More than 100 kilometers south of Beijing, a high-level modern city is reshaping its skyline.
From "a blank piece of paper" to taking shape, this "city of the future" breaks ground, sprouts, grows, and is full of vitality.
Luo Zi, Xiongan
7 years ago, on the morning of February 23, 2017, it was dawn after snow.
General Secretary Xi Jinping drove more than 100 kilometers from Zhongnanhai, Beijing, to Anxin County, Hebei Province.
In Xiaowangying Village, Dawang Town, the General Secretary walked into an open space and learned about the overview of the core area of the planned new area in front of an unfolded planning map.
At a small symposium at noon that day, the General Secretary made clear the original intention of establishing Xiongan New Area: Planning and building Xiongan New Area is a strategic choice of great historical significance. It is an important step to relieve Beijing’s non-capital functions and promote the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. historic project.
More than a month later, the establishment of Xiongan New Area was officially announced.
This is Xiongan Gate in Xiongan New District taken on March 15, 2023.
I landed in Xiong'an and dealt with it after careful consideration.
After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, what kind of capital city will China, which is steadily moving towards national rejuvenation, build?
How to promote the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei?
…Many questions linger in the mind of the General Secretary.
During in-depth research and thinking, an idea gradually emerged.
On February 10, 2015, the ninth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Leading Group reviewed and studied the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Plan", and the General Secretary clearly proposed the idea of "multiple points, one city, and reorganization of old cities".
“One city” means studying and thinking about building new cities outside of Beijing.
Soon after, the General Secretary further emphasized in a relevant meeting that the issue of new cities should be studied in depth and planning should be considered in suitable places in Hebei to build a modern new city guided by new development concepts.
Important speeches one after another, scientific demonstrations one after another, and in-depth advancement step by step... The General Secretary continued to deepen his strategic thinking on the establishment of the new district, and the concept gradually became a reality.
The general secretary profoundly pointed out: "Xiongan New Area is a capital functional expansion area approved by the Party Central Committee. It has national significance like Pudong in Shanghai and Shenzhen in Guangdong. This positioning must be grasped well."
"Look at Shenzhen in the 1980s, Pudong in the 1990s, and Xiongan in the 21st century." People are full of expectations for Xiongan.
Growth, Xiong'an
In January 2019, on the fifth anniversary of promoting the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Xiongan New Area again.
In the "Millennium Show Forest", the General Secretary looked at the saplings and said happily: "Let them grow slowly with the Xiongan New Area."
This is the "Millennium Show Forest" in Xiongan New Area taken on September 6, 2022.
The "Millennium Beautiful Forest" is the first step in the construction of Xiongan New Area.
"Plant green first, build city later" is a new concept given by the General Secretary to the construction of Xiongan New Area, which lays the foundation for green development for its "growth".
The "growth" of Xiongan New Area also contains the dialectics of fast and slow.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the planning and preparation of Xiongan New Area, and has repeatedly emphasized that "every inch of land must be clearly planned before construction begins", "carefully promote without leaving historical regrets" and "persist in using the most advanced concepts and world-class planning Design and construction can withstand the test of history."
Adhering to the principle of planning before taking action, there was a time when Xiongan barely touched a brick or a tile.
But time has recorded the rapid development under slow planning:
Today's Xiong'an has a clear urban and rural spatial pattern, and the design of urban and architectural styles is advancing steadily. The "four major systems" of the urban peripheral road framework, internal backbone road network, ecological corridors, and new district water systems run through the entire region; electricity, communications, heat, and gas , water supply and other supporting facilities, all have been installed in advance in the 47.6 kilometers of underground pipe corridors that have been completed and put into operation, just like an underground city; for the first time in the history of urban construction in my country, the simultaneous construction of digital cities and real cities has been realized across the entire region, and every person in the real city Every building and every street light has a one-to-one correspondence in the digital city...
Play steadily and seize the day.
The joint-growing Xiongan fully displays the unique temperament of the “city of the future”.
Hope, Xiongan
In May 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Xiongan for the third time.
On the way, through the car window, he stared at this new city that had created miracles.
In this new city, there are builders, relocators, entrepreneurs, and "aboriginals" who are farmers turned citizens... This is a high-quality and high-standard development city, and it is also a "people's city" that is suitable for business and livability. ".
At the beginning of the construction of the new district, the general secretary warned: "We are not building a beautiful new city, but building the new city is precisely for the people to live a better life."
The convenient measures provided by the Party and Mass Service Center, the affordable meals in community canteens, and the peaceful living of the relocated people... During the third inspection of Xiongan New Area, the General Secretary looked carefully and asked in-depth questions.
In Nanwenying Community in Rongdong District, the General Secretary said emotionally to the masses: "To build Xiong'an New Area, the most important thing is to connect the people's livelihood and work, so that the people can live stably, live in peace, and have a bright future."
On May 23, 2023, residents of Nanwenying Community (right) in Rongdong District, Xiongan New District, Hebei Province handled business at the community convenience service station.
"A city is prosperous for its people."
In recent years, Xiongan New Area has focused on promoting the development of medical, education, culture, employment and other fields——
A total of 475,000 acres of forest have been planted, and the forest coverage rate has increased from 11% to 34.7%. "3 kilometers into the forest, 1 kilometer into the forest belt, 300 meters into the park, and everywhere you can enjoy the park" has become a reality; Rongdong, Rongxi, and Xiongdong three 120,000 people have moved to new homes in the newly built area, and the "15-minute living circle" has become a standard feature of the community; the innovative employment training model has provided a total of 250,000 jobs, and zero-employment households have been dynamically cleared...
In the waiting hall of Xiongan Station, on the base of a "Millennium Wheel" are engraved eight large golden characters - "A Millennium Plan Begins Now."
The gears keep turning, symbolizing the city’s progressive pulse.
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