Bolstering high-end sectors part of capital's plan to seek quality growth

Editor's Note: After 40 years of high-speed growth, China's economy has entered a high-quality development phase. Starting today, China Daily will feature a series of reports to show the new landscape across the country. This is the first installment of the series.

Beijing's municipal government has been making efforts to develop high-end industries such as 5G, artificial intelligence and the industrial internet in order to build the city into the nation's scientific and innovation center, which is a core strategy of the capital's high-quality growth plan, a senior officials said recently.

Lin Keqing, executive vice-mayor of Beijing, said the city is aiming to make new information technology and medical health twin drivers of the municipality's growth.