Digital technologies accelerate construction of smart city in Xiongan New Area of N China's Hebei

Over the past more than five years after it was established, Xiongan New Area in north China's Hebei Province has become the first city in China that has promoted digitalization in all urban areas in the process of urban construction.

Xiongan New Area has invested more than 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) in the construction of intelligent infrastructure, including 5G, a computing center, and smart roads.

Photo shows multi-functional poles installed on a road in Rongdong district of Xiongan New Area. Rongdong district is the first district to be built in Xiongan New Area. All roads in the district have been installed with multi-functional poles, cameras, radars, 5G network, and edge nodes, among other intelligent devices, making up the longest smart roads and the largest smart road cluster in the country and providing an environment for the development of smart transport and vehicle-road collaboration. (Photo/Chen Shihao)

Photo shows the Xiongan Urban Computing Center, which is currently under construction. The construction of the Xiongan Urban Computing Center has entered its final phase. The Xiongan Urban Computing Center, called the "city brain" of Xiongan, will support the operations of the digital city after it is put into operation. (People's Daily Online/Song Yewen)

Photo shows a smart vending vehicle in the Rongdong district of Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (People's Daily Online/Song Yewen)

Photo shows a self-driving bus running on a road at the Xiongan citizen service center in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (People's Daily Online/Song Yewen)

Photo shows a passenger onboard a self-driving bus running on a road at Xiongan citizen service center in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (People's Daily Online/Song Yewen)

Photo shows a self-driving logistics vehicle running on a road in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (People's Daily Online/Song Yewen)

This augmented reality (AR) picture shows a panoramic view of a construction site in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (Photo courtesy of Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd.)

A water-based laboratory monitors water quality at Baiyangdian Lake, Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (People's Daily Online/Song Yewen)

A self-driving ship equipped with 5G network technology and virtual reality (VR) monitors the quality of water at Baiyangdian Lake, Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (People's Daily Online/Song Yewen)

Researchers monitor a section of water through the use of 5G network technology and VR, at the Xiongan environmental monitoring center in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (People's Daily Online/Yang Hualong)

Photo shows a communications tower installed with high-definition cameras. Useful information contained in the videos shot by the cameras will benefit various industries. (People's Daily Online/Song Yewen)

The screenshot captured from a video shows a bird at Baiyangdian Lake in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. The wild bird monitoring and protection system in Xiongan New Area can provide high-definition monitoring, including pictures and videos of wild birds, as well as identifying species of birds and providing statistics on the number of birds monitored in the area. It also serves as a database and facilitates anti-poaching efforts in Xiongan. (Photo courtesy of China Tower)