Dingzhou City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, is administered by Baoding City and is a pilot county for the reform of the system of directly administered counties (cities) in Hebei Province. Located in latitude 38 ° 14 ˊ - 38 ° 40 ˊ, longitude 114 ° 48 ˊ - 115 ° 15 ˊ between the eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains, the western edge of the North China Plain, the central west of Hebei Province, since ancient times, there is a "throat of the Nine States, the Shenjing choke area," the name. It has a total area of 1,283 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, the resident population of Dingzhou City was 1,076,200 people. As of October 2022, Dingzhou City has 4 streets, 16 towns and 5 townships (including 1 ethnic township), with 542 villages (communities). Dingzhou is known as the "Granary of Hebei", has a civilization history of more than 5,000 years, and is a "Millennium Ancient County" named by the United Nations Geographical Names Organization. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the prime minister of Qi, Guanzhong, built a city here, and in the Warring States period, Zhongshan, Hanzhongshan and Houyan were the capitals of Dingzhou for three times. Dingzhou is an important transportation hub in North China, 180 kilometers away from Beijing, Tianjin 200 kilometers, the territory of three highways, three railroads, three national highways, five provincial highways crisscrossing the city. 2013 June, Dingzhou City has been identified as the first batch of provincial direct control of counties (municipalities) as a pilot county of institutional reform. Located in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Economic Zone, Dingzhou City is an important node city in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Economic Zone, a national comprehensive pilot area for new-type urbanization, a modernized medium-sized city cultivated by the 12th Five-Year Plan of Hebei Province, and one of the top ten famous historical and cultural cities in Hebei Province. In 2023, the GDP of Dingzhou City will realize 40.01 billion yuan, an increase of 5.6%.