2018年CRI Xiongan New Area sees progress one year after establishment

 

Sunday marks the first anniversary of China's Xiongan New Area, which is designed to become the core driving force for coordinated¹ development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

As CRI's Guan Chao reports, rapid progress has been made in the development of the new area over the past year.

The Xiongan Civil Service Center is the first infrastructure² project in the New Area.

Zhai Wei, the director of China Xiongan Construction and Investment Group, revealed that the center will open to the public in two weeks. The center will be a hub for government services, exhibitions and exchanges, and corporate³ offices.

"The CPC Central Committee has stressed multiple times that 'Xiongan quality' should be created in keeping with the requirements of high-quality development. Since the beginning of the first project, we have been contributing to the buildup of a "Xiongan quality system" with project quality as the premise⁴."

Baiyangdian is a lake surrounded by Xiongan's three major counties. The lake is crucial for the green development of the new area.

Over the past year, the local government has dredged the rivers that flow into the lake, and closed thousands of polluting companies nearby.

As Xiongan is designed to become one of the best cities in China to live in, the concept of ecology protection has been prioritized in the area's development.

Last August, authorities started to increase the forest cover of the area. So far, two and a half million trees have been planted, as part of what Xu Chengli, who is leading the effort, calls the "blue and green project".

"Blue refers to the Baiyangdian Lake; and green means urban forests. The two overlapping⁵ colors will account for 70 percent of the land of the New Area. The area's forest cover will be 40 percent, which is double the national average."

The Xiongan New Area is designed to be a home for government functions that are currently located in Beijing but that are not directly related to the capital city.

Strategic cooperation agreements between Xiongan New Area, Beijing, and Tianjin were signed last year.

In February this year, construction started on the Beijing-Xiongan intercity railway, which will slash⁶ travel time to the new city.

And on March 1st, four Beijing elementary schools began to build new campuses in the Xiongan New Area.

In addition, finance, insurance, communications and medical care services that are essential for day-to-day life in the new area have also been established.

So far 19 major enterprises, including e-commerce heavyweights Alibaba and Tencent, have signed strategic cooperation agreements with Xiongan. And more than 100 high-end hi-tech companies have agreed to open businesses in the new area.

Wang Shuqi is with Beijing Eyecool Technology Corporation.

"The smart technology sector⁷ in Xiongan needs to be planned from scratch, which will provide soil for us to expand the frontier of possibilities."

Xiongan is expected to help make the most out of the industrial sector in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and create a new center for the country's economic growth.

1 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

2 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

3 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

4 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。

5 overlapping   

adj./n.交迭（的）

参考例句：

• There is no overlapping question between the two courses. 这两门课程之间不存在重叠的问题。
• A trimetrogon strip is composed of three rows of overlapping. 三镜头摄影航线为三排重迭的象片所组成。

6 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

7 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。