BEIJING - Senior leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Thursday stressed efforts to build Xiongan New Area into a high-quality modern socialist city.Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting attended by members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.The area, established in April 2017, is a new economic zone about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing in Hebei province. It is the third new area of national significance after the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the Shanghai Pudong New Area.CPC leaders agreed that building the new area is a historic project after hearing a report about the progress on a development plan for Xiongan.The new area is significant for helping phase out some non-capital functions from Beijing, exploring a new model of development in densely populated areas, restructuring the layout of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, promoting high-quality development, and creating a new engine for the modernized economy, according to a statement released after the meeting.Designing of the new area plan has made important progress on the basis of thorough investigation, feedback from different parties, and revisions and improvements, said the statement.The planning and building of Xiongan New Area should feature a global perspective and an international standard with Chinese characteristics, making it a national model in promoting high-quality development, it said.The meeting also stressed a reasonable layout for the city, with innovation in accordance with the regional culture and landscape.Efforts should be made to build a digital and intelligent city, with an emphasis on green development, according to the statement.A string of national innovative platforms and efficient transportation networks should be created in the area, it said.Measures should be taken to support Xiongan in accelerating reform and opening up, while a number of major projects should be launched at an appropriate time, it said. custom bar braceletcustom sports braceletscustom logo wristbandsde securite pour personne ageeembossed wristbandscolorfilled wristbandsembossed printed wristbandsdual layer wristbands
Photo taken on March 17, 2015 shows people working at Zhongguancun Innovation Street inthe Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China.[Photo/Xinhua] Those in private businesses considered contributors to nation's prosperity, too It is hoped self-employed and private business workers will honor the spirit of entrepreneurship, stay committed to the real economy, ensure high-quality development and make greater contributions as China boosts prosperity and modernization, President Xi Jinping said. Xi made the remark in a congratulatory letter sent to the fifth national congress of self-employed workers, which opened in Beijing on Monday. As the world's second-largest economy, China had more than 65 million businesses run by the self-employed and 27 million private enterprises as of the end of last year. They employed around 341 million people. Self-employed workers and private businesses, which are supported by the Party and the country, have played an important role in bolstering economic growth, promoting innovation, creating jobs and improving people's well-being over the past four decades, Xi said. Xi said socialism with Chinese characteristics is entering a new era. He said private businesses' workers should study and fulfill the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The businesses are seeing greater requirements put upon them as the country deepens its supply-side structural reform, implements the strategy of regional coordinated development, promotes the real economy and advances targeted poverty alleviation, Xi said. The associations of self-employed workers and private businesses should play their roles effectively in creating bridges and building platforms for business development and creation of an enabling climate, Xi said. Such associations should work effectively as campaigners for policies, laws and regulations, facilitators of reform, promoters of ability and quality, and the organizers of building the Party, according to Xi. Premier Li Keqiang said in an instruction that it is hoped the workers of self-employed and private businesses proactively participate in entrepreneurship and innovation, and play greater roles in nurturing new economic momentum and boosting the upgrading of the real economy. All departments, areas and associations serving businesses should continue streamlining administration and delegating power, optimizing services and reforms, helping businesses tackle problems and troubles, fulfilling policies cutting tax and fees, and better protecting their lawful rights and interests, Li said.
