Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for Xiongan New Area to become an innovation hub to drive high-quality development, taking pressure off Beijing.

In a trip to Xiongan New Area, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called forthe area to be transformed into an innovation hub to spark high-quality development in a project intended to take pressure off China’s capital, Beijing. It was the president’s first inspection tour to the “city of the future” after the country’s “two sessions” annual parliamentary meetings and the launch of China’s 15th five-year plan. During an inspection on Monday of the area in Hebei province, about 100km (62 miles)...