New Megacity to Include Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei With Population of 130 Million | Nanfang Insider

New Megacity to Include Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei With Population of 130 Million | Nanfang Insider The announcement of the new ring road is part of a very complicated proposed transportation network concisely summarized with the numerically-significant name “28488″. This transportation network will serve as the backbone linking cities of the three areas together. Furthermore, Gao called for more light rail and subway lines to be extended to Hebei. Caijing predicts the transportation grid serving Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei to be fully inter-connected by 2020. The idea of a Beijing supercity is sure to bring dividends if successful. SCMP describes President Xi Jinping’s ambition to turn the urban areas of Beijing, Hebei and Tianjin and its 130 million people into a single megacity as Xi’s “legacy” project. Estimates place the price of amalgamation to be  RMB 42 trillion.http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/new-megacity-to-include-beijing-tianjin-and-hubei-with-population-of-130-million/?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d03df4f18e-Sinocism06_30_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-d03df4f18e-29615013&mc_cid=d03df4f18e&mc_eid=5935182a65