About 100 kilometers south of Beijing, China's capital, Xiong'an, the "city of the future," is undergoing rapid changes. Approaching the Spring Festival, China News Service reporters visited here to find the "New Year" in different scenarios.
Happiness: The elderly in the pension station have fun
On January 29, in the Nanwen Community Pension Station in Rongdong District, Xiong'an New District, 63-year-old lead dancer Chen Wenxiu wore red sportswear and danced cheerfully with more than a dozen residents; in the calligraphy classroom, 72-year-old Li Guoan splashed ink and wrote on the red banner "Du Hu Yanxiang" in four powerful characters; in the multi-purpose hall, 65-year-old Yang Suhua was shooting a short video and planned to post it on social platforms.
On January 29, at the Nanwen Community Pension Station in Rongdong District, Xiong'an New Area, 63-year-old lead dancer Chen Wenxiu danced with more than a dozen community residents. Photo by Han Bing
The Rongdong area is the first concentrated built-up area in the Xiong'an New Area, and the residents here are mainly returnees. There are 21 neighborhood-level pension stations in Rongdong District, such as Nanwen Community Pension Station, which provide daytime life care, meal assistance, cultural entertainment, health guidance and other services for the elderly in the jurisdiction to meet the diversified needs of different elderly people.
Dance, calligraphy, short videos....... This is a fragment of the elderly enjoying their old age in the Rongdong area of Xiong'an New Area. Today, they have integrated into the urban life here, and have realized that the elderly are supported and happy.
New: A new enterprise in Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park
In the Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park in Xiong'an New Area, local calligraphers gave Spring Festival couplets with a strong New Year's flavor to entrepreneurs who had just moved in.
On January 29, in the Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park in Xiong'an New Area, local calligraphers gave Spring Festival couplets to entrepreneurs who had just moved in. Photo by Han Bing
In January this year, Beijing Eyegod Technology Co., Ltd. just moved into the "new home" of Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park in Xiong'an New Area.
"We are a technology company based on artificial intelligence technology, and the 'Lingwa' AI training platform developed by the company can quickly generate various artificial intelligence recognition algorithms. Zhang Hui, the company's brand marketing director, said.
Talking about why enterprises are settled in Xiong'an, Zhang Hui said that there is an open and innovative environment and a large number of demonstration application scenarios, "Xiong'an is like an open and inclusive experimental field, which allows enterprises to try, innovate, and give enterprises the opportunity to try and make mistakes."
Zhang Hui is looking forward to the future. She said that the company will build an artificial intelligence research institute in Xiong'an, build an algorithm research and development team, a software research and development team and a project delivery team, "this year, the company will enter a new year of development."
Busy: The construction site in the start-up area
Approaching the Spring Festival, at the construction site of the Xiong'an Sports Center project, construction vehicles are still entering and exiting in an orderly manner.
The Xiong'an Sports Center project is one of the important landmark buildings in the start-up area of Xiong'an New Area, including three single buildings: stadium, gymnasium and swimming pool, which can meet the requirements of hosting international individual events and domestic comprehensive events after completion, and is also an important sports activity supporting building complex in Xiong'an New Area in the future, which is of great significance for serving Beijing's non-capital functions and improving the overall supporting facilities of Xiong'an New Area.
On January 29, at the construction site of the Xiong'an Sports Center project, construction workers were working. Photo by Han Bing
"The total weight of the steel roof of the stadium reached 4,700 tons, and it was assembled on the ground during construction, and the whole was lifted in place at one time. Such a difficult overall lifting is the first of its kind in a stadium project in China. Zhang Hongwei, executive deputy manager of the Xiong'an Sports Center project of Beijing Urban Construction Group, said.
At present, the main structure of Xiong'an Sports Center has been basically completed, and mechanical and electrical installation, decoration and other work are underway, and it is expected to be completed by the end of April.
"This year's Spring Festival should be spent at the construction site. Zhang Hongwei said that the construction period of the Xiong'an New Area is tight and the quality requirements are high, and there can be no slackness.
Source: China News Network (reporter Cui Tao)