In April 2017, China announced the plan to set up the Xiong'an New Area, which is a national project of millennial significance. Currently, it has entered a phase of large-scale construction and at the same time it is taking on functions nonessential to Beijing's role as China's capital. The goal is to develop it to a level comparable to that of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the Shanghai Pudong New Area. (Photos: Chen Tao/GT)