Heze, formerly known as Cao Zhou, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, at the junction of Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui provinces. It is adjacent to Jining City in the east, Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City in Anhui Province in the southeast, Shangqiu City in Henan Province in the south, Kaifeng City and Xinxiang City in Henan Province in the west, and Puyang City in Henan Province in the north. It is located between 34 39' ~ 35 52' north latitude and114 45' ~116 25' east longitude. North-south length157km, east-west width140km, total area12238.62km2. ..

Heze used to be a natural ancient river, where Ji and Shui meet and come out together, connecting the two major water systems of Guji and Surabaya. It was renamed Longchi in the Tang Dynasty and Xiayue Lake in the Qing Dynasty. In the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1735), it was promoted to the government and became Guo Wei County. Because there is "Heshan" in the south and "Razer" in the north, it is named Heze. It is a famous peony capital, hometown of martial arts, hometown of calligraphy and painting, hometown of traditional Chinese opera and hometown of folk art in China.

Heze has a long history and profound cultural heritage, and enjoys the reputation of "the best in the world". In ancient times, there were all kinds of ancient Zeqi in Jeep Valley, and Heze, Leize, Konosawa and Meng Zhuze, the Jiuze Banner in Gong Yu, were all in the territory, occupying a sacred position in history. Fuxi, the ancestor of mankind, Shao Hao, the emperor of Dongyi, Shun Di, the military strategist Chiyou, the reformer Wuqi, the strategist Sun Bin, the economist Ada and the writer Wen Zisheng were all born here. Liu Bang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Cao Cao proclaimed himself emperor, Huang Chao Uprising and Sung River Juyi all happened in Heze.

As of 20 17, Heze city has jurisdiction over 2 districts and 7 counties with a permanent population of 8,622,600. The regional GDP was 282,065,438+8 billion yuan, calculated at comparable prices, up by 8.5% over the previous year. The added value of the primary industry was 28.208 billion yuan, up by 3.1%; The added value of the secondary industry145.834 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 65.438+007.976 billion yuan, an increase of 654.38+006.5438+0%. The tertiary industry structure has been adjusted from 10.9: 5 1.7: 37.4 in the previous year to 10.0: 5 1.7: 38.3.