Huairou Science City ups China's R&D cachet
China DailyAn aerial view of the Urban Living Room, a major function zone in Huairou Science City, which is an hour's drive from central Beijing. It was in May 2017 that a sparsely populated suburb dotted with farmland received approval to be developed into a global high-tech and innovation hub named Huairou Science City, an hour's drive from central Beijing. Not only that, Huairou Science City has attracted over 23,000 leading researchers, including 77 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 28 highly cited international scientists, and over 600 foreign experts. Huairou Science City is also one of the four science centers outlined in China's 14th Five-Year Plan for national economic and social development and long-range objectives through the year 2035.