Tongzhou District in Beijing is ramping up effort to shut down businesses that fail to meet the capital’s urban utility and environmental standards. These include large industrial compounds, low-end retail marketplaces and manufacturing industries.

The district was tasked to close shop for 150 general manufacturing companies in this calendar year, and so far it has already retired 138. It has also refurbished 1,308 businesses designated as “polluters” while removing four low-end marketplaces. Meanwhile, 22 industrial compounds out of the district’s 89 have improved to meet the city’s environmentally friendly requirements.

Zhangjiawan, one of the major industrial towns in Tongzhou District, has removed more than 100 unlicensed businesses in recent years.

Going forward, Tongzhou District plans to focus on the renovation of industrial compounds to promote environmentally friendly practices. Meanwhile, the Tongzhou District Commission of Commerce has partnered with local government entities to develop plans to remove 13 substandard marketplaces, and scale up and improve agricultural trading by 2020.

To develop high-end industries, officials of the district said they will synchronize the removal of substandard and polluting businesses with the founding of top-notch companies and businesses providing residential services in their place. At the same time, the district will closely monitor the substandard businesses to prevent them from coming back.

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