Thirty more parks will be built on the outskirts of Beijing by
2008, as part of a green belt construction plan that will kick off
this month, according to the city's development and reform
commission.
The 30 new parks, with a combined space of 1,340 hectares, will
be built every three kilometers along the northeast section of the
5th Ring Road and the southwest section of the 4th Ring Road, a
spokesman of the commission said.
"We plan to set up another 30 parks by 2008. By then, these
parks in the city will make up more than 4,000 hectares," said the
spokesman.
The parks on the outskirts will have more green areas with fewer
entertainment facilities, said the source.
The parks will not charge an entrance fee.
(Xinhua News Agency June 6, 2007)
