President Xi Jinping greets forest rangers at a woodlands zone in Xiongan New Area, Hebei province, on Wednesday. Xi emphasized the role of nurturing the natural environment to boost the area's value and livability. [Photo/Xinhua]
Visit highlights area's new firms, planning, ecology
President Xi Jinping encouraged enterprises in Xiongan New Area to seize a very rare opportunity as he made a visit to the new zone on Wednesday.
It was Xi's second visit to Xiongan. His first visit was in February 2017, when he presided over a meeting on the planning and construction of the new area.
Xiongan, established in April 2017 and about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing, is the third new area of national significance after the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai's Pudong New Area.
