Editor's note: Dubbed "China's youngest city" and a "city of the future," Xiong'an New Area in north China's Hebei province marked its fifth anniversary on April 1. The area has been designed to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the nation's capital and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. As the blueprint gradually turns into a tangible reality, China.org.cn looks at some of the highlights of Xiong'an's high-quality development over the past five years.