Beijing's Chaoyang District committed to optimizing environment for enterprise development

Beijing's Chaoyang District is committed to optimizing government services and spatial layout to better support global enterprises in settling and developing, said an official on Thursday.

Chaoyang District, home to Beijing's Central Business District (CBD) and nearly all foreign embassies in China, is Beijing's primary center for international engagement.

At a press briefing hosted by the China Public Diplomacy Association on Thursday in Beijing, Executive Deputy District Mayor of Chaoyang, Zhao Haidong, spoke to international journalists and welcomed international enterprises to set up in Chaoyang.

According to Zhao, the Chaoyang district government is fully committed to supporting Beijing's development as a world-class, harmonious and livable city and to creating a business-friendly environment for enterprises that is market-oriented, law-based and efficient.

"We have launched the city's first financial services matrix, with nearly 100 percent of district-level government services available online. The future available space across the district exceeds 16 million square meters. Key functional zones, such as the CBD, Jinzhan Central District, Zhongguancun Chaoyang Park, the Olympic Functional Area and the National Cultural and Creative Pilot Zone, complement each other's development, offering businesses diverse options for location and expansion," Zhao said.

Beijing's Chaoyang District committed to optimizing environment for enterprise development

China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, rose six percent year on year in April, official data showed Tuesday.

Power use totaled 820.5 billion kilowatt-hours last month, according to the National Energy Administration.

A breakdown of the data showed that power consumed by the primary industry rose 2 percent year on year to 11.2 billion kilowatt-hours, while power consumed by the secondary industry increased 5.3 percent to 558.4 billion kilowatt-hours.

Within the secondary industry, industrial power use rose 5.5 percent year on year to 553.8 billion kilowatt-hours, while electricity consumption by high-tech equipment manufacturing climbed 10.1 percent to 105 billion kilowatt-hours.

Power used by the tertiary industry reached 151.7 billion kilowatt-hours in April, up 8.9 percent year on year. The charging and battery swapping service sector and internet data services reported rapid growth in electricity consumption, rising 61.9 percent and 42.8 percent, respectively.

Electricity consumption by residents rose 6 percent from a year earlier to 99.2 billion kilowatt-hours.

In the first four months of the year, China's total power use exceeded 3.33 trillion kilowatt-hours, up 5.4 percent year on year, the data showed.

China's power use up 6 pct in April