Shijiazhuang belongs to several cities.

Shijiazhuang, referred to as "Stone" for short, formerly known as Shimen, is a prefecture-level city and capital of Hebei Province, and one of the important central cities in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China as determined by the State Council [1]. By 2020, the city will have 8 districts, 1 1 county and 3 county-level cities (xinji city is under the administrative division of Shijiazhuang, but it is actually under the direct management of Hebei Province [11]), with a total administrative area of1].

[2][87] By the end of 202 1, the resident population of Shijiazhuang was11204,700. Shijiazhuang is located in North China, south-central Hebei Province, Bohai Bay Economic Zone, between 37 27 ′-38 47 ′ north latitude and113 30 ′-15 20 ′ east longitude. It is the political, economic, scientific, technological, financial, cultural and information center of Hebei Province, the headquarters of the army organs in the Central Theater, a city approved by the State Council to implement the coastal opening policy and financial opening to the outside world, and also an important commodity distribution center in the country and an important commercial port in the north [4].

One of the national trade exhibition center cities [4], the permanent venue of China International Digital Economy Expo [5], China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone.