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BEIJING, Sept. 25-- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday announced the official opening of the Beijing Daxing International Airport. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the operation ceremony of the airport on Wednesday morning. Xi stressed that the new airport, which was built in less than five years and put into operation smoothly, has shown China's prowess in engineering construction. It is also a display of the political advantages of the CPC leadership and China's socialist system that can mobilize all sources to make great achievements, said Xi. While inspecting the rail transit of Daxing Airport Express at Caoqiao station, Xi stressed that urban rail transit marks the direction for future transportation development in large modern cities, and the development of rail transit is an effective way to solve "big city malaise" and to build green and smart cities. Beijing should continue to develop rail transit in a bid to build a modern international metropolis, Xi said. Then Xi took the subway heading for the Beijing Daxing International Airport. On the way, he inquired in detail about the design and production of the rail trains, ticket prices, baggage consignment and connection with other traffic lines. Xi stressed that transportation should precede urban modernization, and the Daxing International Airport should fully play its role in serving the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. | 
