Is Xiongan New Area becoming a model of China’s high-quality development?

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  Coming up, Xi Jinping calls for efforts to build the Xiongnu area into a model of high-quality development.

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  First up, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to build the Xiongnu area into an innovation hub

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  and a model for high-quality development.

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  He made the remark during a tour of the Xiongnu area in Hebei province.

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  The Chinese leader emphasized the efforts to relieve Beijing of functions that are non-essential to the city's role

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  as China's capital city and integrate them into the new area.

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  He also caught on Xiongan to cultivate clusters of emerging industries and pioneer the implementation of innovation policies

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  in science and technology, finance, and other fields.

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  Xi Jinping also said that Xiong'an should create a market-oriented and law-based business environment

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  that is up to international standards.

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