Qinghe County, affiliated to Xingtai City, Hebei Province, is located in the south-central part of Hebei Province, covering an area of ??502 square kilometers, governing 6 towns and 322 administrative villages, with a registered population of 385,717 and a permanent population of 386,231, including an urban population of 168,740 (the sixth population
census data).
[1] Qinghe County has a developed economy and its characteristic economy is cashmere products. It is known as the "Cashmere Capital of China". Together with Ningjin County, it is the deputy economic center city of Xingtai City and was included in the first batch of power expansion in the province by Hebei Province.
County and one of the medium-sized cities prioritized for cultivation.
Hebei Provincial Economic and Technological Development Zone was awarded the honorary title of "National Civilized County" by the Central Civilization Commission in 2011.
[2-3] Qinghe County is located in the center of the Bohai Rim Economic Zone, surrounded by major cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, and Taiyuan, and has great strategic potential.
Qinghe has convenient transportation, only 150 kilometers away from Shijiazhuang Zhengding Airport and Jinan Airport, and within 350 kilometers from Tianjin Port, Qingdao Port, and Huanghua Port; the Beijing-Kowloon Railway has a secondary station in Qinghe; Qingyin Expressway and Xinglin Expressway
Highways, National Highway 308, Sulin Line and Xingqing Line cross the border, and the Daguang Expressway passes by in the west of Qinghe.
In 2012, the total GDP of Qinghe County was 10.861 billion yuan, ranking 57th among counties in Hebei Province.
[2] Qinghe County is the birthplace of the surname Zhang and the hometown of Wu Song, the hero of the Water Margin who fought the tiger. It was awarded the title of "Hometown of Wusong Culture in China" by the country.
The origin and filming location of the TV series "Fertile Soil" and the origin of the story of the book "Jin Ping Mei".