Disneyland - Disney Denies Plans for Beijing Park

Thursday, February 16 2006 at 10:21

The Walt Disney Company Tuesday denied a news report that Beijing planned to build a Disney theme park by 2010.

The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported Tuesday that Beijing's Development and Reform Commission had submitted a plan for the theme park to be located in the National New Media Base in the southern Daxing district of Beijing.

The newspaper said the plan would force Shanghai to withdraw a plan to set up a similar theme park.

However, the Walt Disney Company issued a statement denying the report. The company said it was still in talks with Shanghai authorities on building a park there, but no agreement had as yet been reached.

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