Inter-city Railway

The Beijing-xiong’an intercity railway opened to traffic on December 27, 2020, connecting the Chinese capital with the Xiong’an New Area, a national-level development zone located about 100 km southwest of Beijing.

Along the 91-km railway, the section between the Beijing Daxing International Airport and Xiong’an became operational the same day with a speed of 350 km per hour. The stretch between Beijing West Railway Station and Daxing airport opened to the public in September 2019.

Travel time from Beijing West Railway Station to the Xiong’an

New Area was cut from 90 minutes to about 50 minutes. It takes only 19 minutes to get from the Beijing Daxing International Airport to Xiong’an.

The travel time will be further reduced to 36 minutes after the previously built section is upgraded, Li Zheng, a senior manager of the Xiong’an high-speed railway corporation, said.

Established in 2017 in Hebei Province in north China, the Xiong’an New Area is set to serve as a new engine for the modern economic system. production is a top policy priority for China, Chen said, adding that efforts should be made to optimize planting structure and increase the supplies of those agricultural products experiencing shortages to ensure food security.

Despite the disruption of the COVID-19 epidemic, China witnessed its 17th consecutive bumper year in 2020, with grain output reaching nearly 670 billion kg, up 5.65 billion kg or 0.9 percent from a year earlier, data from the ministry showed.

This also marks the sixth consecutive year that the country’s total grain production has exceeded 650 billion kg.

The country saw a 704,000-hectare increase in terms of sown area in 2020, reversing the downward trend in the previous four consecutive years.

Food supply is expected to be sufficient for the upcoming New