From the third to Xiong'an, read the urban planning and construction concept advocated by the general secretary

When: May 5

Schedule: General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected and presided over a symposium on promoting the construction of Xiong'an New Area with high standards and high quality

Xiong'an New Area is near, there are more construction sites, and there are more new buildings. Through the car window, General Secretary Xi Jinping gazed at this new city that has created miracles.

This is the third time in six years that the general secretary has been to Xiong'an, and the means of transportation have changed. The first time I came, I was still by car. It was in February 6 that General Secretary Xi Jinping set off from Zhongnanhai and traveled more than 2017 kilometers south to inspect a farmland in Anxin County, Hebei Province. This time, Fuxing has been galloping for more than 2 minutes, and Xiong'an has been integrated into the "one-hour traffic circle of the capital".

Xiong'an's appearance changed. In the past, she was a regional shortcoming under the "siphon effect" of Beijing and Tianjin. Next to Baiyangdian and planting crop fields, ancestors could not have imagined that in the new era, they would usher in a once-in-a-lifetime historical opportunity, becoming a hot land for the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and a benchmark for high-quality development.

It's been a long time in the making, it's been waiting for a long time. Anxin, Xiongxian and Rongcheng surround the "pearl of North China" Baiyangdian. The new name of the land, Xiong'an, was announced to the world in April of the year after the general secretary's first investigation. Since then, "the millennium plan and national affairs" have been written into the annals of history.

On the coast of the Bohai Sea, on the shore of Taihang, and at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, research, decision-making, planning, construction, groundbreaking, and joint-pulling are consistent with "the Party Central Committee always gives the greatest hope". In the past six years, we have not only witnessed the majesty of the "city of the future" in the new era, but also witnessed the implementation of the urban planning and construction concept advocated by General Secretary Xi Jinping.

"Bull's nose" and "spread the pie", a strategic choice

To trace the birth of Xiong'an New Area, we must first start with the capital Beijing.

Being too big is one of Beijing's "growing pains." When the "ceiling" of "spread the pie" construction is within reach, pressure and pain points also follow. As early as 2014, when conducting research in Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping compared the development of urban construction to "you can't step on the watermelon skin, slide wherever you count" and "there should be a top-level design and control, delineate the limit, and if you exceed it, you can no longer grow."

Looking inward, it is difficult to solve the problem; Looking outward, my thoughts are clear. The general secretary proposed the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy of easing Beijing's non-capital functions as the "bull's nose".

Whether it is "seeking a region from the overall situation" or "blocking is better than loosening", the long-standing Chinese civilization has a new vitality in the new era. The general secretary described "easing Beijing's non-capital functions" as "a surgical operation" to "break the mindset of going around in circles on one's own acre and three".

Another question also arises, to the outside, where to serve as a bearing place? Not too far away, not too close, many factors weighed, compared, Xiong'an New Area came into being.

The bearing place is the reason for the birth of the new area, and it is the original intention of the millennium plan and national events. "In order to connect with Beijing's non-capital function transfer, we must keep this original intention in mind." The general secretary instructed.

With a land area of more than 960.1 million square kilometers, the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment are like an arm's command. In Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, with a combined population of more than 21 million and a land area of 6,<> square kilometers, it is a common responsibility and a common future to give birth to a new area with infinite possibilities.

Spread out the map, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei "the valves are different, but the valves are the same". A picture, a game of chess, a force, the power is synergizing, and the future is also collaborating.

From the perspective of coordination, go to see the general secretary's investigation in Xiong'an. At the construction site of Xiong'an Intercity Station and International Trade Center project, he looked at the sand table and boarded the platform. On the hot construction site, what is being built is the headquarters of the central enterprise in Beijing and the second- and third-level subsidiaries and other units.

"World vision, international standards, Chinese characteristics, high-point positioning", this is a modern new city, but also a new road to the future, imprinted with the elements of Chinese modernization.

When the general secretary spoke about Xiong'an at the meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee in February 2018, he painted the imprint of the times of a city:

"The establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in the early stage of reform and opening up created the speed of Shenzhen, and today, 40 years later, we should aim at the goal of 'two steps' in 2035 and the middle of this century, create 'Xiong'an quality', and become a model for the whole country in promoting high-quality development."

"Fast" and "slow", a vision in a blueprint

The millennium plan is extraordinary.

The second time I went to Xiong'an was in January 2019. General Secretary Xi Jinping conducted an in-depth investigation of the Xiong'an New Area Planning and Exhibition Center.

This fertile ground for sowing hope, after the thunder two years ago, has been brewing a force that will shape the future: planning.

Lay out the chessboard before falling. "I have said many times that when inspecting a city, you first look at planning, planning science is the greatest benefit, planning mistakes are the biggest waste, and planning tosses are the biggest taboo."

At the beginning of the establishment of the new district, in the face of the outside world's eager expectations for the new city from the flat land, where to go? Behind the choice is foresight and determination. General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly admonished: "Xiong'an New Area will be our historical legacy to future generations" and "Start construction after every inch of land is clearly planned, do not leave historical regrets."

In the past two years, the plan has been repeatedly polished, and how many times it has been placed on Zhongnanhai's desk. One foot at a time, one stroke at a time, the sinking Xiong'an is steady and steady.

"In the past two years, almost no brick has been moved. Now with the blueprint, Xiong'an has shifted from the top-level design stage to the substantive construction stage, and this year may be a hot situation. "The general secretary's second trip to Xiong'an clearly marked the development rhythm of Xiong'an.

Fast or slow? In a strategic vision more than 30 years ago, the general secretary's consistent urban work philosophy can be seen. "Today, we stand at the source of creating the future". At that time, Comrade Xi Jinping wrote in the preface to the "Fuzhou City's 20-year Economic and Social Development Strategy Vision".

Time records the rapid development under slow planning. In 2021, during an inspection trip to Fuzhou, the general secretary sighed: "The current construction is in line with this direction, it is consistent with what we envisaged at that time, and the development is even better than we envisioned." ”

"I have never seen the planning of a city compiled like this" "I have never seen the integrated planning and construction of 'three cities' above ground, underground, and on the 'cloud'"... It is both steady and steady, but also seizing the day. Xiong'an New Area takes a development path that no one has traveled in human history, and expands the development space of Chinese-style modernization.

Chinese-style modernization is a modernization with a huge population. When hundreds of millions of people pour into cities and towns, the concept of intensive land utilization is bound to run through the planning and design. In this investigation, looking at the construction of Xiong'an intercity station, General Secretary Xi Jinping mentioned the problem of traffic difficulties, one of the "big city diseases": "We must work hard to build a three-dimensional comprehensive transportation network, make full use of underground space, and strive to build a future city without 'urban diseases'."

From the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasizing "planning from a high starting point and building Xiong'an New Area with high standards" to "building Xiong'an New Area with high standards and high quality" written into the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the timing is handed over and a blueprint is drawn to the end.

During this trip, General Secretary Xi Jinping continued to emphasize that the high-standard urban planning blueprint should be truly transformed into a high-quality urban development reality picture.

"Water" and "city", harmonious coexistence in a picture

The general secretary was worried about Baiyangdian.

The first time he came to Xiong'an, he went to see Baiyangdian. The lower ends of the Nine Rivers and the water rhyme are born together, General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "When I was a child, I read the story of the little soldier Zhang Ga, and I was very fascinated by this place. The second time, the general secretary asked about the recent situation of Baiyangdian at the planning and exhibition center, and he was very concerned.

This time, before presiding over the symposium on promoting the construction of Xiong'an New Area with high standards and high quality, the general secretary took time to watch a short video of Baiyangdian. The progress of dredging and dredging and the connection of hundreds of lakes is taken to heart bit by bit.

Water and the city, a must-answer question for urban development.

"At that time, the site was chosen to protect Baiyangdian, not damage it. The city and the lake should reflect and complement each other. "Determining the city with water, the land with water, the people with water, and the production with water is an important dimension for General Secretary Xi Jinping's planning and development."

Open the map of China, the lack of north and south is one of the characteristics of the distribution of water resources in China.

The problem of water scarcity was felt at a young age. In February 2014, while listening to a report on the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly warned: "The problem of water shortage in North China is already very serious, and if we do not pay attention to protecting the ecological spaces such as forests, lakes, and wetlands that conserve water sources, and continue to over-extract groundwater, the natural retaliation will be even stronger."

Water resources, a hard constraint on development.

At the beginning of Xiong'an's planning and construction, General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly stressed the need to save water and conserve water sources: "The abundance of water resources here is good for building a city, but in retrospect, you should not destroy our water source and destroy our ecological wetland." Pay attention to this aspect of the ruins of the city. ”

The relationship between "water" and "city" is a mirror of the relationship between man and nature.

Landscapes, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, and the elements of natural ecology determine the resource endowment and location conditions of a place, and determine the regional development space and the carrying capacity of resources and environment. "How many soups bubble and how many steamed buns", General Secretary Xi Jinping used this simple sentence to explain that planning and development should be based on reality and adapted to local conditions.

Xiulin, Green Valley and Dianwan build the ecological space skeleton of the start-up area of Xiong'an New Area. Looking at the "forest", when he arrived in Xiong'an for the second time, General Secretary Xi Jinping drove through the "Millennium Show Forest" to inspect the growth of the forest. Today, the saplings are flourishing. Planting trees first and then building cities has become a new concept for the construction of new districts.

Looking at the "city", looking up, traveling, the proportion of green traffic trips in the start-up area of the new district accounts for 90%; Building buildings, clear green building standards, how much construction waste to reduce and how much energy is saved, have become the key to decision-making.

At the symposium, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again stressed that we should adhere to green and low-carbon development and build Xiong'an New Area into a model city for green development.

"New" and "old", a cultural inheritance

Mountains and rivers surround the city, and culture builds the city. The "City of the Future" is intertwined with the thousand-year-old context. "Culture is the soul of a city."

Protection and development, transformation and new construction, tradition and modernity, Xiong'an is facing in the construction, thousands of cities are also experiencing. Behind the priorities is also to answer the question of "what kind of road" to take in this largest urbanization process in human history.

Ancient trees are not moved, ancient buildings are not demolished, ancient archways are not moved... In 2018, Xiong'an New Area launched a special action plan of "remembering homesickness".

"The city is a science, it has meridians, pulses, textures like the human body, and if you don't treat it scientifically, it will get sick." General Secretary Xi Jinping once quoted this quote from architect Liang Sicheng. History and culture are also the meridian fabric of the city.

Open the "Planning Outline of Hebei Xiong'an New Area", "historical and cultural protection" is a separate section. General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out that the construction of Xiong'an New Area should "adhere to the protection and promotion of China's excellent traditional culture and continue the historical context".

"Only by persisting in moving from history to the future and forging ahead from the continuation of the national cultural bloodline can we do a good job in today's cause." The tide of urbanization is rushing forward, and the trade-off between "new" and "old" is crucial to the future.

The "old" that has been carefully cared for is the history and civilization that has been passed down for thousands of years;

The "new" of positive development is a new format, new model, new growth point and new momentum under the tide of the times.

At the symposium of this trip, General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly mentioned the word "new": "It is necessary to fully implement the innovation-driven development strategy, promote the implementation of cutting-edge policies and measures for reform and opening up in various fields and forward-looking innovation pilot demonstration projects in Xiong'an, and strive to build new functions, form new images, develop new industries, gather new talents, and build new mechanisms, so that Xiong'an New Area will become an innovation highland and entrepreneurial hotspot in the new era." ”

In the eyes of Xiong'an people, the past urban development model was industrialization driving urbanization, while Xiong'an was urbanization driving industrialization and informatization.

During this inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping arrived in Xiong'an, got off the high-speed rail, and first looked at Xiong'an Station and the Zangang area where it is located. The "city blank" in front of you has unlimited potential. The general secretary said: "It is necessary to build the Zangang area into a high-end high-tech industry cluster, so that visitors from all walks of life can feel the new modern atmosphere of Xiong'an New Area as soon as they come to Xiong'an."

Where is the "new" in the new atmosphere of modernization?

China has reached a new stage of development. The new development concept is integrated into the blood and backbone of Xiong'an construction.

"The new district must first reflect forward-looking and leading concepts in planning and construction." Intelligent, green and innovative, these bright business cards tell a new story after the new development concept "settled" in Xiong'an.

This is where history and the future meet.

"Jiangshan has had good guests since ancient times, who is the smoke and rain for?" This ancient question on the upper floor of Guxiongzhou City travels through the long years.

"Seeing things" and "seeing people" are the original intentions of the people's city

"City, so Sheng Min also." A city not only has reinforced concrete, but also wind and rain, flowers blooming and birds chirping, and there are homes to live in.

This time in Xiong'an, General Secretary Xi Jinping went to the first centralized built-up area in the new district, Rongdong area: "I have always been concerned about the relocated people, and I am very pleased to see that everyone is living well." To build the Xiong'an New Area, it is important to connect the peaceful living and happy work, so that the masses can live steadily, live in peace and have a head. ”

The city of the future is the city of the people.

Xiong'an has builders, relocators, entrepreneurs, and "aborigines" who turn farmers into citizens. Sunrise and sunset, they grew up with Xiong'an. The general secretary clearly pointed out: "We are not for a beautiful new city, but to build a new city for the people to live a better life." ”

"Serving the people wholeheartedly and providing fine urban management and good public services for the people are the focus of urban work. In December 2015, at the Central Urban Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping pondered the original intention of the city.

"The concept of making people's lives more comfortable is integrated into the bloodline of urban planning and construction, and is reflected in every detail."

Govern the city and make "embroidery" efforts.

"It is necessary to timely perceive the worries, worries and worries of community residents, and solve them one by one." "Vegetable baskets", "rice bags" and "fruit plates", when working at the local level, General Secretary Xi Jinping put these "little things" of people's livelihood on the desk as major matters.

The essence of modernization is the modernization of people.

For the people, relying on the people, benefiting the people. The "Xiong'an scene" of Chinese-style modernization takes the people as the center and explores a new path to build a modern city with new development concepts. Foreign media commented that Xiong'an is a tangible and vivid model of China's modernization.

For thousands of years, China, a "village surrounded by ambiguous villages, nestled in the smoke", has been experiencing what Western scholars call "the most magnificent and spectacular changes in human society in the 21st century", and has also experienced "the largest and fastest urbanization process in world history" since the reform and opening up, and urban development has been magnificent.

New cities, new explorations, new roads, full of ambition, precipitated historical patience, and creating infinite vitality.

In just 6 years, he went to Xiong'an three times. The millennium plan and the major events of the country are often in the affectionate concern of General Secretary Xi Jinping, who "can not rest assured at all times".

In just 6 years, Xiong'an New Area has emerged from scratch, from blueprint to reality, a future city without "urban disease", a "people's city" suitable for work and livability in the new era, and a high-level and modern city.

This is another miracle written on the land of China in the new era. (People's Daily reporter Du Shangze, Li Jianguang, Gui Conglu)