Gaobeidian belongs to a county-level city in Baoding, not a district in Baoding. Gaobeidian used to be a county, and later the county changed to a city, which is now Gaobeidian. It is a county-level city, and Baoding has 22 counties and cities under its jurisdiction, which is the largest number of county-level cities in China. Baoding is a prefecture-level city. Due to historical reasons, it has the most jurisdiction. There are 6 districts in the urban area, Lianchi District and Jingxiu, with a population of 2.8 million.