Beijing’s new multi-billion dollar airport, Daxing International, has been formally declared open by President Xi Jinping.
The airport was hailed as “a new powerful source of national development” at a ceremony overseen by Xi.
The 450-billion-yuan ($63-billion) project, completed in less than five years is expected to give a boost to infrastructure growth and help ease pressure on the existing Capital International Airport, where capacity constraints often cause flight delays
