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Night view of the port

Introduction to Cangzhou

Located in the southeast of Hebei Province, Cangzhou Geographical Advantage
faces the Bohai Sea in the east, abuts against Beijing and
Tianjin in the north, and adjoins Shandong Province in the south. Cangzhou lays in the core region of Bohai Sea Economic Rim
With a total population of 7.6 million, it covers a total area of and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Circle. It takes only 46
14,000 square kilometers. The urban population of Cangzhou minutes to Beijing and 20 minutes to Tianjin by Beijing-Shanghai
amounts to 1,000,000. At present, Cangzhou City administers 4 High-speed Railway. Now 175 railway lines pass through
county-level cities, 10 counties, 2 districts, Cangzhou Bohai New Cangzhou station everyday, it takes only 1 hour to Beijing New
Area, Cangzhou Economic Development Zone, and Cangzhou Airport which is under construction. Cangzhou has entered the
High-tech Industrial Development Zone. Cangzhou is the Town of same city era with Beijing and Tianjin.
Martial Arts,Town of Acrobatics, Town of Golden-Thread Jujube,
Town of Ya Pear, and Town of Casting. Transportation Advantage

Nowadays, Cangzhou has become an emerging coastal city in 7 main railways likes Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Beijing-Kowloon
economy. It plays an important role in national strategies such Railway,etc. and 7 expressways such as Coastal Expressway,
as “The Outline for the Development of Hebei Coastal Areas” and Daqing-Guangzhou Expressway, etc. crisscross Cangzhou,
“The Outline for the Cooperative Development of the Bohai Rim”, making it one of the most developed regions in north China in
which are approved by the Sate Council, as well as the important terms of transportation. The planning 3 expressways, Quyang-
area of the strategy of Collaborative Development of Beijing- Huanghuagang, Handan-Huanghuagang, Renqiu-Dezhou, and 3
Tianjin-Hebei region issued by the central government. It is also expressway railways, Shijiazhuang-Hengshui-Canghzou, Tianjin-
an important sea gate in north China of “Maritime Silk Road”. Cangzhou and Baoding-Cangzhou are constructed successively
With the superposition of a number of national strategies and during the 13th Five-Year Plan .
the highlighted advantages, Cangzhou enjoys the unprecedented
development opportunities and increasingly significant Coastal Advantage
advantages.
The coastline of Cangzhou is 130kms, taking up nearly one third
that of the whole province. Huanghua Comprehensive Port has

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