Xiong'an New Area
English
Alternative forms
- Xiongan New Area
Etymology
Partial calque of Mandarin 雄安新區／雄安新区 (Xióng'ān Xīnqū).
Proper noun
Xiong'an New Area
- A new area in Baoding, Hebei, China.
- 2018, Xi, Jinping, The Governance of China, volume II, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, OCLC 1015902164, 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, archived from the original on 28 January 2022:
- 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.
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