On Sept 6th, at the opening ceremony of the 2023 China International Digital Economy Expo (CIDEE), the China Center for Information Industry Development (widely known as CCID) released the 2023 China Digital City Competitiveness Research Report, which focused on the construction of urban digital transformation and development and formed the list of 2023's top 100 digital cities.

The China International Digital Economy Expo 2023 kicked off at the Shijiazhuang (Zhengding) International Convention and Exhibition Center on Sept.6. in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province.

The China International Digital Economy Expo 2023 has kicked off in Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei Province on Wednesday. The three-day event focuses on the development of the industrial internet.

A staff member explains as visitors look at an emergency communication support system at the China International Digital Economy Expo 2023 in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Sept. 6, 2023.

Dazhai Village, which is located in Guilin City, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was named as one of the Best Tourism Villages by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in 2022. The rich culture and the magnificent terraced landscapes in Dazhai complement each other, showcasing the wisdom of adapting to local conditions and the harmony between humans and nature in traditional Ch...

With the enchanting beauty, Chinese countryside leads you to experience a world where the artistry of nature is fully unveiled.

Yucun Village was named as one of the Best Tourism Villages by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in 2021. Entering Yucun Village, one would see a picturesque rural scene, verdant mountains and continuous bamboo groves, vegetation and a stream murmurs, a harmonious and tranquil landscape.

Jingzhu village has integrated agriculture with tourism activities. Alongside its beautiful countryside, the village has built Guiyuan Tourist Hamlet as an agriculture-based artistic, pastoral complex with various ethnic features under the theme of "Garden Manor Paradise."

A curling tournament for local residents in Lixian county of Baoding, Hebei province, was held in recent days, providing game-playing opportunities for amateurs and an interesting visual feast for spectators.

With resplendent culture and picturesque landscapes, Hebei is part of the major birthplace of the civilization of the Chinese nation.

Hot pot chicken, a distinctive local cuisine in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, perfectly marries Sichuan's spicy hot pot tradition with tender chicken.

On July 28th, the opening ceremony of the 31st World University Games took place in Chengdu, Sichuan. Hebei athletes appeared on the competition fields of the Chengdu Universiade.

Wuqiao county in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, has seamlessly incorporated acrobatic teaching and performance into its culture since the 1990s.

A meeting to exchange information on The Book of Songs — known in Chinese as Shijing — and contemporary poetry was held recently in Hejian, a county-level city in Cangzhou, Hebei province.

Yuxian Paper-Cut, originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), is a traditional folk craft in Yuxian County, Hebei Province.

Three new schools, including a primary school in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei province, will start recruiting students in September.

With the decrease of orders, regions such as the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta that have been the country's major growth engines and which used to gain advantages by relying on scale effect will face greater competitive pressure.

Yuxian Paper-Cut, originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), is a traditional folk craft in Yuxian County, Hebei Province.

Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei International Biomedicine& Great Health Industry Develpment Conference 2023 opened on May 30 in Cangzhou, Hebei province.

China's water quality levels saw steady improvement in the first quarter of this year, data from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment shows.

As an outstanding representative of China's civil kilns, Cizhou Kiln has been inscribed into national-level intangible cultural heritage entries.

Chinese online retailers are ratcheting up efforts to expand their global footprint amid a broader drive to cultivate new users and diversify revenue sources, industry experts said. This comes as an increasing number of Chinese vendors sell their products globally through cross-border e-commerce platforms, they said.

China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area on April 1, 2017. Dubbed the country's "city of the future", it has gradually taken shape and undergone extensive development.

The coming of spring has caused the rapeseed fields to bloom in Xihan village of Guangping county, Hebei province, and tourists have started visiting to take photos among the golden flowers.

Mt. Yuanbao, which used to host an abandoned coalmine, has become an urban ecopark after the ecology has been repaired and restored.

The coordinated development in Beijing and neighboring regions is now in full swing and has grown into a new driving force for China's development, nine years after China launched a key strategy to build the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regional city cluster.

A signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on S&T Cooperation in Crop Seed Industry between the China Hebei Seed Association (CHSA) and the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) was recently held at a seminal propagation base located in South China's Hainan Province.

The Jinshanling Great Wall in Luanping county, north China's Hebei Province has recently seen snowfall, turning it into a giant "dragon" covered in white snow.

Citizens in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, immersed themselves in Lantern Festival celebrations over the weekend as the city decorated its parks and streets with lanterns.

China's Hebei Province plans to invest 103.5 billion yuan (about 15.4 billion U.S. dollars) in transportation construction this year, in an effort to boost the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, according to the provincial government.

The Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway line brings great convenience to people's skiing trip to Chongli district of Zhangjiakou City in north China's Hebei province.

Adrian Young, a British son-in-law, has been living in Shijiazhuang for four years. This is his third year celebrating the Spring Festival in China. During the Spring Festival holiday this year, he learned Chinese calligraphy and visited several scenic spots in Hebei Province.

As the 2023 Spring Festival holiday progresses into its fifth day on Wednesday, China's domestic film market continues to flourish.

A national-level treatment center for epidemics has played an important role in preventing severe infections of COVID-19 in Baoding, Hebei province, a hospital director said.

Recently, farmers have been busy drying persimmons in Dule village, Yixian county, north China's Hebei Province.

As the Chinese Lunar New Year draws near, Tuntou village in the Gaocheng district of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, is busy producing lanterns to help decorate houses.

Nearly a year after Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, co-hosted the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, 444 hydrogen-powered buses have become the preferred mode of public transportation in the city.

Seventeen foreigners living in Baoding, North China's Hebei province, were invited by residents in Jingxiu district to spend Little New Year, or Xiaonian in Chinese, on last Saturday. The Xiaonian is usually a week before Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan 14 this year.

Before dawn, Zhang Xuefeng was already driving his car along the rugged mountain roads in north China's Hebei Province to deliver medicines to villagers.

The new energy industry is boosting high-quality development in different parts of China.

As the 2023 Lunar New Year draws near, residents of Ludong village in Handan, Hebei province, have been busily making lanterns to fill orders from across the country.

As the first snow season since the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games approaches, venues of the Games in Beijing and Hebei province are readying themselves for visitors.

Xinle, Hebei province, a major production base for electric blankets for heating beds during winter, is busy as the weather becomes colder.

An epitaph dating back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279) has been discovered in Wu'an City of north China's Hebei Province, according to local authorities.

The Great Wall section in Zunhua city in Tangshan, Hebei province, provided picturesque scenery during the sunset on Friday. The wall section in Zunhua is about 70 kilometers long, most of which was built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

A stone tablet dating back to the year 1286, which falls within the Yuan Dynasty (1271 to 1368), has been discovered in Longyao County of north China's Hebei Province, according to local authorities.

Wang Nan has been looking forward to the day he could take the subway to Beijing from his home in the neighboring Hebei province, as it would make commuting more convenient. The 40-year-old lives in Yanjiao town in Hebei's Sanhe city and works in Fengtai district, Beijing.

The Analects of Confucius is a fine example of world literature and the publication of the Maltese version of the ancient Chinese book would further enhance cultural exchanges between China and Malta, said Maltese sinologist and translator of the book Salvatore Giuffre.

While Jia Mingxuan promoted a specialty product during a livestreaming session on a slow train, he also shared the joy of harvest with viewers by showing ripe rice and corn that were being grown on farmlands along the route.

Construction has begun on a subway line linking Beijing and neighboring Hebei province after a feasibility study was approved for a local section by the Hebei Development and Reform Commission, Beijing Daily reported.

Samson, a student from Malawi, in southeastern Africa, took part in agricultural practice activities on Thursday at an experimental base in Quzhou county of Handan, Hebei province, with other three students from Beijing's China Agricultural University.

The arrival of autumn sees golden leaves fill the trees at the Saihanba forest farm in north China's Hebei Province. Saihanba is an important ecological shield for Beijing, Tianjin municipality and adjacent regions.

Hima Oumarou Souleymane, a Nigerien student with the Chinese name Xi Ma and who has a passion for martial arts and traditional Chinese culture, hopes to become a messenger for China-Niger cultural exchanges.

Colorful leaves in autumn have decorated Yuanming Mountain in Haigang district of Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, attracting tourists in droves to enjoy the picturesque landscape.

The average yield of corn per mu is more than 950 kg, about 150 kg more than last year, said Zhao. "The corn harvest is very good. This is another bumper year," said Zhang Jiwang, a professor at Shandong Agricultural University, who measured the yield during the harvesting.

China's railway network will operate a new schedule from Tuesday, increasing the number of passenger and freight train services to boost transport capability, the national railway operator China State Railway Group said on Monday.

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 27, 2022 shows employees working at the Changlu Daqinghe saltworks in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province.

When darkness falls, animals gather for a class in Saihanba forest farm in China. They are going to learn about the country. In the past 10 years, China has witnessed great transformations. What do the students say about China? Let's take a look.

Baiyangdian Lake in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei Province, has become a paradise for birds including some rare ones such as the Baer's Pochard, a critically endangered species of diving duck, and jacanas, a national second-class protected birds.

Various activities are being held throughout the country to celebrate the National Day.

A China-Europe freight train left Shijiazhuang, Hebei province on Tuesday and will arrive in Moscow in around 12 days, with a variety of commodities for customers.

A stone tablet dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) has been discovered in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said.

Today, follow Emily, the iHebei Overseas Communication Officer, let's go to visit Zhengding to take a closer good at the vibrant life in the ancient town and how the town is developed with combination of history and modern fashions.

Artists perform at the closing ceremony of the 13th China Art Festival in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province

Recently, a flock of baby Baer's Pochards were spotted swimming along with their parents in the waters of the Baiyangdian Lake. Their brownish feathers and white bellies form a beautiful scene with the pink lotus flowers and the green reeds.

Farmers in Jingxian county of Hengshui, Hebei province, about 250 kilometers south of Beijing, have been busy harvesting their millet crop planted on more than 600 hectares.

Located in Chengde, Saihanba is home to the world's largest planted forests. Believe it or not, 60 years ago all of this was barren desert. Three generations of foresters put extraodinary efforts to transform this area from barren land to lush forest. Emily, iHebei Overseas Communication Officer, heard the miraculous planting stories and went to Saihanba to explore the “Saihanba spirit” in th...

Many venues for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have opened to the public to share the fruits of the Games with the people.

China's investment in the construction of water transport infrastructure maintained a good growth momentum in the first seven months of the year, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Centering on the stories of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), more than 500 performers recreated some historical scenes in the time.

The sea of clouds scenery recently appeared at Jinshanling Great Wall, the best-preserved and characteristic section of the Great Wall in Chengde city, North China's Hebei province. The sea of clouds adds more charm to its magnificent landscape.

After a rain, a sea of clouds appeared at Tu'er Mountain, transforming the mountain into fairyland. Located in Qinhuangdao City, Tu'er Mountain is named for its two highest peaks resembling rabbit ears. As part of Yanshan Mountain, its main peak is 571 meters above sea level.

More than 4,300 dinosaur footprints have been found in north China's Hebei Province, according to local authorities.

An applet that allows users to tour the Great Wall on their mobile phones was recently launched. It marked another innovative application of digital technology in the field of cultural heritage protection.

Land transformation implemented in Lulong, China's Hebei

Beijing Daxing International Airport on Saturday put into service a city terminal in Langfang city, North China's Hebei province, allowing passengers to complete various travel procedures in a more convenient manner.

A total of seven investment projects worth 2.6 billion yuan were signed on Sunday at the Hebei Pilot Free Trade Zone's Key Industry Investment Promotion held in Langfang, which was part of the China·Langfang International Economic and Trade Fair.

Harvesters work in a wheat field in Datongzhuang Village of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, June 21, 2022.

So cute to see a woodpecker feeding its baby bird in the tree in Hebei.

Over 2000 years ago, China’s first imperial seal was created for China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang. This Heirloom Seal of the Realm was carved out of Heshibi, a sacred piece of jade.

Archaeologists recently unearthed three large plinths with exquisite engraving in a historic site in Linzhang County, north China's Hebei Province. The Yecheng historic site was once the capital of several ancient dynasties ranging from 220 AD to 581 AD.