Beijing has set an ambitious annual GDP growth target of 4.5 to 5 percent during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), with aspirations for even better outcomes, Beijing Mayor Yin Yong said on Friday.

To achieve this goal, the capital will continue to accelerate the development of its competitive, modern industrial clusters, leveraging its technological strength and significant industrial scale advantages, he noted.

The city's initiatives include the upgrading of key industries and quality enhancement in integrated circuits, robotics and intelligent manufacturing, internet-connected vehicles, and space technology, he specified.

Beijing is also anticipating breakthroughs in core technologies of future industries, and scaling their applications in quantum technology, superconductivity, brain-machine interfaces, and bio-manufacturing, Yin said.

The city will beef up its efforts to promote the coordinated development of innovation, industrial, and supply chains in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and enhance its role as China's technological and science hub, he added. Its high-tech sectors are expected to benefit not only the region, but the entire country and even overseas.

Li Tianlei, deputy director of the commercial operations division at the Beijing E-Town Robot Technology Industry Development Co, which opened the world's first embodied robot 4S store in the city last year, said, "We are expanding our presence in China and worldwide."

Li said the company has established strategic partnerships in places like Yancheng in Jiangsu province, Shaoxing in Zhejiang province, Xiamen in Fujian province, Nanning and Liuzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, as well as Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, aiming to replicate its 4S store model in different places.

"We're also advancing the launch of our 4S stores overseas in Seoul, South Korea, and Singapore, promoting our domestic technology and brand robots internationally," he added.

Yin highlighted that Beijing is also continually optimizing the living environment, and creating a cityscape that better merges ancient historical richness and modern atmosphere.

The city, for instance, is focusing on high-level development of its municipal administrative center in Tongzhou district, eastern Beijing, which began construction 10 years ago.

Li Xiaojiang, an expert from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development expert advisory committee, suggested that in the next five to 10 years, the center should offer a more cost-effective living environment compared to Beijing's central urban area.

"It should match the central urban area in terms of public services, fully leverage its transportation and location advantages, and continuously create and accumulate urban spaces that offer both cultural quality and experiential appeal," said Li, who is also former president of the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design.

"The center should become a benchmark destination that meets the spiritual and cultural needs of young people and satisfies the public's experiential consumption demands, beyond its value in science innovation and services," he added.

Additionally, Xia Linmao, executive vice-mayor of Beijing, emphasized significant potential and ample space for private capital to join the building of the city, adding that the sector is a fundamental investment need in urban development and a highly valuable policy opportunity.

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