Abstract:

A series of conflicts have emerged due to the status of Beijing as a capital city in China,resulting in the failure of Beijing to fulfill its function which should be expected for a capital city,and these problems have been increasingly deteriorated.The idea to alter the city,to have dual cities or to expend,has not provided a real solution to solve the problem with the trend of centralization in Beijing in many aspects.This article proceeded with the problems in Beijing and pointed out the necessity of relocating the capital city in China.Then,it analyzed the feasibility for relocating the capital city,in terms of historical lessons,previous experiences,economic viability and workability.Finally,through the combination of quantitative and qualitative methods,the authors established an ideal location model for choosing capital location.It is concluded that the middle reaches of the Yangtze River are the best choice as place for capital city.The incomparable advantages of this region were analyzed as a capital from such aspects as security,cost and location,and problems with measuring the scale for the model and those deserving attention during the process of relocating the capital were also examined.

Key words: relocation of the capital city, capital location, middle reaches of the Yangtze River