Xiongan should get more room to act on innovation

The building of the Xiongan New Area must focus on the goal of sparing Beijing of functions unrelated to its status as the national capital, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said on Friday.

Xi, also president of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark at the third meeting of the Central Committee for Deepening Overall Reform. Xi is director of the committee.

The Xiongan New Area should be granted more independent power in such areas as innovation-driven development, urban administration and public services to support it to deepen overall reform and boost opening-up, according to a statement released after the meeting.