No. 118, Ziqiang Road, Qiaoxi District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province.
Shijiazhuang, referred to as "Shi", formerly known as Shimen, is a prefecture-level city and provincial capital in Hebei Province. It is a type I large city and one of the important central cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China approved by the State Council. As of 2020, the city has jurisdiction over 8 districts, 11 counties, and 3 county-level cities (Xinji City is managed by Shijiazhuang City in terms of administrative divisions, but is actually directly managed by Hebei Province), with a total area of ??14,530 square kilometers. . As of the end of 2021, Shijiazhuang City’s permanent population was 11.2047 million.
Shijiazhuang is located in North China, central and southern Hebei Province, and the Bohai Bay Rim Economic Zone, between 37°27′-38°47′ north latitude and 113°30′-115°20′ east longitude. It has a temperate monsoon climate. It is the headquarters of the Army Department of the Central Theater Command. It is a city approved by the State Council to implement the coastal opening policy and financial opening to the outside world. It is also an important commodity distribution center in the country and an important large commercial port in the north. It is one of the national commercial and exhibition center cities and the permanent venue of the China International Digital Economy Expo. , part of the China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
Shijiazhuang was established as a city in the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925) and was named "Shimen City" at that time. In 1947, it was renamed Shijiazhuang City. In 1968, the capital of Hebei Province was moved to Shijiazhuang City. The four main railway lines of Beijing-Guangzhou, Shitai, Shide and Shuohuang intersect here. It is one of the main hubs of China's railway transportation and is known as the "North-South thoroughfare, the throat of Yanjin". Shijiazhuang is one of the first batch of national scientific and technological innovation demonstration cities, a national semiconductor lighting industrialization base, a national satellite navigation industry base, a national animation industry development base, and a national biopharmaceutical industry base. It is a national civilized city, a national forest city, and an outstanding tourist city in China. It has rich tourism resources and numerous historical sites. It has 40 national key cultural relics protection units and 1 national historical and cultural city. Xibaipo is a national 5A-level scenic spot and the leadership center of the Chinese revolution during the War of Liberation.
In 2021, Shijiazhuang City achieved a GDP of 649.03 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%.