Polluted province to build a garden city
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THE chief architect of China’s latest special economic zone said he expects to submit a detailed proposal to the government by the end of this month. It will include plans for a high-tech garden city in one of the country’s most polluted provinces.
The idea of developing the Xiongan New Area, about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing, was announced on April 1. The planned zone in Hebei Province has been touted as having the same national significance as the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone that helped launch China’s economic transformation in 1980.
“We estimate the proposal would be submitted to the central government for review by the end of June,” Xu Kuangdi, chief adviser for the planning of the Xiongan economic zone, said at a forum on regional development in the capital.
All infrastructure in the zone, including transport, water and electricity, will be built underground to make room for green spaces and pedestrians, Xu said.
Inter-city transport would be “ultra-convenient,” with the commute between Xiongan and Beijing just 41 minutes by high speed rail, he said.
There are, however, still challenges, such as securing water supplies, reviving the ecology of Baiyangdian Lake, and ensuring a smart city that would “still be advanced in 100 years,” a requirement set by President Xi Jinping.
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