Construction resumes in Xiongan amid epidemic prevention efforts

A bunch of projects are resuming construction in Xiongan New Area, a new economic zone near Beijing and located in Hebei province, while work on prevention and control of the novel coronavirus is strengthening.

More than 20 key projects, including a business service center, highways and a concrete plant, have resumed operations with workers coming back gradually from the Spring Festival holiday, according to China Xiongan Group, a State-owned company that manages a number of projects in the area.

"We made overall plans to ensure both the virus-prevention work and construction tasks be conducted well during the special period," Chen Gang, secretary of the Xiongan New Area Communist Party of China Working Committee and director of the area's administrative committee, said on Wednesday during a conference.