Don't transfer urban diseases to Tongzhou

With Beijing deciding to focus on its role as China's capital, its southeastern Tongzhou district is expected to see remarkable real estate development by 2017 as it becomes the city's "subsidiary administrative center".

To relocate its non-capital functions, Beijing will shift many industries and organizations to suburban areas, and neighboring Hebei province and Tianjin municipality, boosting its integration with the two regions in the process.

As the de facto "administrative center" of Beijing, Tongzhou district should be able to take care of more than the city's political and cultural functions. Following the shifting of local administrative bodies and activities, Tongzhou is expected to ease the traffic congestion in and environmental pressure on the downtown area.