Xiong’an: Six years after the plans to establish Xiong’an were announced, the new area in Hebei province now has its own vehicle number plates.
Starting with the letter X, the first letter in Xiong’an, the new plate was approved by the Ministry of Public Security, according to a report by State broadcaster China Central Television.
A driver named Ma Bo received the first plate number starting with X on Thursday in the area, the report said.
China announced plans to establish the new area in 2017, which is located about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing. It is designed to be a new economic zone and a key development hub in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, playing a leading role in facilitating the non-capital functions transferred from Beijing.
In the past six years, more than 510 billion yuan ($74 billion) has been invested in 240 key projects in the area, data from the government showed.
Construction on the Rongdong Section, the first area in Xiong’an, has been basically completed, while the major infrastructure in the Startup Section has basically finished, according to the area’s administrative committee.
Among several projects is a building complex being constructed by China Railway Construction Hebei Xiong’an Urban Development Co.
–The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
