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China Unicom sets up unit in Xiongan New Area

　　　 A customer uses her mobile phone outside an outlet of China Unicom in Yuncheng, Shanxi province.[Photo/Xinhua] China United Network Communications Group Co, the country's second-largest mobile carrier by subscribers, has established a new unit in the Xiongan New Area, as part of its broader push to help build it into a high-tech, smart area. China Unicom Xiongan Industrial Internet Co Ltd, as the new company is called, is designed to co-ordinate innovative business teams and related resources such as cloud computing, big data, internet of things, and industrial internet for the Xiongan New Area.

China's ecology and environment ministry opens branch in Xiongan

　　SHIJIAZHUANG - The Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Wednesday set up its first branch in Xiongan New Area, North China's Hebei province, since the establishment of the ministry in March. The Xiongan Ecology and Environment Bureau will mainly be responsible for environmental protection and pollution regulation, and improving water and air quality in Xiongan, another new area of "national significance" following the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area. Strict law enforcement and technological innovation will be emphasized during the fight against pollution and eco-civilization construction, said the new bureau.

Chinese Vice Premier calls for high-quality development of Xiongan New Area

　　Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng has called for high-standard and high-quality development of the Xiongan New Area, during his recent inspection tour to the region. Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, underlined the importance of drawing world-class advanced experience and putting people first in design and construction of the new area. "The layout of Xiongan should combine modern and traditional cultural elements with compatible architectural features and colors, as well as city skylines," Han said.

Xiongan to host next cashierless fresh food market

　　China's second-largest e-commerce site JD plans to open its second unmanned supermarket in Xiongan New Area, after it opened a 246 square-meter cashierless store, the firm's first project in the area, during the past Labor Day holiday. The store updates the retail experience by adding digital price tags that can provide updated price discounts in real time, and allowing customers to check out without the need to reach for their wallets by adopting facial recognition technologies, JD said. So far, JD has opened more than 10 such supermarkets in cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Yantai, Dalian, Suqian, Xi'an and Changchun.

High-tech industries to contribute 80% to Xiongan New Area's economy

　　Eighty percent of the Xiongan New Area’s economic growth will come from high-end and high-tech industries, a government official said on Monday. The central government has called for more advanced, cutting-edge industries in Xiongan and does not encourage Xiongan to introduce mature industries that have reached a scale of trillions of yuan in other areas, said Wu Hequan, deputy head of the expert advisory committee on the collaborative development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei under the State Council, in an interview. In its master plan for Xiongan New Area, development will focus on new high-tech industries such as information technology.

China's "city of the future" to inspire world

　　BEIJING, April 23 -- About 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing, a new city being built from scratch will be an example of the country's reform and opening-up, and inspire the world at large in decades to come. China has published the master development plan for Xiongan New Area in Hebei Province, a new region of "national significance" following the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area. With high-tech industry and modern services, the new area is designed to become a zone for innovation, a digital city synchronized with a brick-and-mortar one, and a livable and business-friendly area.

China publishes master plan for Xiongan New Area

　　BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- China on Saturday published the master plan document for Xiongan New Area, creation of which is "a strategic decision with profound historic significance made by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core." "General Secretary Xi Jinping has planned for, made decisions on and promoted [the Xiongan New Area] in person, devoting painstaking efforts," reads the preface of the document released by the Hebei provincial authorities. "The establishment of Xiongan New Area in Hebei Province is a significant decision and arrangement by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core to push forward the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei," the plan reads.

The Xiongan New Area, China's new landmark economic zone, turns one year old

　　The Xiongan New Area is one year old. On April 1, 2017, China announced the establishment of the Xiongan New Area in North China's Hebei Province, which is about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing.The Xiongan New Area is being built into a new landmark economic zone that will possess domestic and global influence, furthering similar efforts seen in recent years with the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone as well as the Shanghai Pudong New Area.

New ideas blossom in new area

　　An aerial photo gives a view of the Xiongan Citizen Service Center still under construction on Thursday in the new economic zone near Beijing.MU YU / XINHUA In plan introduced by Xi, Xiongan incubator is open and Citizen Service Center is nearly finished With great attention paid by President Xi Jinping, the creation of Xiongan New Area is making steady progress since the surprising announcement of the millennium project a year ago. Since the project was unveiled on April 1, 2017, the new economic zone, which is expected to help spare Beijing of functions unrelated to its status as national capital, has caught the spotlight worldwide with its fast and efficient construction.

One year on: aerial view of Xiongan New Area

　　This aerial photo taken on March 30, 2018 shows a forestation site in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. Xiongan New Area, established on April 1, 2017, is a new economic zone about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing. It is the third new area of national significance after the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the Shanghai Pudong New Area.