Abstract: After the building of Xiongan New Area rose to a national strategy, more rigorous restraints have been exercised on resources and environment, and hence the urgency is seen in industrial transformation and upgrading. This paper explores several common views of industrial transformation and upgrading, and analyzes the present situation and problems of industrial development in the new area. And it further puts forward the following suggestions: striving to develop headquarters economy; moving up to the high end of the industry value chain; promoting industrial transformation and upgrade; cultivating and expanding high-end and high-tech industries; innovating supportive policies; attaching importance to human capital investment; intensifying policy support.

Key words: Xiongan New Area, industrial transformation, industrial upgrading, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, transformation and upgrading