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TIANJIN, CHINA - AUGUST 12: (CHINA OUT) Women ride bikes past the Taida Resident Cultural Square under construction at Binhai New Area on August 12, 2006 in Tianjin Municipality, a megacity neighbouring Beijing, China. The State Council announced its endorsement for Tianjin's plan to build itself into an economic centre for northern China. Earlier this year, the central government announced a package of preferential policies for the development of the city's Binhai New Area, which resembles Shanghai's Pudong New Area. The government has pinned its hope on Tianjin, in its search for a place that can play a role in the north like the one Shanghai plays in East China, according to state media. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)