Building in Xiongan New Area on rise

Standing at his construction site in Xiongan New Area, Hebei province, Liu Qingyuan, an engineering manager at a major State-owned builder, looked around the well-planned buildings rising higher day by day. He was, he said, quite content.

He arrived in the region in October 2019 to take part in the construction work of China Railway No 4 Engineering Group Co Ltd, known as CREC4. The area was established by the central authorities on April 1, 2017.

The new area, which spans three counties — Xiongxian, Rongcheng and Anxin — is meant to relieve Beijing of functions that are not essential to its role as the nation's capital. It has been booming from the very start, Liu said.