Shijiazhuang is located in the south central part of Hebei Province and Bohai Economic Zone, adjacent to Hengshui in the east, Xingtai in the south, Yangquan (Shanxi Province) in the west and Baoding in the north with nearly equal distance to Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, Taiyuan and Zhengzhou. In terms of railway transportation, it enjoys a natural advantage of being a transportation hub. Beijing-Guangzhou railway, Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan railway, Shijiazhuang-Dezhou railway and Shuozhou-Huanghua railway converge in Shijiazhuang, where Beijing-Guangzhou railway serves as the main traffic artery connecting China and foreign countries and Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan railway as the major coal route to Shanxi. With Beijing-Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang-Jinan high-speed trains being open to traffic, a one-hour high-speed railway economic circle has been formed. In road transportation,Beijing-Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan,Shijiazhuang-Huanghua and Shijiazhuang-Anyang highways, national roads 107, 207, 307 and 308, 2 provincial roads and 42 county roads crisscross in Shijiazhuang, forming a traffic mileage of 6,379 kilometers. In air transportation, Zhengding International Airport has 117 passenger air routes, 4 cargo air routes and a diverting and alternate airport for Beijing Capital International Airport.
