New Xiong'an area in China gets its own vehicle number number number

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New Xiong'an area in China gets its own vehicle number number number

A worker sets up rebar at the construction site of Tiejian Center, built by China Railway Construction Hebei Xiong'an Urban Development Co. Six years after the plans to establish Xiong'an were announced, the new area in Hebei province now has its own vehicle number plates.

According to a report by State broadcaster China Central Television, the new plate was approved by the Ministry of Public Security starting with the letter X, the first letter in Xiong'an.

A driver named Ma Bo received the first plate number starting with X on Thursday in the area, according to the report.

In 2017 China announced plans to establish a new area, which is located about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing. It is designed to be a new economic zone and a key development hub in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, playing a leading role in facilitating non-capital functions transferred from Beijing.

In the past six years, more than 510 billion dollars have been invested in 240 key projects in the area, according to data from the government.

The construction on the Rongdong Section, the first area in Xiong'an, has been completed basically, while the major infrastructure in the Startup Section has been completed, according to the area's administrative committee.

One of several projects is a building complex built by China Railway Construction Hebei Xiong'an Urban Development Co.

The project includes office buildings, hotels, apartments and residential buildings located on the southwest side of Xiong'an Railway Station. It will receive relocating enterprises from Beijing when it is completed next year.

It has been a good start in transferring non-capital functions to the area, supported by a series of preferential policies, which give us great confidence in our development prospects, said Wang Chunlei, general manager of the development company.

The construction in Xiong'an has begun for some small towns with special features and beautiful villages, with a goal of integrating urban and rural development.

The area's administrative committee said more than 140 institutions have been set up by state-owned enterprises.

Four universities from Beijing China University of Geosciences, Beijing Jiaotong University, the University of Science and Technology Beijing and the Beijing Forestry University are the first universities to set up campuses in Xiong'an, according to Hebei Daily.

Ni Yuefeng, Secretary of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, was quoted as saying, "We should use reforming ways and innovative measures to create a strong atmosphere for collaborative innovation at colleges and universities.

Ni presided over a symposium in Xiong'an on Monday about collaborative innovation among universities.

He called for increased policy support in the fields of finance and taxation, human resources and land application to promote the coordination of the economy, modern finance and human resources, and foster a desirable ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship.