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South China Business Journal

CITY FOCUS

An Outline of
Hebei Province

HEBEI IS ABBREVIATED as “Ji”. aggregate- enjoying the profound Yan and zhao
Covering an area of 188,000 square -taking the culture, owning 5 sites of World Cultural
kilometers with a population of 73 million 6th place in Heritage in 3 items and 278 key sites
and a coastline of 487 kilometers, Hebei mainland of cultural relics under state protection
is the only province of China covered by provinces (taking the national 3rd place).
seashore, plain, lakes, hills, mountains with a GDP of Opening-up: Having established
and plateau concurrently. The provincial 2.94 trillion yuan. A large province in economic and trade relations with more
capital is Shijiazhuang City. terms of industry--enjoying complete than 200 countries and regions in the
industrial categories and a solid industrial world. Over 80 Fortune Global 500
Administrative Divisions: foundation. corporations have settled in Hebei and
11 municipal cities (cities with districts), A large province in terms of agriculture- more than 4000 overseas investors have
2 county-level cities directly under -the outputs of livestock, vegetable and made business establishments in the
provincial jurisdiction and 170 counties fruit products all ranking in the front rows province. The provincial import & export
(districts and county-level cities). while the output of grain taking the 8th value has exceeded USD60 billion.
place in the country.
Geographic Advantage: A large province in terms of resources-
Surrounding Beijing and Tianjin while -possessing 152 varieties of mineral
Standing along Bohai Sea. resources, with the deposits of coal,
iron, petroleum, vanadium and titanium
EsFsosehnatniaNlewFeCaittyures: ranking in the front of the country.
A large province in terms of economic A large province in terms of culture-

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