Advantageous Location

Do you know the origin of the name Baoding?“Baoding,”consisting of two characters,Bao and Ding,respectively indicating“defending the capital and bringing peace to the land under the sun,”has been regarded as a strategic place since ancient times.It was once the capital of the Yan State,the Zhongshan State and the Later Yan State.In the Qing Dynasty,it was the capital of Zhili Province,the seat of the Zhili Provincial Government.In the following 200 years,it was a regional political center of modern China.After the founding of the People’s Republic of China,it was made the capital of Hebei Province twice.

Baoding’s important strategic position is closely related to its regional location.It is located in the middle of Hebei Province,at the eastern foot of the northern Taihang Mountains,and in the west of the Central Hebei Plain.It is 140 kilometers from Beijing,145 kilometers from Tianjin to the east and 125 kilometers from Shijiazhuang to the southwest.In the coordinated development strategy of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region,it is an important regional central city.