国内英语资讯:China publishes master plan for Xiongan New Area_时事

国内英语资讯:China publishes master plan for Xiongan New Area

Moreover, a negative list will be implemented to close down and ward off high-pollution and energy-intensive production.

In the long term, Baiyangdian National Park will be established.

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The document says the new area will aim at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, map out tech industries at a high starting point, and push for coordinated development of the real economy, technological innovation, finance and human resources.

National key laboratories and engineering research centers will be introduced to Xiongan, and promising tech firms will also find their new homes there.

Major industries to thrive in the area will include information, biotechnology, new materials, modern services, and green agriculture.

Xiongan will strive to build first-class technology and innovation platforms in the world, with best research universities to foster talents and innovative policies and mechanisms to serve growth tech firms.

The new area will provide quality public facilities and services to its dwellers and form a diversified housing system. As a livable and business-friendly city, it will put property developments under strict control and establish a long-term mechanism to prevent speculation in the real estate market.

Xiongan plans to build a fast and highly-efficient transportation network. By high-speed railway, it will take only 20 minutes to travel from Xiongan to Beijing's planned new airport in Daxing District, 30 minutes to Beijing and Tianjin, and an hour to Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province.