making efforts to make Baoding a central city during the integrated development of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei," she said. Baoding is in Hebei province.