Basic County Situation of Anping County

Anping belongs to Hengshui City, Hebei Province, with 5 towns, 3 townships, 230 administrative villages, a population of 330,000, and a total area of 505 square kilometers, of which 470,000 mu are arable land. "The network capital of the world, the Red Anping, the hometown of Sun Li, the land of filial piety, and China's horse city" are the five business cards of Anping. The 9th China Equestrian Festival was held in Anping County from October 2nd to 7th. Firstly, it has superior location and transportation. Anping is located at the intersection of Hengshui, Baoding, and Shijiazhuang, bordering Xiong'an New Area to the north, and belongs to the open belt of Beijing, Tianjin, and the Bohai Sea. Within a radius of 20 kilometers, the Beijing-Kowloon Railway and Daguan Expressway run north-south, and Shihuang Expressway runs east-west. Within a radius of 100 kilometers, it can reach the provincial capital and has an airport, and within a radius of 200 kilometers, it is connected to Beijing, Tianjin, and Huanghua Port. Secondly, it has a profound cultural heritage. Anping was formerly known as Boling. It has been a county since the time of Emperor Gao of Han Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,200 years. It was named after "officials and civilians living and working in peace and prosperity and the terrain being flat." Many famous historians and outstanding representatives have emerged here, and contemporary literary master Sun Li and his "Hedahedian School" enjoy a high reputation in the literary world at home and abroad, rooted in the filial piety culture of "Xiaogan Saint." Thirdly, it has a good tradition of revolution. Anping is the birthplace of the first rural party branch in the country and the first county committee in Hebei Province. It is also the birthplace of the Jinzhou Anti-Japanese Base Area. The Jinzhou Regional Party Committee, the Jinzhou Administration, and the Jinzhou Military Region were established here. He Long, Lv Zhengcao, Cheng Zihua, and other founding heroes fought and lived here. In the 1950s, the Nanwangzhuang three poor peasants' cooperative was praised by Chairman Mao as the "direction of 500 million farmers." Fourth, it has unique industrial advantages. After years of innovative development, Anping has formed a diversified development pattern dominated by the wire mesh industry, supported by the pig, automotive parts, and filter materials industries.