Baoding (), formerly known as
Baozhou and Qingyuan, is a
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China ...
in central
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...
province, approximately southwest of
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
. As of the 2010 census, Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants out of which 2,176,857 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of 4 out of 5 urban districts: Lianchi, Jingxiu, Qingyuan and Mancheng largely being conurbated, on .
Baoding is among 13 Chinese cities with a population of over 10 million, ranking seventh.
One can also note that Zhuozhou City in the northern part has now grown into part of the Beijing built-up (or metro) area.
History
Baoding is a city with a history dating back to the
Western Han Dynasty
The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a war ...
. It was destroyed by the
Mongol
The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal member ...
s in the 13th century, but after the Mongols established the
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fift ...
, it was rebuilt. It acquired the name "Baoding" during the
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fift ...
— the name is roughly interpreted as "protecting the capital", referring to the city's proximity to
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
. Baoding served for many years as the capital of
Zhili
Zhili, alternately romanized as Chihli, was a northern administrative region of China since the 14th-century that lasted through the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty until 1911, when the region was dissolved, converted to a province, and renamed ...
, and was a significant centre of culture in the
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...
and early
Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...
. During the
Boxer Rebellion, Boxer rebels killed a Turk, two Swiss, and an Italian in Baoding.
On August 1, 1949, the people's Government of Hebei province was established, Baoding was the capital of the province, and the city of Baoding was a provincial municipality. On August 9, the administrative inspector's office of the Baoding district was established, and it was established as the administrative inspector's office of the county district.
In May 1958, the capital of Hebei was moved to Tianjin.
In January 1966, the provincial capital was moved from Tianjin to Baoding.
In February 1968, the provincial capital moved to Shijiazhuang.
In December 1994, the Baoding area merged with Baoding to become a provincial city.
In April 2017, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council announced the decision to transform Baoding's
Xiong,
Rongcheng, and
Anxin counties into
Xiong'an New Area
Xiong'an New Area () is a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China. Established in April 2017, the area is located about 100 km southwest of Beijing and 50 km east of downtown Baoding. Its main function is to serve as ...
, a new development area of national significance, with a focus on innovation, sustainability and quality of life, following the success of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai's Pudong New Area.
Geography
Baoding is located in the west-central portion of Hebei province and lies on the
North China Plain, with the
Taihang Mountains
The Taihang Mountains () are a Chinese mountain range running down the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau in Shanxi, Henan and Hebei provinces. The range extends over from north to south and has an average elevation of . The principal peak is ...
to the west. Bordering prefecture-level cities in the province are
Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the south ...
to the north,
Langfang
Langfang () is a prefecture-level city of Hebei Province, which was known as Tianjin Prefecture until 1973. It was renamed Langfang Prefecture after Tianjin became a municipality and finally upgraded into a prefecture-level city in 1988. Lang ...
and
Cangzhou
Cangzhou () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hebei province, People's Republic of China. At the 2020 census, Cangzhou's built-up (''or metro'') area made of Yunhe, Xinhua districts and Cang County largely being conurbated had a populatio ...
to the east, and Shijiazhuang and
Hengshui
Hengshui () is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong to the southeast. At the 2010 census its population was 4,340,373 inhabitants whom 522,147 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') are ...
to the south. Baoding also borders Beijing to the northeast and
Shanxi to the west.
Elevations in Baoding's administrative area decrease from northwest to southeast. The western parts are dominated by mountains and hills that are generally more than tall; this area includes parts of Laishui, Yi, Mancheng, Shunping, Tang and Fuping Counties as well as the entirety of Laiyuan County, occupying 30.6% of the prefecture's area.
The highest peak is
Mount Waitou (), with an elevation of .
Moving southeast from this area, one encounters low-lying mountains and hills, taking up 18.9% of the prefecture's area.
Further to the east lies generally flat terrain of elevation. Here the primary rivers are the
Juma,
Yishui (),
Cao Cao or CAO may refer to:
Mythology
*Cao (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology
Companies or organizations
* Air China Cargo, ICAO airline designator CAO
*CA Oradea, Romanian football club
*CA Osasuna, Spanish football club
*Canadian Assoc ...
(),
Longquan
Longquan () is a county-level city and former county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lishui in southwestern Zhejiang Province, China, located on the upper reaches of the Ou River and bordering Fujian province to the sout ...
(),
Tang
Tang or TANG most often refers to:
* Tang dynasty
* Tang (drink mix)
Tang or TANG may also refer to:
Chinese states and dynasties
* Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) b ...
(), and
Sha River
The Ying River () is the largest tributary of the Huai River with its origin in Henan Province, People's Republic of China. From Zhoukou City in Henan the river flows through Fuyang City in Anhui Province then empties into the Huai River at Zheng ...
s.
Baiyangdian Lake
Baiyang Lake, also known as Lake Baiyangdian, is located in the Xiong'an New Area of Baoding, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, China. It is the largest freshwater lake in northern China. It is referred to as the Kidney of North China. ...
, the largest natural lake in northern China, can be found nearby.
Climate
Baoding has a continental,
monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal osci ...
-influenced
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
/
semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of sem ...
(
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
''Dwa/BSk''), characterised by hot, humid summers due to the East Asian monsoon, and generally cold, windy, very dry winters that reflect the influence of the vast Siberian anticyclone. Spring can bear witness to sandstorms blowing in from the Mongolian steppe, accompanied by rapidly warming, but generally dry, conditions. Autumn is similar to spring in temperature and lack of rainfall. The annual rainfall, about 60% of which falls in July and August alone, is highly variable and not reliable. In the city itself, this amount has averaged to a meagre per annum. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, and the annual mean is . There are 2,500 to 2,900 hours of bright sunshine annually, and the frost-free period lasts 165−210 days.
Administrative divisions
Baoding
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China ...
consists of 5 municipal
districts, 4
county-level cities
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...
, 15
counties
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
:
* Dissolved districts:
Beishi District
Beishi District () is a district of Baoding, Hebei, People's Republic of China. In May 2015, it was merged with Nanshi District to form the new Lianchi District.
Administrative Divisions
Subdistricts:
* Hepingli Subdistrict (), Wusi Road Subdist ...
and
Nanshi District
Demographics
According to the 2010 Census, the residence population stood at 11,194,382, an increase of 605,100 (5.71%) from 2000. The male-female ratio was 101.94:100. Children aged up to 14 numbered 1,915,800 (17.11% of the population), citizens 15 to 64 numbered 8,370,600 (74.78%), and 65+ numbered 908,000 (8.11%). The urban area of Baoding made of 5 urban Districts had a population of around 2,739,887 (2010 census). The overwhelming majority of the population is
Han Chinese
The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctiv ...
. The language of Baoding is
Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language ...
— specifically, the
Baoding dialect
Baoding (), formerly known as Bao Prefecture, Baozhou and Qingyuan, is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately southwest of Beijing. As of the 2010 census, Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants out of which 2,176,857 ...
of
Ji-Lu Mandarin
Jilu or Ji–Lu Mandarin, formerly known as Beifang Mandarin "Northern Mandarin", is a dialect of Mandarin Chinese spoken in the Chinese provinces of Hebei (Jì) and the western part of Shandong (Lǔ) and Xunke, Tangwang & Jiayin countie ...
. Despite Baoding's proximity to Beijing, the Chinese spoken in Baoding is not particularly close to the
Beijing dialect
The Beijing dialect (), also known as Pekingese and Beijingese, is the prestige dialect of Mandarin spoken in the urban area of Beijing, China. It is the phonological basis of Standard Chinese, the official language in the People's Republic of ...
— rather, it is more closely related to
Tianjin dialect
The Tianjin dialect () is a Mandarin dialect spoken in the city of Tianjin, China. It is comprehensible to speakers of other Mandarin dialects, though its greatest deviation from the others lies in its individual tones, and the lack of retroflex ...
.
Economy
Baoding is located in the centre of the
Bohai Rim economic area which includes Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang. One of the largest employers in Baoding is
China Lucky Film, the largest photosensitive materials and magnetic recording media manufacturer in China. And, Yingli group, 2010 World Cup sponsor, has its headquarters in Baoding, who is the Global Top 10 solar panel manufacturer. More renowned companies include ZhongHang HuiTeng Windpower Equipment Co., Ltd (Wind Turbine), Baoding Tianwei Group Co., Ltd (Transformer) and
Great Wall Motor
Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. (GWM) is a Chinese privately owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Baoding, Hebei. Founded in 1984, it is currently the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in China, with 1.281 million sales in 2021.
The co ...
.
In April 2017, an area in Baoding was designated as a
Xiong'an New Area
Xiong'an New Area () is a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China. Established in April 2017, the area is located about 100 km southwest of Beijing and 50 km east of downtown Baoding. Its main function is to serve as ...
, a development zone of initially 100 km
2 and up to 2000 km
2, the site of what will eventually be a new city and the hub of the Beijing-Tinajin-Hebei development area.
* Baoding High-tech Industrial Development Zone
Great Wall Motors Company Limited is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Baoding,
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...
, China. The company is named after the
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand ''li'' wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic gro ...
and was formed in 1984. It is China's largest
sport utility vehicle
A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive.
There is no commonly agreed-upon defini ...
(SUV) and pick-up truck producer. It sells passenger cars and trucks under the Great Wall brand and SUVs under the
Haval Haval may refer to
* Haval (marque), a Chinese automobile marque owned by Great Wall Motors
* Haval (rapper), Swedish rapper
* HAVAL Haval may refer to
* Haval (marque), a Chinese automobile marque owned by Great Wall Motors
* Haval (rapper), Sw ...
and
WEY brands.
In 2016, Great Wall Motors set a historical sales record of 1,074,471 cars worldwide, increased by 26% compared to 2015.
Renewable energy
Baoding city has one of China's biggest plants which manufacture
blades
A blade is the portion of a tool, weapon, or machine with an edge that is designed to puncture, chop, slice or scrape surfaces or materials. Blades are typically made from materials that are harder than those they are to be used on. Historic ...
used in
wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each yea ...
generator
Generator may refer to:
* Signal generator, electronic devices that generate repeating or non-repeating electronic signals
* Electric generator, a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.
* Generator (circuit theory), an eleme ...
s, catering mainly to the domestic market. Tianwei Wind Power Technology is one of the three main plants in Baoding that produces wind turbine generators. It wheeled out its first 20 turbines in 2008, and it will produce 150 units in 2009 and another 500 in 2010. Nevertheless, Baoding is currently listed as the most polluted city in China.
Transport
![NG-0395 at Baoding Railway Station (20160310114142)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/NG-0395_at_Baoding_Railway_Station_%2820160310114142%29.jpg)
Baoding has good connections to other cities, being located on one of the main routes in and out of Beijing. The
Jingshi Expressway
"Beijing" is from pinyin ''Běijīng,'' which is romanized from , the Chinese name for this city. The pinyin system of transliteration was approved by the Chinese government in 1958, but little used until 1979. It was gradually adopted by various ...
connects the two cities, and Baoding is also the western terminus of the
Baojin Expressway linking Baoding with
Tianjin
Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...
, which is one out of two nearest ports (
Huanghua
Huanghua () is a county-level city located in the Bohai Gulf coastal region of Hebei province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Cangzhou.
Huanghua is named after Chinese Communist revolutionary Huang Hua. Pre ...
is the other one). The
Jingguang Railway provides frequent services to
Beijing West railway station
Beijingxi (Beijing West) railway station (), colloquially referred to as ''West Station'' (), is located in western Beijing's Fengtai District. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it was the largest railway station in Asi ...
. On 30 December 2012, a new
Baoding station was opened, while the old train station was closed for passengers.
Baoding East railway station lies to the east on the
Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
.
Military
Baoding is headquarters of the
38th Mechanized Group Army of the
People's Liberation Army, one of the three group armies that comprise the
Beijing Military Region
The Beijing Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. From the mid 1980s to 2017, it had administration of all military affairs within Beijing city, Tianjin city, Hebei province, Shanxi province, ...
responsible for defending the PRC capital.
Culture
![Baoding1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Baoding1.jpg)
Perhaps the best-known item to supposedly originate in Baoding are
Baoding Balls, which can be used to relax one's keyboard hand and strengthen one's wrist. The most famous local specialty food is the
Donkey Burger ().
Anxin County
Anxin () is a county in central Hebei province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of Baoding City, the centre of which lies about to the west, and , it has a population of 420,000 residing in an area of . Most of Baiyang Lake is located in the ...
is home to the Quantou Village Music Association (), a well known traditional music group performing on ''
guan
Guan may refer to:
* Guan (surname), several similar Chinese surnames
** Guān, Chinese surname
* Guan (state), ancient Chinese city-state
* Guan (bird), any of a number of bird species of the family Cracidae, of South and Central America
* Guan ( ...
'' (oboes), ''
sheng'' (mouth organs), and percussion. The village of Quantou is located on an island in
Lake Baiyangdian
Baiyang Lake, also known as Lake Baiyangdian, is located in the Xiong'an New Area of Baoding, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, China. It is the largest freshwater lake in northern China. It is referred to as the Kidney of North China.
...
.
The city's streets follow a rough grid pattern, although this is less obvious in the older part of the city. The traditional main street of old Baoding is Yuhua Road, running from the city's centre to its eastern edge — most of Baoding's historic buildings are located in this area, along with some of its larger shopping centres. Other major streets include Dongfeng Road and Chaoyang Avenue. There is a
ring road around the city.
Baoding is home to
Hebei University
Hebei University () is a public comprehensive university in Baoding, Hebei Province, China. The university has an estimated student population of 33,000, including 6,100 full-time postgraduates and 26,900 full-time undergraduates.
History
The un ...
,
North China Electric Power University
North China Electric Power University (NCEPU; ) is a national key university under the Double First Class University Plan and former Project 211 based in Beijing, China under the national Ministry of Education that specialises in polytechnic ...
with other 3 universities and 12 colleges.
Historic sites
![ZhiLiGovernorMansion](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/ZhiLiGovernorMansion.jpg)
Baoding contains a number of notable historic sites. In the city proper, there can be found a historic provincial governor's mansion and an ancient
lotus garden. In the hills to the northwest of the city, near the suburb of
Mancheng
Mancheng District () is a district of west-central Hebei province, China, in the eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains. It is administratively part of Baoding prefecture-level city, of which the Mancheng is a northwestern suburb.
Mancheng is ...
, there are the
Mancheng Han Tombs, where Prince
Liu Sheng and his wife
Dou Wan
Dou Wan () was a Western Han noblewoman married to Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan, a brother of Emperor Wu of Han. Her tomb was discovered in Mancheng County, and many of her burial goods, including her jade burial suit, have been declared nati ...
were buried.
The greater Baoding administrative area has 16 designated state-level cultural relics:
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Yan State
Yan (; Old Chinese pronunciation: ''*'') was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Its capital was Ji (later known as Yanjing and now Beijing). During the Warring States period, the court was also moved to another capital at Xiadu ...
Capital Relics (475BC-221BC, Yixian County)
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Great Wall
The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand ''li'' wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups ...
at
Zijinguan Pass (1368–1644, Yixian County and Laiyuan County)
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Stele of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (618-907, Yixian County)
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Western Qing Tombs
The Western Qing tombs (; ) are located some southwest of Beijing in Yi County, Hebei Province. They constitute a necropolis that incorporates four royal mausoleums where seventy-eight royal members are buried. These include four emperors of th ...
(1730–1915, Yixian County)
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Geyuan Temple
Geyuan Temple () is a Buddhist temple located in Laiyuan, Hebei Province, China. The temple consists of three main buildings and other auxiliary structures. The main hall of the temple, the Wenshu Hall dates from 966 CE.Steinhardt (1997), 59.
Hist ...
(916-1125, Laiyuan County)
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Ciyun Pavilion (1306, Dingxing County)
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Yicihui Stone Pillar (550-577, Dingxing County)
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Kaiyuan Temple (960-1127, Dingzhou County)
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Kaishan Temple (618-907, Gaobeidian County)
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Dingzhou Porcelain Kiln Relic (960-1127, Quyang County)
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Beiyue Temple (386-543, Quyang County)
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Jin-cha-ji Border Region Headquarters Ruins (1938, Fuping County)
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Ranzhuang Underground Tunnel (1937–1945, Qingyuan County)
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Mancheng Han Tombs (154BC-113BC, Mancheng County)
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Zhili Provincial Governor Office (1730–1911, Baoding)
# Historical Site of the
Baoding Military Academy
Baoding Military Academy or Paoting Military Academy () was a military academy based in Baoding, during the late Qing dynasty and early Republic of China, in the first two decades of the 20th century. For a time, it was the most important milita ...
(1902–1923)
Notable people
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Abbie Goodrich Chapin
Abbie Goodrich Chapin RRC (April 2, 1868 – July 24, 1956) was an American missionary in China. In 1901 she became the first American decorated with the Royal Red Cross, for services rendered at Peking's International Hospital during the Boxe ...
(1868-1956), American missionary teacher based in Baoding
*
Chen Xu, Director of the
Overseas Chinese Affairs Office
The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council (OCAO) is an external name of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Prior to 2018, OCAO was an administrative office under the State Council of ...
*
Fan Hongbin
Fan Hongbin (范红斌; born 13 May 1975) is a Chinese gymnast. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the m ...
—gymnast, Olympic silver medalist in
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
*
Fan Ye—gymnast,
2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 37th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Anaheim, California
Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a pop ...
balance beam gold medalist
*
Guo Jingjing
Guo Jingjing (; born October 15, 1981, in Baoding, Hebei) is a retired Chinese female diver, and multi-time Olympic gold medalist and world champion. Guo is tied with her partner Wu Minxia for winning the most Olympic medals (6) of any female ...
—diver and Olympic gold medalist in
2004 and
2008 Summer Olympics
*
Qian Hong—swimmer and Olympic gold medalist in
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
*
Shi Changxu—materials scientist, recipient of the 2010
State Preeminent Science and Technology Award
*
Tie Ning
Tie Ning (born September 1957) is a Chinese author based in Beijing, China. She has, since 2006, been the president of the China Writers Association and is a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Her works incl ...
—author, president of the
China Writers Association
*
Wei Jianjun—billionaire, chairman of
Great Wall Motors
Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. (GWM) is a Chinese privately owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Baoding, Hebei. Founded in 1984, it is currently the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in China, with 1.281 million sales in 2021.
The co ...
*
Yan Su—Chinese playwright and lyricist
Sister city
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Charlotte
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,
North Carolina
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, United States
Gallery
File:BaodingTemple.jpg, Temple in the centre of old Baoding
File:Baoding 001.jpg, Dongfeng Road, Baoding
File:BaodingYuhuaRoad.jpg, Part of Yuhua Road, the main street of old Baoding
File:BaodingArch.jpg, Arch on Yuhua Road, old Baoding
File:BaodingIntersection.jpg, An intersection in Yuhua Road's shopping district
File:Baoding 002.jpg, The Wanbo Tower in a sunny afternoon, Baoding CBD
File:BaodingMonument.jpg, A civic monument
File:BaodingPark.jpg, A public park
File:BaodingPark2.jpg, A public park
File:BaodingCathedral.jpg, Baoding Cathedral
File:Baoding 010.jpg, Baoding Railway Station
File:Baoding 011.jpg, Baoding East Railway Station for High-Speed Rail Trains
File:BaodingBuses.jpg, Baoding city buses before 2007
File:Evening Baoding.JPG, Baoding in the evening
File:Baoding Railway station.JPG, Old Baoding railway station
File:BaodingRailwayStation.jpg, Old Baoding railway station
File:Baoding old quarter.JPG, Baoding Old Quarter
File:Baoding 008.jpg, Skylines in Baoding CBD
File:Baoding 006.jpg, Closer look at the Wanbo Tower in a sunny day
File:Baoding 007.jpg, Closer look at the Maoye Tower in a sunny day, Baoding CBD
File:Baoding 003.jpg, The Wanbo Plaza at night, Baoding CBD
File:Baoding 005.jpg, The Wanbo Plaza at night, Baoding CBD
File:Baoding 009.jpg, The Wanbo Plaza at night, Baoding CBD
See also
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List of twin towns and sister cities in China
This is a list of places in China which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
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Cities in Hebei
Prefecture-level divisions of Hebei