Handan邯郸市

The central urban district of Handan, positioned as the city's core commerce and logistics hub, driven by headquarters economy, consumer economy and financial services.

A core urban district of Handan with a strong commerce and service sector; in 2025 it added a specialty cluster in traditional Chinese medicine and functional foods.

A traditional industrial district of Handan, building steel deep-processing and circular economy around Handan Iron & Steel; its safety and emergency industry is a Hebei provincial specialty cluster.

China's second-largest coking coal producing area and an old mining district, now transforming toward coal-based new materials, Cizhou-ware ceramics and high-end equipment manufacturing.

An eastern district of Handan, home to leading firms such as CSSC Peric Special Gases, with a diversified base of chemical new materials, equipment manufacturing and greenhouse vegetables (pre-cut clean vegetables).

Known as 'China's Fastener Capital', Yongnian is the country's largest fastener production and distribution center, accounting for over half of the national market.

One of China's major steel production bases with over 30 million tonnes of annual crude steel capacity, transforming from a 'steel city' toward premium steel, iron-based new materials and green low-carbon manufacturing.

Site of the ancient Ye capital ('capital of six dynasties'), Linzhang has built three specialty clusters: intelligent special equipment, health food and new building materials.

A Handan equipment manufacturing powerhouse with a 'pipes, plates and parts' industrial pattern led by metal pipe making, premium plate, special valves and high-end fasteners.

Known as 'China's Flour Capital' and 'Home of Chinese Peanuts', this big agricultural county at the Hebei-Shandong-Henan junction specializes in flour milling, sesame oil and peanut products.

A Taihang Mountain county, China's largest forsythia (lianqiao) trading center and a 'one county, one product' authentic medicinal herb base, also developing steel and new building materials.

Handan's southern gateway, home to a national-level circular chemical new materials cluster and a nationally distributed children's wear and safety products industry.

A 'National Food Industry Strong County' that rose from a traditional farming county into the 'snack cupboard of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei', with food as its No.1 leading industry.

The 'Hometown of Chinese Chili Peppers' and northern China's largest chili processing and distribution center, also with a traditional cotton textile industry.

An eastern Handan county with leading industries in equipment manufacturing (wear-resistant materials), new building materials and footwear & apparel, hosting the largest wear-resistant steel ball base north of the Yangtze.

Known as the 'Hometown of China's Light-industry Bearings', 'Hometown of Laying Hens' and 'Hometown of Cucumbers', with bearing processing and poultry eggs both on the provincial key cluster list.

Hebei's most populous county and the 'Hometown of Ya Pears', with two provincial specialty clusters—special vehicle parts & equipment manufacturing and energy-saving & environmental protection—each exceeding RMB 10 billion.

Known for two provincial clusters—bicycles & children's bikes and biohealth (natural pigments)—with Chenguang Biotech a global leader in natural pigments.