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Hebei Province is shown
in black. Note that Chinese names are in MingLiU (Chinese Traditional) screen
font. This may appear as question
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Provincial Capital: Shijiazhuang, which became the provincial capital when
Tianjin became a municipality that is equal to a province in 1952. Average temperatures: -14 deg
C to -2 deg C in January; 20 deg C to 27 deg C in July. Physical features: High
elevations are in the north, northwest and west; low elevations are in the
southeast. The province surrounds the
municipalies of Beijing and Tianjin, except for the portion of the latter
along the coast, and extends to the Bohai Gulf. The total land area of the province is 190,000 square
kilometres. Rivers: The Hai River and its main
tributary, which is the Luan River, is in the northeast. Administrative divisions: 18
cities, 127 counties and 4 autonomous counties. Historical significance: Hebei
has a number of historical sites such as the Chengde Summer Resort（承德避暑山莊）, the Shanhaiguan Pass of the Great Wall（山海關）, the Beidaihe（北戴河）Summer
Resort, the Eastern Tombs and Western Tombs of the Qing Dynasty. |
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Railways － Major
railways in Hebei include the Jingjin railway（京津鐵路）line, Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Shenyang, Beijing-Shanghai and
Beijing-Baotao lines. Beijing-Kowloon railway（京九鐵路）connects the province closely with Hong Kong and Macau. The major section of the Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway is in
operation. The Shuozhou-Huanghua
Railway, linking Shenchi county in Shanxi with Huanghua
port in Hebei, will be the second largest railway for coal transportation
from west to east in China. Besides, construction of an electrified railway
from Qinhuangdao to Shenyang of Liaoning is in progress
and the new Qinhuangdao-Shenyang railway is scheduled for completion in 2003. Highways － Major
highways in the province include the Jing-Shi (Beijing-Shijiazhuang),
Jing-Jin-Tang (Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu), Shi-Tai (Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan) and
Tang-Jin (Tangshan-Tianjin) expressways. Besides, a section of an expressway
from Baoding to Shanhaiguan, linking Beijing and
Shenyang has been opened. Air Transport － There
are 3 airports in Hebei including Shijiazhuang Airport, Qinhuangdao Airport and Xingtai Airport（刑台機場）, providing domestic and international flight services. Telecommunications － Mobile
phone services are available in major cities such as Shijiazhuang,
Baoding, Handan, Xingtai,
Hengyong, etc. and there were 720,000 mobile phone users in the province in
1999. |
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Agricultural products include: corn, sorghum, millet,
wheat, potatoes, rice, soybeans, peanuts, rape seed, sesame, mushrooms,
cotton, ambary hemp, silk, tobacco, chestnuts, apricots, grapes, walnuts, dates,
persimmons and pears. |
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In coming years, Hebei will actively attract foreign funds
and introduce advanced technology in all production sectors. The province aims to upgrade the overall
productivity and product quality of its industrial enterprises and raise
market competitiveness. Meanwhile,
Hebei also targets to boost the tertiary sector such as finance, banking,
information services and tourism. |
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Major department stores and shopping centres in Hebei
include Shijiazhuang Beiguo Commercial City（石家莊北國商城）, Shijiazhuang Renmin Department Store（石家莊人民商場）, Shijiazhuang Dongfeng City Plaza（石家莊東方城市廣場）, Tangshan Department Store（唐山百貨大樓）, Qinhuangdao Hualian Commercial City（秦皇島華聯商城）and Baoding Department Store（保定百貨大樓）. |
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Qinhuangdao（秦皇島）, Tangshan（唐山）, Cangzhou
city（滄州市）,
Changli（昌黎）, Funing（撫寧）, Lulong（盧龍）, Fengnan（豐南）, Luannan（南灤）, Leting（樂亭）, Tanghai（唐海）, Luanxian（灤縣）, Haixing（海興）, Huanghua（黃驊）, Changxian（滄縣）, Qingxian（青縣）. The cities with which the Chamber is establishing regular contact
include: Western cities: Ř Baoding Ř Handan Eastern (coastal) cities: Ř Tangshan Ř Canzhou Ř Jingmen |
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Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei, is a
commercial, transport, and industrial centre situated about 300 km southwest
of Beijing. Its industries produce textiles,
chemicals, processed food, fertilizer, machinery, and agricultural
equipment. Coal is mined nearby. Founded before the 3rd century BC, Shijiazhuang was a small settlement
dominated by nearby Zhengding until it was developed as a railway centre in
1905. Modern industrialisation, begun
in the 1930s, accelerated with the construction of modern textile and
chemical plants in the 1950s and 1960s. Shijiazhuang New- and Hi-Tech
Development Zone（石家莊高新技術產業開發區）
Approved by the State Council as a state-level new hi-tech
development zone. Industries in the
zone include electronic information, biochemical, new materials such as glass
fiber reinforced plastic. The zone also encourages investment in the fields
of telecommunications, microelectronics, bio-chemicals and new materials,
industrial projects with high added value. |
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Baoding lies on the main road and rail connection between
Beijing and Shijiazhuang. Baoding New- and Hi-Tech Development
Zone（保定高新技術產業開發區）
Approved by State Council in 1992. Major investments were engaged
in the fields of infrastructure, electric automation equipment, fine
chemicals, electronic information products, machinery and electrical
integration, biochemical, precision meters and instruments. |
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Handan is situated directly south of Shijiazhuang and is a
major transport and industrial centre for the southwestern part of the
province with links into Henan Province.
Iron ore and coal, both mined nearby, support a small iron and steel
works. Other goods manufactured here
include textiles, chemicals, cement, and machinery. |
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Tangshan is a major industrial city
situated in the Kailuan coalfield near Beijing. It was a small village until the 1880s when the coal deposits
were exploited. The mines were
modernised after 1953 and the city grew rapidly. The coal is used to generate electricity to support a
number of heavy industries including steel, machinery, motor vehicles and
cement. |
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