ABSTRACT
Master plans in Beijing have been closely associated with the evolving political-economic context of China’s development (Table 3). The visions of master plans were largely transformed from a socialist production city to a global city. Particularly in the reform era, master plans in Beijing attempted to control population growth and increasingly stressed the importance of ecological sustainability, service industries, and livability. However, the process of urban development is a complicated process, and with the
Figure 7. Beijing’s vision toward a global city: functional divisions.
