Olympics are good news for nation's regional program

Efforts to integrate and coordinate the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region is one of the most important development strategies in China.

And it could not come at a better time, considering the area is to play host to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee announced Beijing, and its co-host Zhangjiakou in Hebei province, as the winning bid on July 30. Without that victory, the regional integration plan could have had a different focus.