The Xiong'an New Area
The Xiong’an New Area is a national-level development zone established on April 1, 2017, with the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. The New Area includes Xiongxian County, Rongcheng County and Anxin County in Hebei Province, and some areas adjacent to the three counties. Of historic and strategic significance, this major decision was made by the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at the core. It puts Xiong’an alongside Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area as the third new district with nationwide influence. It is a project to relocate all functions non-essential to Beijing’s role as the nation’s capital to neighboring areas and drive coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. It is an important event for the nation and a grand plan for the long-term development of the country. Emphasis will be placed on the following seven fields as the New Area is being built:
– to build a green, modern and smart world class city;
– to build an eco-friendly city with lush landscape with grass, trees and water; – to develop high-end and high-tech industries with all the necessary inputs and resources for innovation to create new growth drivers;
– to provide high quality public services and build excellent city facilities to create a new model for urban management; – to build a green public transit system with rapid and efficient transportation;
– to promote structural and institutional reforms that will allow the market to play a decisive role in the allocation of resources and for the government to play its role as a catalyst to market activities; and – to open up to the outside world on all fronts, with expanded areas of openness and new initiatives for cooperation with other countries.
Establishing the Xiong’an New Area is a move of immediate and far-reaching significance as it will help relocate non-essential functions from Beijing, the nation’s capital, to neighboring locations, and explore a new model of optimized and coordinated development in a region with a dense population. It will help adjust the economic structure and rationalize space utilization to create a new engine for innovation-driven development.
雄安新區
雄安新區是中共中央、國務院于2017年4月1日正式批準設立的國家級新區，涉及河北省雄縣、容城、安新3縣及周邊部分區域。雄安新區，是以習近平同志為核心的黨中央做出的一項重大的歷史性戰略選擇，是繼深圳經濟特區和上海浦東新區之后又一具有全國意義的新區，是疏解北京非首都功能、推動京津冀協同發展的歷史性工程，是千年大計、國家大事。雄安新區建設將突出七個方面的重點任務。一是建設綠色智慧新城，建成國際一流、綠色、現代、智慧城市。二是打造優美生態環境，構建藍綠交織、清新明亮、水城共融的生態城市。三是發展高端高新產業，積極吸納和集聚創新要素資源，培育新動能。四是提供優質公共服務，建設優質公共設施，創建城市管理新樣板。五是構建快捷高效交通網，打造綠色交通體系。六是推進體制機制改革，發揮市場在資源配置中的決定性作用和更好發揮政府作用，激發市場活力。七是擴大全方位對外開放，打造擴大開放新高地和對外合作新平臺。雄安新區的設立，對于集中疏解北京非首都功能，探索人口經濟密集地區優化開發新模式，調整優化京津冀城市布局和空間結構，培育創新驅動發展新引擎，具有重大現實意義和深遠歷史意義。
