A NEW TAKE ON URBANIZATION
When China announced its decision to establish Xiongan New Area five years ago, it intended to build a green and livable city, catering to residents’ needs, offering quality public services and infrastructure, and creating a new urban management model. It is also planned for the area to relieve Beijing of functions nonessential to its role as the national capital.
Currently, Beijing has overall development advantages than neighboring Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province. Economic and human resources in the broader region are excessively concentrated in the megacity, leading to its main
