Four years on: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development

5. Convenient transport

Beijing's new international airport in the southern suburb of Daxing was roofed earlier this year. The airport will take pressure off Beijing Capital International Airport and better coordinate transport in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

In addition, a highway connecting Beijing and Qinhuangdao in Hebei, as well as a 940-km belt road surrounding Beijing are expected to be completed this year. Once in operation, the two highways will facilitate the integration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and help form the "one-hour traffic circle" in the region.

And as an important infrastructure project of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, a high-speed railway linking Beijing and Zhangjiakou, the two co-host cities, is expected to open in 2019.

As for public transport, a new travel card that enables passengers to use all bus and subway systems throughout Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei was made available by the end of 2017. More than one million cards have been sold so far.