Xiong'an New Area

alternative Xiongan New Area

1. A new area in Baoding, Hebei, China.

   Officials are also racing to turn Mr. Xi’s biggest visions into reality, including Xiong’an New Area, the new model city planned for a stretch of rural land 80 miles south of Beijing. Mr. Xi began vocally promoting the idea about a year ago.

   2018 March 16, Chris Buckley, Keith Bradsher, “When Xi Speaks, Chinese Officials Jump. Maybe Too High.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2018, Asia Pacific

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   But on Saturday, China declared that an area that sprawls across three local counties will someday become Xiongan New Area, a gleaming economic powerhouse reminiscent of earlier developments that helped put China’s economy on its fast-growth trajectory.

   [2017 April 3, Ailin Tang, “Within Hours, Plans for a Quiet Corner of China Send Home Prices Soaring”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2017, Business

   In planning and building the Xiong’an New Area [part of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development program], under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee we should follow the underlying principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and reinforcing and implementing the new development concepts.

   2018, Xi Jinping, The Governance of China, volume II, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 260

   Around 1.2 million people in Xiong'an New Area -- a new economic zone 100 kilometres southwest of Beijing -- are no longer allowed to enter or leave their residential compounds, local virus prevention staff confirmed to AFP on Friday. [...]While there have been a number of national-level "New Areas" across China, Xiong'an stands out with its location personally designated by President Xi Jinping, according to state media.

   2022 January 28, “China quietly locks down area near Beijing with Olympics a week away”, in France 24, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2022