Disneyland - Beijing Unveils Plans to Build Disney Park by 2010 - report

Thursday, February 16 2006 at 10:18

BEIJING (AFX) - Beijing has unveiled a plan to build a Disney theme park by 2010, in a move that could see the capital overtake Shanghai as the first mainland city to compete with Hong Kong Disneyland, the South Morning Post reported.

The report said in a key document presented at Beijing's ongoing municipal people's congress, the city's development and reform commission said that the theme park could be one of up to 10 facilities established by leading entertainment companies in Daxing district's National New Media Base.

Read more about Disney's plans to open new park in Beijing at http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/01/16/afx2453033.html.