Xiong'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃjɒŋˈɑːn/
ipa: /ʃjʊŋˈɑːn/
enpr: shyo͝ongʹänʹ
Forms: form: Xiongan
Etymology: c. 2017, from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 雄安 (Xióng'ān); a combination of the names of 雄縣／雄县 (Xióngxiàn, literally “Xiong County”) + 安新 (Ānxīn, literally “Anxin County”), two of the constituent areas of Xiong'an.
Senses: examples: text: Development of Xiong'an New District (XND) is integral to the implementation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) Integration Initiative. It is intended to ease the non-capital functions of Beijing, optimize regional spatial patterns, and enhance ecosystem services and living environment in this urban agglomeration.
ref: 2017 December 28, Wenhui Kuang, Tianrong Yang, Fengqin Yan, “Examining urban land-cover characteristics and ecological regulation during the construction of Xiong’an New District, Hebei Province, China”, in Journal of Geographical Sciences, volume 28, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: 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.
ref: 2018, Xi Jinping, The Governance of China, volume II, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 260:
text: Taking the planning of Hebei Xiong an New District, which is similar to the Beijing City Sub-center business district, as an example, the general secretary Xi Jinping's report at the nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: to ease the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei with the function of "non Beijing capital" as a "nose" to promote the coordinated development of Beijing Tianjin Hebei, a high starting point plan and a high standard construction of Xiong an new area, so the Xiong an new area is built at the very beginning.
ref: [2019 December, Changjun Wu, “The Current Situation, Problems and Improvement Countermeasures of Industrial Access System in Grand Canal Business District, Beijing City Sub-Center”, in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, volume 4, number 1, →ISSN, page 330:
text: The latest Water Census, made public this year, prompted rage on Chinese social media when it emerged that Beijing and its nearby administrative annexe of Xiong’an, a new "smart city” built at the behest of President Xi, both enjoy green codes on the basis of projected deliveries of water from the SNWDP.
ref: 2020 July 4, “Trickle-down policies”, in The Economist, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:
text: The aim of this work is to better understand smart cities in a unique and complex context such as China analysing the most recent example known as the Xiong an new area.[...]Firms, especially the technological big companies, play a pivotal role in the development of Xiong an new area. They cooperate to design better solutions and to deliver innovative services.[...]On October 2017, Xiong an new area signed a strategic cooperation with Alibaba Group and Ant Financial Group.
ref: [2021, Eleonora Veglianti et al., “Smart City in China: The State of Art of Xiong an New Area”, in Organizing Smart Buildings and Cities: Promoting Innovation and Participation, Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 82, 91:
text: 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 recent lockdowns in China are publicly announced and widely reported by state media, the Xiong'an restrictions appear to have been introduced by stealth with no public announcements -- sparking confusion among some residents of the area.
[...]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.
ref: 2022 January 28, “China quietly locks down area near Beijing with Olympics a week away”, in France 24, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2022:
text: If China’s growth continues to stumble, Mr. Xi may have less largess for big technological programs and marquee projects like Xiong’an, an unfinished city of neat boulevards and office blocks outside of Beijing whose design exemplifies his ideas of an orderly, advanced society.
ref: 2022 October 14, Chris Buckley, “‘Uncle Xi’ to Exalted Ruler: China’s Leader Embodies His Authoritarian Era”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2022:
text: The most recent example of how the government tries to hide the mass suffering of the Chinese people is the flooding in northern China.
Areas in Hebei Province near Beijing were hit the hardest because the authorities opened spillways to partly protect Xiong’an, a city that is being expanded to serve as an alternate national capital. It is one of Mr. Xi’s pet projects. The Hebei government said on Thursday that 29 people died and 16 were missing in the flooding. On the social media platform Weibo, some commentators said the government was lying about the casualties; on some posts, the comment function was disabled.
ref: 2023 August 14, Li Yuan, “When Tragedy Strikes in China, the Government Cracks Down on Grief”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2023:
glosses: A new area in Baoding, Hebei, China.
Synonyms: Xiong'an New Area