(ECNS) -- With approval from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on Thursday, Xiongan New Area in Hebei Province started using its own license plate series, which begins with the letter "X," the first letter of "Xiongan" in Pinyin, marking the addition of a new license plate letter sequence for Hebei.
April 1 this year marks the 6th anniversary of the establishment of Xiongan New Area.
Located about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing, capital of China, Xiongan New Area was established in 2017 as a key step in the integrated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
According to a master plan published in April 2018, Xiongan is another new area of "national significance" following the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area.