This book provides an overview of the rapid development Beijing has seen in a wide range of areas in 2019, both within itself and as an integral part of a larger region, as China's economic development continues to improve in overall quality and regional coordination. A review of China's regional economic development in 2019-2020 is followed by 11 chapters that cover Beijing's achievements and challenges in economic development, public services, social governance, building a national cultural center, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regional development coordination, creative city construction and nighttime economic development.

List of Figures - List of Tables - Regional Economic Research Group/Beijing Academy of Social Sciences: Situation and Prospects of China's Regional Economic Development from 2019 to 2020 - Economic Situation Analysis and Forecast Research Group/Beijing Academy of Social Sciences: Analysis and Forecast of Beijing's Economic Situation from 2019 to 2020 - Research Group on "Public Service Innovation and Development in Beijing," Beijing Academy of Social Sciences Management Institute: The Distribution of Quality Public Service Resources Tends to be Balanced and the Overall Quality of Public Services Keeps Improving in Beijing - Yin Xingchen: New Progress, Problems, Countermeasures and Suggestions for Social Governance in Beijing in 2019 - Tan Rihui/Wang Tao: Building More Harmonious and Stable Communities: Analysis and Forecast of China's Social Governance from 2019 to 2020 - Research Group on "Comprehensive Evaluation of Public Service Performance in Sixteen Districts of Beijing," Beijing Academy of Social Sciences Management Institute: Comprehensive Evaluation of Public Service Performance in Sixteen Districts of Beijing in 2019 - Li Jiansheng: Strengthening Cultural Confidence and Promoting the Construction of a National Cultural Center - Li Weidong: Forming New Social Synergy and Promoting Balanced Social Development - Zhao Hong/Wang Deli/Fang Fang/Xu Li Luyi: Research on Beijing's Reduction-Oriented Development in the Context of Coordinated Development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region - An Jing/Lei Lan: Current Situation, Characteristics, Problems and Countermeasures of Coordinated Cultural Development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region in 2019 - Chen Hongyu: New Progress in and Policies on Building Beijing into a Creative City in 2019 - Wang Shujiao: Analysis Report on Nighttime Economic Development in Beijing in 2019.