Location and Overview

Dingzhou is located in the central area of North China Plain and the strategic hinterland of the Beijing-Tianjin-Shijiazhuang Triangle.Since ancient times,it has been honored“a strategic location of China,a key passage to the capital.”It is a node city of characteristic functions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city cluster.As a city directly under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province,Dingzhou has jurisdiction over 25 townships (sub-districts) and 542 villages (communities),covers an area of 1,283 square kilometers,and has a total population of 1.3 million.It is a rising node city for the open modernization of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.For four consecutive years,it has been listed in the Top 100 Medium and Small Cities with Investment Potential,the Top 100 Counties (Cities) with High Quality in New Urbanization,Top 100 of Scientific and Technological Innovation,and Counties with Strong County Economy.