Powerful coordination group key to regional network

A more powerful leading group with the authority to coordinate transportation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region is crucial for its development, experts say.

With the two municipalities and the province planning to accelerate integration of their transport networks this year, a beefed-up administrative leading group and a flexible coordination mechanism are urgently required to ensure concrete results, said Yang Liya, a researcher at Renmin University of China's Beijing Academy of Development and Strategy.

She said the transportation system involves multiple parties, including those involved in land allocation, design, construction, operation and regulation, especially when three different regions are involved, and that makes coordination much more difficult.