Lian Yimin, deputy secretary and secretary-general of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee

Hebei has accelerated its development while integrating with Beijing and Tianjin, with the transfer of Beijing's non-capital functions that are not essential to its role as the key task. So far, more than 40,000 enterprises and institutions from Beijing and Tianjin have resettled in Hebei. In Xiong'an New Area, an investment of more than 460 billion yuan ($64 billion) has been made for its development. The first group of transferred functions to Xiong'an, including universities, hospitals and State-owned enterprises, have started constructing their headquarters in the area.