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Xi's footprints in Xiong'an highlight 'miraculous' transformation of 'city of the future'

　　Children run in front of the business and service convention center in Xiong'an on May 15. Photo: Chen Tao/GT Standing in the middle of a massive construction site with a strong, gusty wind and constant construction noise in the background, Fu Xing, a mid-aged, bespectacled construction manager with a slight figure can barely be heard. Wearing his typical workman outfit - a white hard hat and a blue vest, Fu tries to explain what is being built and its national significance.

Residents of Xiong'an feel happy, fulfilled

　　The photo shows an aerial view of a business service center in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.

Xi inspects Xiong'an New Area, urges new progress in its development

　　BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made an inspection tour of Xiong'an New Area in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday. Xi also presided over a meeting on promoting Xiong'an's high-standard and high-quality construction and development and delivered an important speech. He stressed that the development of Xiong'an New Area has entered a phase when the same importance must be attached to both its large-scale construction and its purpose to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital.

"City of future" offers glimpse of Chinese modernization

　　XIONG'AN, Hebei, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Six years on, Xiong'an New Area, China's "city of the future," is offering a glimpse of the Chinese vision of modernity. During a meeting on promoting Xiong'an's high-standard and high-quality construction and development on Wednesday, President Xi Jinping said within only six years, Xiong'an New Area has started from scratch and developed from a blueprint to reality, with a high-level modern city now sprouting up, which is undoubtedly a miracle. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish Xiong'an New Area, located about 100 km away from Beijing.

Xi hails Xiong'an as 'city of future'

　　President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, greets residents on Wednesday while inspecting the Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province. [Photo/Xinhua] President Xi Jinping underlined on Wednesday the importance of promoting the high-quality development of Xiong'an New Area with unremitting efforts and building it into a "city of the future", a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, and a model of green development. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during an inspection tour of Xiong'an.

"City of the future" taking shape in Xiong'an

　　This combo photo shows the aerial view of the Rongxi area on March 31, 2023 (up) and the construction site of it on July 3, 2021 in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Mu Yu) BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The highly-anticipated "city of the future," Xiong'an New Area, is swiftly taking shape as it witnesses the culmination of all-out efforts to crystallize a grand vision that was formulated six years ago. On April 1, 2017, China announced plans to establish the new area in Hebei Province, to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

Intelligent connected bus in trial operation in Xiong'an New Area, N China

　　A screen displaying images captured by on-board cameras is pictured inside an intelligent connected bus in a trial operation on a street in Rongdong area of Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 20, 2023. This self-driving passenger bus is equipped with high-precision sensors including laser radars, millimeter-wave radars, and HD cameras, and capable of making operational decisions in one tenth seconds. It can also cope with adverse weather conditions and complicate traffic situations.

Smart construction thrives in China's Xiong'an New Area

　　Photo shows a smart operating center of a concrete mixing plant of China MCC22 Group Corporation Ltd. in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei province. (Photo from China.

Coordinated development deepens across Jing-Jin-Ji region in 9 years

　　Smart delivery robots work at the full Internet of Things container terminal of Tianjin Port in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 21, 2023. As the "maritime gateway" to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Tianjin Port has been ceaselessly advancing the construction of a smart port, boosting the coordinated development of the region with fresh impetus.

Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region's coordinated development generates new growth driver

　　BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The coordinated development in Beijing and neighboring regions is now in full swing and has grown into a new driving force for China's development, nine years after China launched a key strategy to build the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regional city cluster. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 10 trillion yuan (about 1.