Field research: How was the construction of Xiongan New Area in the past four years? |Beijing|Xiongan_Sina News

Original title: Field research: How has the Xiongan New District been constructed in the past four years? | “Finance” cover

Xiong’an New District, as a centralized carrying site for Beijing’s non-capital functions, will continue to play a key role; and will form a batch of popularized urban planning and construction experience

　　Text | “Finance” reporter Zhang Han, intern reporter Zhang Yixue

Late autumn in October. From Beijing West Railway Station, take the high-speed rail to the south, half an hour to Daxing Airport, and then take another 20 minutes to reach Xiong’an Station in the Zangang Group of Xiong’an New District, 128 kilometers away from Beijing. There is endless farmland around the new area, but the projects in the start-up area are busy.

The Beihai Kindergarten, Shijia Hutong Primary School and the new campus of Beijing No. 4 Middle School under construction have begun to take shape. In the Rongdong area, nearly a thousand resettlement houses are already of considerable scale, the community supporting facilities are relatively complete, and the Xiong’an Business Service Center Convention and Exhibition Center has been completed, accepted and put into use.

According to the overall plan of the Xiongan New District and the construction progress in the past four years, more buildings and ecological landscapes will rise here in a few years. They will record the development of the Xiongan New District from a county area to a smart city, The evolution of future city construction.

On September 1, 2021, the “Regulations of Hebei Xiong’an New District” (hereinafter referred to as “Regulations”) formally came into effect. This is the first comprehensive local regulation of the Xiongan New Area, giving the New Area Management Committee the legal status and management powers for the first time. It is clear that the Xiongan New District Management Committee is an agency dispatched by the Hebei Provincial Government. Provincial-level economic and social management authority granted by the state and Hebei Province.

As soon as the “Regulations” came out, public opinion appeared about “Xiong’an New District was downgraded.”

So, in the past four years, how was the project effectiveness and construction progress of the Xiongan New Area? Has the function and positioning of Xiongan New Area been adjusted? How does Xiongan carry out its industrial layout? Recently, reporters from Caijing went to Xiongan New District to conduct research and interviews.

　　Xiongan New District has never been downgraded

Recently, a series of statements such as “China’s Xiong’an New Area is downgraded to Hebei Xiong’an New Area”, “the central government pays down payment, Hebei pays the balance”, etc., have attracted market attention. There are also expert judgments that objective factors such as insufficient water resources and low terrain may restrict the large-scale development and construction of the Xiongan New Area.

Since the establishment of the Xiongan New District, there have been many opinions and discussions. In the eyes of the local builders, these hot discussions have brought about the effect of “listening while you are clear”, and clarifying the thinking and direction of Xiongan’s future development. One of the more important discussions is whether the development and construction of the Xiongan New Area will face variables due to factors such as water sources and topography? Will Xiong’an New Area be downgraded?

Cao Yuanzheng, vice chairman of the Chinese Society of Macroeconomics and former chief economist of the Bank of China, analyzed the reporter of Caijing,The entire North China area is short of water, but there is Baiyangdian Lake in the Xiongan New Area, which is the only area in North China that has lakes and is relatively water-scarce. Moreover, the Xiongan New Area will not develop large-scale industries and manufacturing industries, therefore, it does not need a large amount of water resources to maintain operation.

“The main purpose of the establishment of the Xiongan New Area is to achieve a substantial decline and dispersion of the population of the capital Beijing, but the capital itself does not have much industry. Xiongan’s goal is to resolve the economic gap between the North and the South and achieve coordinated development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. , And to create a new benchmark and new sample for cities in northern China. Therefore, even if there is a water shortage, you can consider replenishing water through the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.” Cao Yuanzheng said.

As for the problem of low terrain, Li Weidong, a professor at Beijing Jiaotong University School of Economics and Management and deputy director of the China Urbanization Research Center, told Caijing reporter that Xiong’an can make up for the lack of terrain through subsequent infrastructure and supporting facilities construction. The heavy rain disasters in Beijing and other cities are caused by the lack of timely drainage of the city. If Xiongan can improve the level of urban response measures, it will be able to respond more effectively to emergencies.

Li Weidong believes that geological disasters caused by topography are a small probability event. It is normal for people to have different views on a problem, but there is no need to worry about the overall development plan of the Xiongan New District.

　　Regarding the “downgrade”, many industry insiders interviewed by the Caijing reporter believed that if the Xiongan New Area is to effectively realize the positioning of Beijing’s non-capital function, then the Xiongan New Area cannot be downgraded.

In accordance with the spirit of the “Guiding Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting the Comprehensive Deepening of Reform and Opening Up of Hebei Xiong’an New Area”, the position of the Xiong’an New Area is as follows: Level socialist modern city.

In response to the current level of Xiong’an New District, whether there is a legal basis, the relevant person in charge of the Xiongan New District’s Party and Mass Work Department told the Caijing reporter that the statement about the downgrade of the Xiong’an New District was speculation by individual media and misunderstandings by some members of the public. The press release issued by Xinhua News Agency on April 1, 2017, “The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council Decide to Establish Hebei Xiong’an New District” stated that Hebei Xiong’an New District has never been downgraded.

In addition, the “Regulations” also clearly stated that the Xiongan New District Management Committee is a dispatched agency of the Hebei Provincial People’s Government. It exercises the provincial-level economic and social management authority granted by the state and the province by referring to the administrative powers of the people’s government of the city divided into districts.

“The “Regulations” proposes that the Xiongan New District Management Committee shall exercise the administrative powers of the people’s government of the city divided into districts in order to solve the legal basis for the Xiongan New District to exercise administrative powers during the transitional period, and does not involve the issue of administrative levels. A city divided into districts is not equal to a prefecture-level city. It has nothing to do with the administrative level. Prefectural-level cities, sub-provincial cities, and cities specifically designated in the state plan are all cities divided into districts. The “Regulations” specify that the Xiongan New District exercises the provinces granted by the state and the province. The level of economic and social management authority fully reflects the particularity of the Xiongan New Area. Therefore, the downgrade of the Xiongan New Area is a misunderstanding.” The person in charge once again emphasized.

It is reported that the Xiongan New District will gradually transition to an urban management system in the future. When and what level of city will be established, we still need to wait for the approval of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. The choice of city level will require comprehensive consideration and weighing the pros and cons.

　　Zhang Keyun, a professor at the School of Applied Economics of Renmin University of China, reminded the reporter of Caijing that for unified planning, construction and management, the adjustment of administrative divisions and administrative system arrangements in Xiongan New District should be early rather than late.How to reduce the negative impact of administrative levels on the industrial division and cooperation of the main cities in central and southern Hebei is an important issue facing the construction of Xiongan New District and even the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. In the next step, if the Xiongan New District is to strengthen the communication and integration of different regions of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and coordinate the functional positioning of various administrative regions, it needs strong industrial carrying capacity and resource matching capabilities.

　　Give greater independent development rights

The Caijing reporter learned that on July 29, 2021, the “Regulations on Hebei Xiong’an New Area” were passed at the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th People’s Congress of Hebei Province. Comprehensive system specifications. The relevant person in charge of the Party and Mass Work Department of Xiongan New Area explained to the reporter of Caijing that the greatest significance of the “Regulations” is to clarify the legal status of Xiongan New Area. In the past, the New District was only a dispatched agency of the provincial government, not a first-level administrative body, and did not have the qualifications of an independent law enforcement body. After the “Regulations” come into effect, the new district has management powers, and various departments in the new district can better perform corresponding duties.

　　The person in charge also emphasized that the “Regulations” gave the Xiong’an New Area greater independent development rights and encouraged the new area to try first.For example, the new district is given greater autonomy in the employment of the employment system, and encourages reform and innovation to be written into the “Regulations” and upgraded to regulations, so that Xiongan has more room for reform and exploration, and at the same time requires the establishment of fault tolerance that encourages reform and innovation. Mechanism to stimulate people’s enthusiasm for business and entrepreneurship.

Recently, the relevant person in charge of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Leading Group Office emphasized in an interview with the media that it is necessary to continuously improve the incentive and restraint policy system. Further refine the specific support measures for education, medical and health, social security, housing and other relief policies, with one policy per unit and one policy per enterprise. In-depth improvement of follow-up policies such as medical insurance and fiscal and taxation. According to work progress and actual needs, the current policies will be adjusted and improved in time, new remediation policies have been introduced, and the system of incentives and restrictions on remediation has been continuously constructed to enhance the attraction of Xiongan New District to remedial units and personnel.

The relevant person in charge of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Leading Group Office also stated in the interview that learning from domestic and foreign new city and new district construction management concepts and experiences, researching and constructing new districts that are compatible with different development stages of the new district, are conducive to the dissolution of Beijing’s non-capital functions and the direction of reform. Institutional mechanisms.

Li Weidong proposed that the Xiongan New Area should combine its functional positioning and actively carry out system and mechanism reforms and innovations and pioneer trials in the areas of land, housing, investment and financing, finance and taxation, finance, talents, household registration, medical care, and social security. Regarding the system, build a streamlined and efficient administrative system and mechanism, carry out the construction of an integrated administrative approval mechanism, and actively use artificial intelligence and other new-generation information technologies to introduce government service platform construction. In terms of various mechanisms, the Xiong’an standard was established to form a typical demonstration.

He suggested: First, to attract external high-quality innovative resources, especially innovative talents, through a series of preferential policies and “market-oriented” measures such as land, finance, taxation, and talent. Second, create an excellent innovation environment. Innovate various institutional measures such as incentive mechanisms, public services, and social security to provide an innovative environment for sustainable development. Third, the industry establishes a city. Improve industrial development plans, establish key development industries, create an enterprise-led technological innovation system, and realize industrial clustering. Fourth, create a culture of innovation. Whether it is the Silicon Valley of the United States or the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, the open exploration, inclusive and enterprising innovation culture has attracted a large number of outstanding scientific and technological talents and entrepreneurs, and the Xiongan New District should cultivate a matching innovation culture.

Taking the reform and exploration of the real estate market and land system as an example, the “Outline of Hebei Xiong’an New District Planning” proposes to reform and innovate the housing system and establish a housing system featuring multi-subject supply, multi-channel guarantee, and simultaneous rent and purchase. Improve the multi-level housing supply policy and market regulation system, strictly control real estate development, and so on. “Hebei Xiong’an New District Planning Outline” also proposes to promote the reform of the land management system. Make overall plans for the scale of construction land required in the new area, the amount of cultivated land, the area of ​​permanent basic farmland protection, and the balance of cultivated land occupation and compensation. Innovate the land supply policy, and construct a diversified land use and land supply model that combines transfer, allocation, price contribution (or shareholding), lease or lease first, then transfer, and lease.

　　Cao Yuanzheng told the Caijing reporter that the real estate market in Xiong’an New Area should insist on “selling on behalf of rent” for a long time, and insist on not selling houses or land.“Before 1998, there was no real estate market in China, and all houses were allocated. Therefore, Xiongan did not sell houses or land. It was completely practicable in practice. As an emerging city in the north, Xiongan should consciously undertake the reform of China’s real estate market. Important task.”

　　Some experts interviewed also believe that Xiong’an’s real estate market should not be frozen all the time. In the future, Xiong’an should moderately liberalize the sale of commercial housing, and at the same time severely crack down on speculation in real estate speculation.

“The government hopes that the real estate market in Xiong’an will develop steadily. After the market matures, it can slowly release the sales of commercial housing. To avoid drastic market fluctuations, it is necessary to explore new development models such as BOT to achieve diversification of capital investment.” Li Weidong told Reporter of Caijing.

In fact, “Hebei Xiong’an New District Planning Outline” clearly mentions that Xiong’an must adhere to the positioning of houses for living, not for speculation, and establish a housing system featuring multi-subject supply, multi-channel guarantee, and simultaneous rent and purchase. In the future, Xiongan will have commercial housing to meet multi-level individual needs and explore real estate financial product innovation.

　　A new benchmark for future cities

Xiongan New Area is a national-level new area under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province. It is located in the central part of Hebei Province, in the hinterland of Beijing, Tianjin and Baoding. Xiong’an New District includes three counties of Xiong County, Rongcheng, Anxin and some surrounding areas. The starting area is about 100 square kilometers, the medium-term development area is about 200 square kilometers, and the long-term control area is about 2,000 square kilometers. In 2017, the permanent population of Xiongan New District was 1.047 million.

On April 1, 2017, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued a notice, deciding to establish a national-level new district in Hebei Xiong’an New District. In 2019, Xiong’an New Area established the China (Hebei) Free Trade Pilot Zone Xiong’an Area, and was selected as the first batch of pilot areas for the construction of a strong transportation country this year.

From Beijing West Railway Station, take the high-speed rail to the south, half an hour to Daxing Airport, and another 20 minutes to reach Xiong’an Station in the Zangang Group of Xiong’an New District. Entering Xiong’an Station, the interior is bright and transparent, and the structure is tall and beautiful. From the inside to the outside, the sense of art and technology of the building comes to your face.

This high-speed rail station, which ranks among the top in terms of overall scale in Asia, started construction at the end of 2018 and lasted two years. It will be opened to traffic at the end of 2020. Walking out of Xiong’an Station, the ground in Zangang was still clean and empty. The Caijing reporter learned that in accordance with the urban concept of “underground first, then above ground”, the first phase of the 16.5-kilometer underground comprehensive pipeline corridor in the high-speed rail station area has been basically completed, and the second-phase project of the 10.8-kilometer pipeline corridor is in progress. , Lay a solid foundation for the “station-city integration” construction of the high-speed railway station area. The large-scale construction site makes people full of imagination for the future here.

After various investigations, it was determined that the Xiong’an New District will be established in the three counties of Xiongxian, Rongcheng, and Anxin in Hebei Province and some surrounding areas. Xiong’an New District is 105 kilometers away from Beijing and Tianjin, 155 kilometers away from Shijiazhuang and Cangzhou, 30 kilometers away from Baoding, and 55 kilometers away from Beijing Daxing Airport. The geology is stable and it has the basic conditions for large-scale development and construction.

It is understood that the planning and construction of Xiongan New Area is mainly divided into three phases: 2017 to 2018 is the first phase of planning. Starting in 2019, it has entered the stage of large-scale construction. In 2021, it will enter the third stage, which is to undertake the simultaneous advancement of relief and large-scale development and construction.

Walking into the Civic Service Center Park where the Administrative Committee of the Xiong’an New District of Hebei is located, you can see that the internal roads are clean and lined with trees, and the Xiong’an Planning Exhibition Center, the Government Service Center, and the Xiong’an Group are located in criss-cross sections of roads.

Here, in accordance with the construction standards of Xiongan New District, urban necessities such as water, electricity and heating must be transported through the underground integrated pipe gallery, and there are no common manhole covers and pipelines in other cities on the ground. The glass house leading to the underground comprehensive pipe gallery and the test vehicle parked at the driverless station demonstrate the intelligent management and high-standard construction of the park.

　　The relevant person in charge of the Reform and Development Bureau of the Xiongan New Area told the Caijing reporter that the Xiongan New Area has now entered a new stage of both large-scale construction and undertaking relief. Xiongan Construction is committed to promoting intelligent and digital applications, and will create “a city on the cloud, a city on the ground, and a city underground.”

Not long ago, the relevant person in charge of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Leading Group Office also publicly stated that the Xiongan New District has entered an important stage of taking over Beijing’s non-capital functions and simultaneously advancing its construction. “According to the overall work deployment, starting from this year, we will focus on universities, hospitals, and central enterprise headquarters under the Ministry of Education in Beijing, and promote relevant non-capital functions to the Xiongan New Area in phases and batches, and strive to form a number of benchmarks during the ’14th Five-Year Plan’ period. The project lays the foundation for the in-depth implementation of medium and long-term relief tasks.”

　　The Caijing reporter learned that next, Xiong’an New District will focus on six major types of relief units from Beijing, including central enterprises, public institutions, financial headquarters, scientific research institutes, hospitals, and universities.At the same time, the industrial development of Xiongan New Area will focus on five major directions: new generation information technology, modern life science and biotechnology, high-end modern service industry, new materials and green ecological agriculture.

The person in charge of the Reform and Development Bureau of the Xiong’an New District also emphasized several “batches” to reporters: Xiong’an will “introduce a group of high-level universities and research institutes in Beijing, lay out a group of national-level technological innovation platforms, and create a group of A new type of research and development institution, undertakes the implementation of a number of national-level major scientific and technological projects, attracts and cultivates a number of high-tech enterprises, leading enterprises and high-growth scientific and technological enterprises, and gathers a number of strategic scientific and technological talents, scientific and technological leaders, young scientific and technological talents, and innovative teams And innovative entrepreneurs, build a technological innovation system with technological innovation as the core, multi-field interaction and multi-factor linkage”.

According to the current planning goals, Xiongan will become China’s pioneering reform and pilot zone, a cluster of high-quality industries and technological innovation elements, a development demonstration zone with balanced occupations and housing, complete functions, and far away from “big city diseases”, and become Beijing-Tianjin Hebei is a new bridgehead for integrated development and a leader in the northern economy.

Since 1992, China has established more than a dozen national-level new districts, but the historical mission behind each new district is different, depending on the historical background, geographical location, new district scale, and social mission of the new district. As for the Xiongan New Area, many experts interviewed by the Caijing reporter predicted that this area may represent a new benchmark for Chinese cities in the future.

　　Xiong’an blueprint gradually becomes reality

The urban design of Xiongan New District emphasizes “plan first, then build”. In the opinion of the relevant person in charge of the Xiongan New Area, building a high-quality urban model requires comprehensive consideration of various factors, such as future industrial layout, residents’ quality of life, urban architecture, external transportation connections, Baiyangdian ecological governance, flood control capacity building, and digital Urban Construction……

After the “slow” plan is the “fast” construction, however, what the reporter feels is the visible “stillness” and the invisible “movement” of Xiong’an.

It is understood that on the cloud, the Xiongan New District plans to build “Xiongan Cloud” to provide strong cloud computing support for future urban operations, and at the same time establish a blockchain laboratory to do a good job in the infrastructure construction of a digital city. In the underground, in addition to integrating various pipelines such as electricity, communication, and gas, the new area also designs smart logistics channels. In the future, it will use the urban cloud computing platform for unmanned logistics vehicles to pass, alleviating urban traffic pressure.

On the ground, the urban planning of Xiongan New District is “one main, five auxiliary, multiple nodes”: “one main” is the starting area formed by the original Rongcheng and Anxin counties, and it is also the main urban area of ​​the new district. Construction will be started first. . The “Five Subsidiaries” are the five peripheral groups of Xiong County, Rongcheng County, Anxin County, Zhaili, and Zangang, which are mainly used for resettlement and to undertake certain relief functions. Multi-nodes are a number of characteristic small towns and beautiful villages, and implement classified and characteristic development, delimit the development boundary of characteristic small towns, and prohibit large-scale real estate development.

Although the old towns of Xiongxian, Rongcheng, and Anxin counties are undergoing “micro-upgrade” and “micro-renovation”, the starting area is the core area of ​​the future Xiong’an New District, with a planned area of ​​about 198 square kilometers and a construction land of about 100 square meters. Kilometers, the interior is divided into five groups, and within each group to achieve a job-living balance. Among them, the start-up area is located in the fourth group and the fifth group of the starting area, with a planned area of ​​38 square kilometers and a construction land area of ​​26 square kilometers. At present, the start-up zone control regulations and detailed regulations for the start-up zone control of the Xiongan New Area have been announced to the public.

　　In Xiongan, people often say “starting zone” and “starting zone”. The names of the two are similar, but they are actually different. The starting area is the main urban area, and the main functions of the Xiongan New District are arranged here. The start-up zone is part of the first construction in the start-up zone, and undertakes important tasks such as the implementation of the first batch of Beijing’s non-capital function relief projects and the gathering of high-end innovative elements.

The relevant staff of the Xiongan New District Management Committee told the Caijing reporter that the plan for the start-up area was selected from more than 100 bidding proposals for the Xiongan New District around the world. The final winning proposal came from the American design team. The plan combines urban construction with traditional Chinese culture, which is both modern and retains Chinese characteristics. According to the announced plan, the start-up area of ​​the Xiongan New District is equipped with a science park, a university town, an innovation workshop, an Internet industry park, a headquarters base, a financial island, etc., as well as good education and medical resources. The population density is planned to be controlled at around 10,000 people per square kilometer, aiming to create a high-quality environment that is livable and suitable for business.

“Group” is also a high-frequency word here. Take Beijing as an example. The construction of Beijing’s central urban area is one ring and one ring. When there are more loops, the traffic pressure in the central urban area will increase. The Xiongan group is separated from the group. A group will ensure that people’s work, life, education, medical care, and commercial facilities are all in one area, which can avoid more cross-urban mobility and facilitate residents’ lives.

The five outlying groups outside the main city are mainly used to resettle the relocated residents. At present, the Rongdong area in the east of Rongcheng group (located in the east of Rongcheng County, covering an area of ​​about 12.7 square kilometers) is the first to start construction and will also be put into use. Area. In the second half of this year, the people who were originally expropriated will move back here one after another.

As the car drove to the Rongdong area, Caijing reporters observed on the road visiting Rongdong that one side of the road was built in full swing on flat ground, and the other side had begun to take the shape of a city, with tall buildings and spacious streets. In the rudimentary interior of the city, schools, shops, and bus stations are already in place, waiting for the arrival of residents to add popularity to the new city.

With tall buildings rising from the ground, the new look of Xiongan is vaguely visible.

In the eyes of urban development experts, the Xiongan New District is similar to the rise of the Tsukuba Science City in Japan. In the 1960s, Japan began to transform from a “trade-based nation” to a “technology-based nation”, emphasizing the gradual shift from applied research to basic research and technological innovation. Inspired by the Silicon Valley of the United States, Japan plans to build a science city in Tsukuba, 60 kilometers away from Tokyo, which provides a good environment for cultivating high-end talents and scientific and technological research and innovation. In 1974, the Japanese government moved more than 40 educational and research institutions under the Ministry to Tsukuba. Today, Tsukuba Science City has become the largest scientific research center in Japan. It is Japan’s leading role in high-precision scientific research with developed countries such as the United States and Germany.

At that time, large-scale manufacturing industries and service industries were concentrated in Tokyo, and the industrial agglomeration brought about a rapid population expansion. Japan’s relocation of scientific research institutions from Tokyo to Tsukuba has eased Tokyo’s population and traffic pressure to a certain extent.

Bai Xuejie, deputy dean of the Institute of Economic and Social Development of Nankai University, told the Caijing reporter that Tsukuba is a government-oriented development, which is very similar to Xiongan.

Although Tsukuba assumed a certain function of capital relief at the time, its main function was to serve original technological innovation. “Tsukuba and Xiong’an are both government-led plans, but the difference between the two lies in their functional positioning. Japan’s initial positioning of Tsukuba is original technological innovation. In fact, it does not emphasize the urban functions of Tsukuba too much, and it does not have a complete set of functions. Cities to build.” And Xiong’an’s urban positioning seems to be more complicated than that.

　　In the early morning of June 30, 2021, thousands of drones in Xiong’an New District staged a light show, arranging various characters and patterns to “light up” the night sky of Xiong’an. The words “Xiongan New Era Poems and Distance” arranged by drones.Figure/Zhongxin

On the one hand, Xiong’an needs to relieve Beijing’s units, population and industries; on the other hand, Xiong’an needs to build a national science and technology innovation center, a world science and technology innovation center, and at the same time complete its urban functions and build a modern smart city. Judging from the current planning and construction of Xiong’an, the government has played a very guiding role in the early stage of undertaking the relief, but the development of the city in the future needs to form its own hematopoietic mechanism.

　　“If you completely rely on universities and scientific research institutions, there is actually no way to complete the hematopoietic function, so you must have an industry.” Bai Xuejie said, if Xiong’an has not completed its initial positioning of the relief function, it will be required to attract investment or attract high-tech. Technology industries, etc., cannot be attracted by market forces.The most basic elements of any local economic development still come from the market, that is, the attractiveness of the market itself to these elements.

Bai Xuejie believes that the current government has invested a lot of manpower and material resources to build infrastructure and make high-level planning. “The blueprint has been well done, and the next step is the relief function. At this time, on the one hand, the government should do a good job of guiding work, and on the other hand, it should supervise whether Xiong’an’s relief is a real relief.” Will the industry stay in Xiongan? The most important point is to attract young people, because young people’s mobile costs are relatively small. “

　　In the future, if Xiong’an increases its cultivating mechanism for venture capital, more young people may come to Xiong’an to start businesses and innovate; as long as young people do it here, the market mechanism will gradually accumulate strength.

　　260 billion industrial investment entered

A reporter from Caijing found in Xiongan’s research that in recent years, many companies have come to Xiongan to set up branches after seeing business opportunities.

As of the first half of 2021, the Xiongan New Area has completed a total of more than 260 billion yuan of investment, 125 key projects are in progress, a group of Beijing enterprises have settled in the Xiongan New Area, and Beijing has registered and established more than a thousand companies in the Xiongan New Area.

Those who came to set up branches in Xiong’an New District included the construction and building materials system service provider Oriental Yuhong Company. A staff member of the company’s Xiong’an branch told the Caijing reporter that the company is currently recruiting sales agents extensively and providing them with product and technical training and sales programs. “Xiongan’s market prospects are extremely broad. It is estimated that the annual construction business volume can reach tens of billions of yuan. Even if only a small part of the profit can be obtained, it is still very impressive.” The staff member said.

In addition to the large-scale construction of hardware facilities, Xiongan New District is also making efforts to create a high-quality soft environment. A reporter from Caijing learned during the interview that up to now, the Xiong’an New District has held many meetings, emphasizing that the government should provide enterprises with “shop-small two-style” and “nanny-style” services, and adopt “one enterprise, one policy” to create the highest efficiency. , The service-oriented government with the shortest process.

At the same time, through the top-level design, perfect the “large department system” and flat administrative management system, so that enterprises can avoid running errands and realize the “one network” of administrative matters.

In order to attract “new talents”, Xiong’an New District is formulating a “1+N” policy system. According to the “Xiongan New District’s Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Creation of New Industries (2021-2023)”, the “Three-Year Action Plan for Gathering New Industries and Talents in New Industries” was formulated to accelerate the gathering of innovative and entrepreneurial “new talents” and adapt to Industrial talents needed for the construction and development of the new district.

The relevant person in charge of the Party and Mass Work Department of Xiongan New District told the reporter of Caijing that everything is difficult at the beginning. At this stage, the talent base of Xiongan is relatively weak, so Xiongan has adopted flexible methods to attract talents, such as medical treatment and housing for outstanding talents. Need to provide “nanny” services, implement the talent “migratory bird” plan (attract talents to work in Xiong’an every July and August), and use flexible methods such as rehiring, double employment, and project cooperation to attract high-level talent teams to Xiong’an to create value.

The person in charge said, “Xiong’an New District is like a piece of white paper. It must absorb the most advanced concepts and mechanisms in the country and even the world in all aspects. There is still a long way to go for a batch of reproducible and extendable experiences. Xiong’an proposed not to engage in land finance, but how to realize the self-hematopoietic function of local finance and how to attract more social capital investment in ecological governance and people’s livelihood projects How to embark on a new path of reform and breakthrough is the challenges and difficulties Xiongan will face in the future.”

　　It is worth noting that the primary function of the Xiongan New District is to undertake Beijing’s relief, so in terms of industry introduction, it is also based on Beijing’s units and enterprises.Up to now, the headquarters of central enterprises such as China Star Network and Sinochem Corporation have announced their relocation to Xiongan, and more central enterprises, education and medical institutions are also on the list.

Liu Yongliang, deputy director of the Institute of Regional Economics of Hebei University, analyzed the reporter of Caijing,The difficulty in the future development of Xiongan New Area lies in whether the headquarters of central enterprises can be moved in from Beijing as a whole. If the central SOEs are only partially relocated, such as establishing a sub-department or R&D center in Xiongan, the relief effect will be limited.

In Liu Yongliang’s view, the economic function is a non-capital function. Therefore, the capital’s economic function with central enterprises as the core was moved to Xiongan, while the original central enterprise headquarters building remained in Beijing and could be transformed into a park, exhibition hall, etc., to serve Beijing’s Cultural center function. Whether the relocation of the headquarters of central enterprises can be achieved smoothly depends on the game between the two parties and is also a key step.

According to the “Regulations”, Xiongan New District will formulate strict industry access standards, establish a scientific evaluation and demonstration mechanism for industrial projects in the zone, and formulate a negative list of industries that restrict undertaking and layout. At the same time, transform and upgrade local traditional industries that meet the functional positioning and development direction, and orderly relocate or eliminate other traditional industries.

Before the establishment of the Xiongan New District, the three counties originally had some traditional industries with local characteristics, such as the clothing industry and plush toy industry in Rongcheng, the plastic products and building materials industry in Xiong County, and the non-ferrous metal industry in Anxin County. After the establishment of the new district, the Hebei Provincial Government began to promote the transfer and transformation of local traditional industries. The relevant person in charge of the Reform and Development Bureau of the Xiongan New Area told the Caijing reporter that for the original local industries, the Xiongan New Area proposed “four batches”, namely, “a batch of upgrades, a batch of closures, a batch of transformation, and a batch of relocation. Batch”.

　　The potential of the second innovation highland to be released

In the next step, how to enhance the attractiveness of Xiongan New District to the science and technology industry? Generally speaking, innovation highlands have the following characteristics: one is the accumulation of abundant innovation resources; the second is frequent innovation activities or the transformation of scientific and technological achievements; the third is the significant benefits of scientific and technological innovation, which effectively promotes industrial transformation and upgrading; the fourth is an inclusive urban culture; Fifth, innovation and entrepreneurship promote each other, innovation drives entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship stimulates innovation; sixth, it has a strong radiation force on the surrounding area; seventh, it is located at an important node of the regional innovation network and has an irreplaceable effect on the regional innovation system.

Liu Yang, research director of the Capital Science and Technology Development Strategy Research Institute, analyzed to the Caijing reporter that the Xiongan New Area has the natural advantage of becoming an important node of the regional innovation network; at the same time, as the main source of the capital’s innovation resource spillover, the Xiongan New Area has become the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The potential of the region’s second innovation highland. It can effectively mobilize and concentrate development resources to strategic target areas, and this is the initial momentum for the construction of Xiongan New District. The use of market-oriented mechanisms to guide the development of high-tech industries is the long-term momentum for the development of Xiongan.

Liu Yang also believes that the Xiong’an New District still has certain weaknesses: because the new district is still in the stage of urban infrastructure construction, the city’s functions are still sufficiently perfect; the cluster of innovation entities (enterprises, universities, scientific research institutes) has not yet formed; the development of industrial innovation activities is still It takes time, and the city’s innovation culture has yet to be created. Overall, the Xiong’an New District has great potential to create an innovative highland, but the roads are long and long, and it is necessary to maintain strategic determination.

The relevant person in charge of the Reform and Development Bureau of the Xiongan New Area told the Caijing reporter that the Xiongan New Area will build an open technological innovation system, introduce and cultivate innovative enterprises, and establish a complete full-cycle and full-process full-service mechanism. In terms of policies, strengthen the tax policy guidance for the relocation of Beijing enterprises, and attract a group of national high-tech enterprises to move in as a whole or establish wholly-owned subsidiaries in the new district.

“By 2025, the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center will basically be formed, which will inevitably put an urgent need for Xiong’an to undertake the incremental part of Beijing. From the perspective of its own development, Xiong’an is in the stage of large-scale substantial construction and has natural advantages in super large application scenarios. It is the best time for Xiongan to shape the marketization genes of scientific and technological innovation, which is conducive to Xiongan’s exploration and establishment of an endogenous mechanism for scientific and technological innovation, and the formation of a differentiated and complementary development pattern with Beijing’s scientific and technological innovation.” The person in charge said.

In terms of creating an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship, Xiong’an launched the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in 2020, which promoted the growth of a group of small and medium-sized technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and played an important role in creating an atmosphere for innovation and entrepreneurship. It is the first domestic enterprise to use blockchain technology to build an enterprise science and technology service platform, which breaks through the data barriers of industry and commerce, taxation, finance, technology and other departments, and ensures that enterprises can enjoy all-round services of various department policies by “registering and filling in once”.

　　The coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei industry is also a long-standing problem in the economic development of northern regions, and Xiong’an is expected to become an important breakthrough in the integration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.Because Xiong’an is located in the hinterland of Beijing, Tianjin, and Baoding, it has convenient transportation and obvious location advantages. The talents, innovation, and industrial advantages of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei can all be attracted and transplanted to Xiongan. As a new development zone, Xiong’an undoubtedly has important policy advantages and relatively broad policy exploration space.

Li Weidong said that next, Xiongan New District should combine its own functional positioning, and on the basis of strengthening the construction of technological innovation carriers, handle the relationship between grafting and development, cultivate a number of strategic emerging industrial bases, and effectively revitalize the existing Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei In areas such as science and technology parks and industrial parks, promote the construction of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei industrial clusters, improve the level of industrial division and cooperation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei economic circle, and promote the improvement of industries and value chains within the region to promote the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

In recent years, the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta have led to a strong economic rise in southern China, and the economic gap between China’s North and South has widened. In this context, the establishment of the Xiongan New District has also been given new historical missions and tasks, including providing a source of power for the sustainable development of the northern economy.

Zhou Minliang, a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and deputy director of the Western Development Research Center, told Caijing reporter that many people hope that the Xiong’an New District will become a banner of innovation and development in the north in the new era. This is understandable. Xiongan New District needs to learn from the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta cities the beneficial experience of market-oriented reform and innovative development, so as to learn from each other’s strengths and avoid detours.

　　

Editor in charge: Zhu Xuesen SN240