A 71-member delegation comprising descendants of the Flying Tigers, American students and representatives of friendship organisations visited Xiong’an.

Descendants, American students and friendship organisations explored the city’s planning, community services and ecological restoration.

What the delegation saw

The programme moved from a city-level view to projects relevant to the delegation’s professional and institutional interests.

  1. Start-up Area Integrated Service CentreA documented stop in the official visit programme.
  2. Yian neighbourhood centreA documented stop in the official visit programme.
  3. Xiong’an International Trade Center and intercity-station hubA documented stop in the official visit programme.
  4. Baiyangdian Yannan embankmentA documented stop in the official visit programme.

Areas for exchange

The official programme centred on people-to-people friendship, urban planning, community services and ecology. Meetings and site visits gave participants an opportunity to compare experience, identify shared priorities and consider where further dialogue could become practical cooperation.

Why the visit matters

The visit used Xiong’an’s contemporary development as a setting for a new generation of China–US people-to-people exchange built on shared historical memory.

Editorial, image and rights note. This English-language story is an original editorial adaptation based on the official China Xiong’an report dated 28 July 2026. The documentary photograph is reproduced unchanged with source credit; the site owner confirmed rights for public publication of this news collection on 26 August 2026. Read the original Chinese report ↗