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Workers operate at the track laying construction site of the Xiong'an-Shangqiu high-speed railway in Hejian city, north China's Hebei Province, September 1, 2025. Photo: Xinhua North China's Hebei Province will conduct forward-looking research on maglev trains and other future transportation modes between Beijing and Xiong'an in the next five years,