BEIJING: With government support, Beijing Daxing International Airport Economic Zone is building itself into a major life and health sciences industrial cluster to help propel the country’s biopharmaceutical development.
The economic zone started its construction in September 2019 and covers some 150 square kilometres. By the end of July, registered enterprises in the zone reached 2,961, including 53 foreign companies.
In the life and health sciences sector, there were 231 registered enterprises and eight under-construction projects.
Highlights include projects from State Key Laboratory of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, cell therapy leader Shanghai Cell Therapy Group Co Ltd and Beijing-based stem cell researcher AegleStem Therapeutic.
Li Chengping, an analyst at online healthcare service platform VBData.cn, said one of the reasons for the fast realisation of such a dense population of enterprises was its geographical advantage.
The zone captures the overflow effect from Beijing Daxing International Airport, whose annual passenger count and cargo throughput are estimated to reach 72 million trips and two million tonnes by 2025, he said. — China Daily/ANN
