Xiong'an New Area is a state-level new area established in April 2017 in Hebei Province, approximately 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing. Designated as a project of "millennial significance" and national importance, it represents China's third major economic zone of national strategic importance, following the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area.

The establishment of Xiong'an serves as a critical strategy to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital and to drive the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. According to the Spatial Coordination Plan for the Modern Capital Metropolitan Area (2023-2035) released in February 2026, Xiong'an and the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center constitute the "two wings" of the capital, pursuing coordinated yet differentiated development to enhance their capacity to support Beijing's core functions.

Xiong'an is pioneering the development of a "digital twin city" that fuses the physical world with virtual space. Its digital infrastructure follows a "one center and four platforms" framework: an urban computing center (cloud), block data platform, IoT integrated open platform, video network platform, and construction information modeling (CIM) platform.

In 2020, School of Transportation collaborated closely with Hebei Transportation Investment Group and Hebei Transportation Planning and Design Institute to advance major projects including the Beijing-Xiong'an Expressway and the new line of the Rongcheng-Wuhai Expressway, providing critical transportation support for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. In July 2020, a team led by Professor Wang Wei, Director of the Department of Civil Engineering and Transportation at Southeast University, visited Xiong'an New Area to exchange ideas and proposed the construction of an "Urban Transportation Brain". Utilizing the "TranStar" traffic simulation software, the team developed a virtual simulation system for Xiong'an New Area, which received high praise from the Xiong'an New Area Planning and Construction Bureau. Meanwhile, a team led by Professor Ding Jianming, President of the Southeast University Transportation Planning and Design Institute, showcased projects such as the Taizicheng Interchange Landscape Bridge (Ice and Snow Olympic Rings) built for the Beijing Winter Olympics, exploring potential collaboration on bridge construction in Xiong'an New Area.