Jing-Jin-Ji


The Jingjinji Metropolitan Region or Jing-Jin-Ji, also known as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and as the Capital Economic Zone, is the National Capital Region of the People's Republic of China. It is the biggest urbanized megalopolis region in North China. It includes an economic region surrounding the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin, along the coast of the Bohai Sea. This emerging region is rising as a northern metropolitan region rivaling the Pearl River Delta in the south and the Yangtze River Delta in the east. In 2016 Jingjinji had a total population of 112 million people and was as populated as Guangdong, the most populous province of China.

Economy

In 2019, Jingjinji produced around 8% of China's GDP or about the same size as Mexico, occupying an area about twice the size of South Korea. Jingjinji has traditionally been involved in heavy industries and manufacturing. Tianjin's strengths have always been in aviation, logistics and shipping. Beijing complements this economic activity with strong petrochemical, education and R&D industries. The area is becoming a significant growth cluster for automobile, electronics, petrochemical sectors, automotive industry, software and aircraft, also attracting foreign investments in manufacturing and health services.
The Chinese central government has made it a priority to integrate all the cities in the Bohai Bay rim and foster economic development. This includes building an advanced communications network, better highways, increased education and scientific resources as well as tapping natural resources off the Bohai rim. In 2016, the Central Government approved a US$36-billion plan to link the various cities making up this metropolis by rail in order to reduce commute times and to better integrate them. This plan includes the construction of nine railways that are 1,100 km in length that are to be completed by 2020. The long-term goal is to create a one-hour commuting region; an additional 24 intercity railways are planned to be built before 2050.
In recent decades, petroleum and natural gas deposits have been discovered in the Jingjinji region's coast of the Bohai sea.

Metropolitan areas

Major cities

Jingjinji includes the Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei provinces. Major cities in these municipalities and provinces include:
CityPinyinPopulation ImageInformationCity Map
Beijing
北京		Běijīng19,612,368Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China. Beijing is governed as a municipality under direct administration of the central government. Beijing is China's second largest city after Shanghai, with more than 17 million people in Beijing's jurisdiction.
Tianjin
天津		Tiānjīn12,938,224The third largest city of the People's Republic of China in terms of urban population. Administratively it is one of the four municipalities that have provincial-level status, reporting directly to the central government. Its urban land area is the third largest in China, ranked only after Beijing and Shanghai.
Baoding
保定		Bǎodìng10,029,197Baoding is the third largest city in Hebei Province, ranked after Shijiazhuang and Tangshan. The city is located in the center of Beijing-Tianjin-Shijiazhuang Economic Triangle, with good transportation connections and commute distance to its nearby major cities. The newly-established Xiong'an New Area, which aims to be a high-tech, environmentally sustainable modern metropolis and serves as a new hub for some administration departments. Logistics bases in northern China are within the city limits of Baoding.
Shijiazhuang
石家庄		Shíjiāzhuāng9,547,869Shijiazhuang is the capital of Hebei, as well as the third largest city in Jingjinji, after Beijing and Tianjin.
Tangshan
唐山		Tángshān7,577,284Tangshan, a coastal city along the Bohai Bay and neighboring Tianjin, is the second largest city in Hebei, after Shijiazhuang. It is also known for the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.
Cangzhou
沧州		Cāngzhōu7,134,053A city in south-east Hebei on the coast of the Bohai Sea coast. It borders Tianjin to the north.
Langfang
廊坊		Lángfāng4,358,839Langfang is located between Beijing and Tianjin and contains the Sanhe exclave, which is separate from the rest of Hebei.
Zhangjiakou
张家口		Zhāngjiākǒu4,345,491A city in north-west Hebei. It borders Beijing to the southeast.
Chengde
承德		Chéngdé3,473,197A city in north-east Hebei, best known for the Chengde Mountain Resort.

Transportation

Air

Major airports

There are many major highways servicing the routes within Jingjinji area. This includes the following expressways:
The following six China National Highways pass through Tianjin:

Intercity high-speed rail lines