Xi urges efforts to build Xiong'an New Area into innovation hub, model of high-quality development

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, chairs a symposium on further advancing the high-quality construction and development of the Xiong'an New Area in the Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 23, 2026. Xi inspected the Xiong'an New Area on Monday, when he also chaired the symposium. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)