Hunan establishes first “new area” to pilot reforms

(The opening ceremony of "Xiangjiang New Area" is held in Changsha city,May 24. )

　　( Xu Shousheng [second from left], Secretary of Hunan Provincial Committee of CPC and director of the Standing Committee Hunan NPC, and Du Jiahao [third from left], deputy Secretary of Hunan provincial party Committee of CPC and Governor of Hunan province, present the broad engraved "Xiangjiang New Area" to Yi Lianhong [left], Secretary of Changsha Committee of CPC and Hu Henghua [right], Deputy Secretary of Changsha Committee of CPC . )

　( Xu Shousheng makes a speech. )

　　(Du Jiahao speaks in the ceremony. )

　(Chen Zhaoxiong, member of Hunan Provincial Committee of CPC and Vice Governor of Hunan Province, reads out the written reply on approving the establishment of "Xiangjiang New Area" in Hunan province. )

　　(Yi Lianhong makes a speech. )

 　　Changsha City in Hunan Province on Sunday established central China's first "state-level new area" to try out economic and administrative reform measures.

　　Xiangjiang New Area, which was given the greenlight by the central government in April, sits on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River and covers 490 square kilometers across several districts in Changsha.

　　It will pilot ten major reform measures in areas including government administration, economics, environmental protection and rural-urban integration, according to the Changsha City government.

　　It will be China's 12th state-level new area since one in Pudong, Shanghai, was launched in 1992. That was followed by others in cities and provinces including Tianjin, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Gansu and Guangdong.

　　China uses these areas to test reforms, pilot opening-up policies and test other measures.

　　A statement by the central government said it wanted to build the Xiangjiang New Area into a high-tech manufacturing and innovation base to aid the development of central China and the Yangtze economic belt.

  Original link:湖南湘江新区建设全面启动 徐守盛杜家毫为新区授牌

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