Xiong'an New Area
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Partial calque from Mandarin 雄安新區／雄安新区 (Xióng'ān Xīnqū).
Proper noun
[edit]- A new area in Baoding, Hebei, China.
- [2017 April 3, Ailin Tang, “Within Hours, Plans for a Quiet Corner of China Send Home Prices Soaring”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on April 03, 2017, Business[2]:
- But on Saturday, China declared that an area that sprawls across three local counties will someday become Xiongan New Area, a gleaming economic powerhouse reminiscent of earlier developments that helped put China’s economy on its fast-growth trajectory.]
- 2018, Xi Jinping, The Governance of China, volume II, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 260:
- In planning and building the Xiong’an New Area [part of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development program], under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee we should follow the underlying principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and reinforcing and implementing the new development concepts.
- 2022 January 28, “China quietly locks down area near Beijing with Olympics a week away”, in France 24[3], archived from the original on 28 January 2022[4]:
- Around 1.2 million people in Xiong'an New Area -- a new economic zone 100 kilometres southwest of Beijing -- are no longer allowed to enter or leave their residential compounds, local virus prevention staff confirmed to AFP on Friday.
[...]While there have been a number of national-level "New Areas" across China, Xiong'an stands out with its location personally designated by President Xi Jinping, according to state media.