Comprehensive master plan for the Xiongan New Area published
April 24, 2018 Category China News Round-up, Weekly
A master plan for the development of the Xiongan New Area in Hebei province was published last week. Xiongan is another new area of “national significance” following the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area, which has the highest backing of the Communist Party and of the Chinese government. The plan charts the development of the Xiongan New Area, mapping out the area’s future by 2035 and looking ahead into the mid-21st century, according to the document.
It has 10 chapters covering general requirements, developing a scientific and reasonable layout, shaping the city landscape for a new era, building a beautiful natural ecology and environment, developing high-end and high-tech industries, offering quality shared public services, constructing a fast and highly-efficient transport network, building a green and smart new city, fostering a modernized city security system, and ensuring orderly and effective implementation of the plan. The document sets 38 key targets for the building of Xiongan. The key targets include the ratio of research and development (R&D) expenditure in the local GDP, the number of patents registered by every 10,000 people, big data’s contribution to urban and emergency management, and air quality improvement. Bidding on transport projects, including railways and highways, will start soon. The new plan will spur huge amounts of investment, up to at least CNY10 trillion. This year, 13 projects will be started in Xiongan, with investment of more than CNY60 billion.
In April 2017, China announced the establishment of Xiongan New Area, spanning three counties in Hebei province about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing. Xiongan will be the location for Beijing’s non-capital functions. The area will become a new home for Beijing’s colleges, hospitals, business headquarters, and financial and public institutions that meet the requirement of Xiongan’s status and development. This means that polluting industires will not be allowed to be set up in the area. By 2035, Xiongan will basically develop into a modern city that is green, intelligent, and livable, with relatively strong competitiveness and harmonious human-environment interaction. By the middle of the century, it will become a significant part of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city cluster, the Shanghai Daily reports.
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