VIDEO: Amazing SUPERCITY of the future with a population of 130 MILLION revealed
THIS stunning video shows plans for a new city of the future which will be home to an astonishing 130 million people - 15 TIMES the size of London.
China hopes to be home to the world's largest city
The new city or megalopolis, Jing-Jin-Ji, will combine the areas of Heibei Ji, Tian Jin and Beijing.
China is planning for the huge site as part of its 'unparalleled construction spree' which will see the same level of infrastructure in the country built over the next 40 years that America has built in its entire past.
The planned megaprojects in one of the world's superpowers hopes to lift the country into the future.
The skyline over Beijing
The president of China, Xi Jinping, gives his full backing to the plans.
He hopes that the plans will mean that the area will catch up to Shanghai and Nanjing in terms of prosperity.
said:
Beijing will be the home of China's culture and technology, Heibei Ji will be for federal bureaucracy jobs and Tian
Improved infrastructure will help to keep traffic flowing
Jin will be the research base for manufacturing.
The city will cover the equivalent area of the US state of Kansas.
It will have the ability to house 130 million people, which is SIX times the population of New York.
People have already started moving into the area, even though services, such as roads and schools, are poor.
The new city will be the biggest in the world