Officials should “be bold in taking responsibility, throw themselves into the work of implementation, and strive to deliver satisfactory results to the Party and the people,” Xi urged during his inspection tour, Xinhua said.
China’s top leadership tends to keep a distance from specific projects, but Xi has tied his own name to Xiongan as he cemented his position as paramount leader of China’s Communist Party and the People’s Republic.
Official documents and state media hail the decision to build the city as one of lasting importance for the coming millennium, emphasising Xi’s personal role in planning, making decisions and driving forward the project.
Xi first visited the site in 2017, the year he got a second term as general secretary of the Communist Party, followed by a 2019 visit after a historic constitutional amendment the previous year paved the way for a third leadership term.
Monday’s tour included visits to the newly built headquarters of state-owned power generator China Huaneng Group and a high school.
Officials should “promote the early implementation of innovative policies in fields including sci-tech and finance” in Xiongan, Xi said, as China pursues breakthroughs in key technologies.
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