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Xiongan New Area
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Financial Secretary Paul Chan (front row, fourth right) led a delegation to the mainland, with a look at the development of the Tongzhou campus of Renmin University of China one of the stops. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong can learn from mainland China’s rapid push on development: Paul Chan

Finance chief says Hong Kong will leverage its role as a ‘superconnector’ to help strengthen ties with Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Paul Chan meets Xia Baolong on trip to Beijing, Hebei projects

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China jobs

China’s SOEs breathe life into Xi Jinping’s ‘city of the future’ Xiongan

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Urban planning

China’s dated urban-development model must change, Beijing says at rare meeting

Amid property and urbanisation woes, China needs to ‘proactively adapt to changing circumstances’ and transform its approach to city planning, leadership says at Central Urban Work Conference.

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President Xi Jinping speaks at an unexpected meeting this week to discuss urban developments across the country. Photo: Xinhua
Xi Jinping

China’s ‘city of the future’ Xiongan marks latest step towards ambitious goals

Xiongan New Area now has 25 government agencies to guide continued expansion, city website says citing latest meeting.

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Bonds

Xi Jinping’s ‘city of the future’ logs record quarter for construction financing

Five batches of ultra-long special bond sales raked in several billion yuan for the Xiongan New Area, as development of ambitious megacity speeds up.

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Focus

China’s Xiongan offers lush green spaces, but will newcomers grow to like it?

Advocates say the site 100km south of Beijing has a lot of potential, but empty streets and buildings suggest this is yet to be realised.

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China property

Beijing’s office leasing market mired in a downward spiral

‘Office rents in the central business district have declined by 20 to 30 per cent from a year ago because the economy is bad,’ Beijing-based real estate agent says.

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Science

The new signal tech guiding the way under China’s next megacity

A low-cost indoor navigation system is set to help people navigate the maze of tunnels below Xiongan in the country’s north.

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Greater Bay Area

Greater Bay Area: think tank’s common market plan cites EU as instructive

A think tank has recommended the establishment of a common market in China’s Greater Bay Area, proposing a system of regional integration similar to the European Union.

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A think tank has proposed deeper linkages between the constituent parts of the Greater Bay Area, similar to the European Union’s common market. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
China's economic recovery

Xi tells Yangtze belt to avoid mega projects, ‘balance growth and security’

Officials tasked with developing regions along the Yangtze River are told by President Xi Jinping to ‘take the long view, make long-term strategies, and safeguard long-lasting security’, while pursuing new growth from technological innovation.

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President Xi Jinping, on a field trip to Jiangxi province this week, inspects petrochemical firm Sinopec Jiujiang on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua
Accidents and disasters in China

As I see it | China’s grand plans for Beijing come at a heavy cost for outlying areas

The admission that the area surrounding the capital would serve as a ‘moat’ has angered residents and raised questions about a lack of consultation.

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State-owned enterprises

Officials survey state-owned enterprises to aid Xi’s push to Xiongan

Xiongan New Area plan viewed with suspicion because it is not near any regional commercial hub and workers do not want to move from China’s capital, says analyst.

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Xi Jinping

Xi gives China’s mega Jing-Jin-Ji plans a nudge with high-powered visit

During inspection visit to Hebei province, China’s president pushes for more progress in developing Beijing’s new municipal administrative centre and Xiongan New Area.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping says the Xiongan New Area will be one of two “wings” for the Jing-Jin-Ji project. Photo: Xinhua
Shenzhen

Opinion | Strict city planning could limit Xiongan’s growth before it begins

Shenzhen and Pudong were able to grow and reach their current heights thanks to good geography, climate, policy experimentation and, importantly, location. Xiongan lacks those advantages, and the central government’s tight controls risk choking off the kind of organic growth seen in the world’s great cities.

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Workers are seen on a construction site for municipal support facilities at the Rongdong area of Xiongan New Area, in Hebei province, on March 30, 2021. Photo: Xinhua
Xi Jinping

Xi signals fresh drive to move Chinese state institutions out of Beijing

During a tour of Xiongan New Area, the Chinese leader calls for greater efforts to move government, academic and financial headquarters out of the capital.

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China property

China to expand financial support for home rental market

China is introducing 17 new measures to expand financing for home rentals and fundraising options for related companies.

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China's economic recovery

Explainer | What major infrastructure projects are giving China an economic boost?

From large-scale transport and water-conservancy projects to renewable energy efforts, China is splashing out trillions of yuan on critical infrastructure.

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China says construction has begun on more than 19,000 water-conservancy projects, of which 31 are considered “major” projects. Photo: Xinhua
China economy

Video | Backbone ready for China new megacity

Video | Xiongan: China’s ‘city of the future’

Disease

Opinion | ‘We’re not taking foreign guests’: how Covid-19 has changed travel in China

Travel restrictions in China have eased as the coronavirus pandemic has been brought under control, but that has not made finding a hotel any easier for foreigners.

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Even after China eased transport restrictions, travelling in the mainland is no easy feat for foreigners. Photo: AFP
China economy

China’s ‘city of the future’ shows push for innovation over manufacturing

The Xiongan New Area, blessed by Beijing’s top brass, represents the new zenith of China’s building spree, with round-the-clock construction in full force to build the futuristic metropolis from scratch.

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Workers leave a construction site in the Rongdong residential zone that is expected to eventually be home to 170,000 people in the ambitious Xiongan New Area. Photo: Simon Song
Artificial intelligence

President Xi’s dream city aims at all-round intelligent infrastructure

Smart city brain project aimed at enhancing infrastructure with technologies including satellite information services, sensors, a 5G network and big data facilities

China economy

Battle for Beijing airport slots offers rare glimpse into China politics

Air China gets a foothold at Daxing International Airport to escalate competition with China Eastern and China Southern.

City Beat

City Beat | ‘Greater Bay Area’ has an edge on the Xiongan New Area ... for now

Two regions are the new torch-bearers for country’s development, echoing legacy of the four special economic zones in Deng’s era.

A cross-border expressway in the Futian district of Shenzhen, which is one of 11 cities included in the ‘Greater Bay Area’ project. Photo: Roy Issa
China economy

Is Xi getting impatient with lack of progress on ‘future city’?

Week after president’s trip to north China’s Hebei province, Xinhua publishes 13,000-word document extolling virtues of ambitious development project.

Xi Jinping visits Xiongan New Area in show of impatience at lack of progress on ‘future city’ plan
The View

The View | How rival US and Chinese innovators can find common cause

Rising sea levels, pollution and extreme weather are global problems that must be jointly tackled by the best minds in both the US and China. The hi-tech clusters in Silicon Valley and the Greater Bay Area must lead the way.

China technology

Xiongan brings in ConsenSys as adviser on blockchain technology

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