Cities: Chengde | Handan | Langfang | Qinhuangdao | Shijiazhuang | Tangshan

Location: Lying on the North China Plain

Area: 187,700 sq km

Climate: The province has a temperate continental monsoon climate, which varies greatly due to its vastness, and most of the territory has clear-cut seasons. Its annual sunshine time is 2400-3100 hours. annual frost-free period 120-200 days. annual precipitation 300-800mm, annual average temperature 0 degree to 13 degree.

Provincial capital: Shijiazhuang

Population: 67,44 millions (March 2001)

Ethnic groups: The population of Han nationality,accounts for 96% of the total; the rest is composed of people from 53 minority nationalities including Manchu, Hui Mongolian,Zhuang, Korean, Miao, Tujia, etc.