Beijing has scored a good start in reducing non-capital functions citywide and simultaneously improving services for citizens’ life.

In the first quarter of 2017, a total of 28 markets and two logistics centers have been transformed and upgraded, and 260 commercial outlets, for instance, grocery stores, have been built and upgraded. The outlets meet 26 percent of this year’s target.

One of the projects is the transformation of the Jintai Changan Market in Xicheng District. The 21-year-old market was turned into the district’s largest life service center after four months’ work in the summer of 2016. The center now covers 2,600 square meters, featuring not only grocery stores and Beijing citizens’ favorite food brands (such as Quanjude and Daoxiangcun), but also services such as laundry, maintenance, hairdressing, express delivery and others.

A total of 260 such outlets were upgraded in the first quarter, and the city is estimated to have 1,000 new outlets this year.

The transfer of the city’s wholesale markets has also been stepped up. Three buildings on Yabao Road of Chaoyang District were vacated in the first quarter, with 435 stores relocated. Business in the cultural, financial, scientific and technological industries will be introduced to the buildings.

According to the city’s plan, a total of 120 markets and 38 logistics centers will be transformed or upgraded throughout 2017.

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