On October 13, Yang Wanming, Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group and President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), led a delegation to visit Xiongan New Area. The delegation toured key sites including the Comprehensive Service Center in the Start-up Area, the East-West Axis Dispatch and Command Center, Yannan Dike of Baiyangdian, the construction site in Rongdong District, and the Xiongan Planning Exhibition Center to gain a firsthand understanding of the planning and development progress in Xiongan New Area. Zhang Guohua, Chairman of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Member of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, and Secretary of the Party Working Committee and the Director of the Administrative Committee of Xiongan New Area, along with Wu Bo, Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee, Executive Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of Xiongan New Area, Party Secretary and Chairman of Xiongan Group, participated in related activities. Wang Jianfeng, Party Secretary and Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Hebei Province, and President of the Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and Wang Jiping, Deputy Director of the Hebei Provincial Xiongan New Area Office and a member of the Party Working Committee of Xiongan New Area, accompanied the delegation during the visit.
Officials from Xiongan New Area highlighted that the establishment of Xiongan is a major strategic decision by the CPC Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, as part of the broader effort to advance coordinated development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Currently, Xiongan New Area is actively implementing the key directives from President Xi’s important speeches, focusing on its primary role as a centralized location for relieving Beijing of its non-capital functions. The area is balancing large-scale construction with the integration of these functions, achieving significant progress in various phases. A modern city is emerging, growing robustly. The CPAFFC, as the main channel for people-to-people diplomacy in China, has played a vital role in strengthening friendship between the people of China and other nations, promoting international cooperation, maintaining world peace, and facilitating shared development. Officials expressed their gratitude for the continuous support and assistance from the CPAFFC towards the construction and development of Xiongan. They look forward to further support from the CPAFFC in promoting Xiongan’s international engagement, helping to accelerate the building of Xiongan as a pioneer of open development and elevating its level of internationalization.
Yang Wanming highly commended the achievements in the planning and development of Xiongan New Area, stating that advancing the New Journey of National Rejuvenation and Building a Strong Country through Chinese modernization is the central task of the Party and the nation on this new journey. Xiongan New Area is striving to become a national model for high-quality development in the new era, with its future city framework already taking shape and demonstrating significant development potential. This reflects the bright prospects of Chinese modernization. The CPAFFC will further leverage its resource advantages to fully support Xiongan’s people-to-people diplomacy, aiding the construction of Xiongan’s international cooperation network. Through various channels and platforms, the CPAFFC aims to share the story of Xiongan, providing the international community with a genuine, comprehensive, and multi-dimensional understanding of the rich implications of Chinese modernization.
The visit was also attended by Shen Xin, Vice President of the CPAFFC; Sun Xueqing, Secretary-General of the CPAFFC; and representatives from the CPAFFC General Office, the Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Hebei Province, and the Party and Government Office of Xiongan New Area.