Beijing:Challenges and Prospects as a New World City

【摘要】：正Beijing,in the year in which new China was established,was a dilapidated old city,with an urban area was ofjust 62.5 square kilometers and an urban population less than 210,000.By 2008, Beijing had developed into a modern international metropolis with an urban area of 1085 square kilometers,permanent population of 16.95 million people,and a GDP that reached nearly 1.05 trillion yuan.The percentage of the primary industry,secondary industry and tertiary industry was