Shijiazhuang, a prefecture-level city, provincial capital and Type I big city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, is one of the important central cities in China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region as approved and determined by the State Council. As of the end of 2023, the city has 8 districts and 11 counties under the jurisdiction of the city, and 3 county-level cities under the jurisdiction of the city, with a total area of 14,530 square kilometers, a resident population of 11,233,500, and an urbanization rate of 72.28%.
Shijiazhuang City is located in North China, south-central Hebei Province, the Bohai Sea Economic Zone, southwest of the capital city of Beijing, across the North China Plain and the Taihang Mountainous terrain two major landforms. Is the central war zone army organs resident, the state council approved the implementation of the coastal open policy and financial opening up of the city, is the national important commodity distribution center and the north important big commercial port, one of the national trade and exhibition center city, the China International Digital Economy Expo permanently held in China, China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone component.
Shijiazhuang in the Republic of fourteen years (1925) founded the city, then called "Shimen City", the Republic of thirty-six years (1947) renamed Shijiazhuang City. 1968, Hebei Province, the capital moved to Shijiazhuang City. Within the territory of Beijing-Guangzhou, Shitai, Shide, Shitai Passenger Dedicated Line, Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed rail, Shijie high-speed rail six railroad lines, is China's main railroad transportation hub city, known as "North-South Thoroughfare, Yan Jin throat". Shijiazhuang is the first national science and technology innovation demonstration city, the national semiconductor lighting, satellite navigation, animation industry, biomedical industry base, is a national civilized city, national forest city, China's outstanding tourist cities, within the territory of Xibaipo is a national 5A scenic spot, is the liberation war period of the leadership of the Chinese revolution center.
In 2023, the gross regional product of Shijiazhuang City (including Xinji City) was 753.42 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.1% over 2022. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 57.69 billion yuan, up 4.1% year-on-year; the added value of the secondary industry was 230.92 billion yuan, up 7.2% year-on-year, and the added value of the tertiary industry was 464.81 billion yuan, up 5.9% year-on-year.