Tangshan, referred to as "Tang" for short, is a prefecture-level city and a second-class big city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province? [128], located in the east of Hebei, northeast of North China Plain, bordering Bohai Sea in the south, Yanshan Mountain in the north, and adjacent to Beijing and Tianjin, is located in the throat of North China and Northeast China, and between11731'-1965438+in east longitude. It has jurisdiction over 7 municipal districts, 4 counties and 3 county-level cities.

Tangshan was named after Emperor Taizong's expedition to Koguryo, Li Shimin. Known as the "northern porcelain capital", it is a sub-central city in the province, one of the central cities in Hebei Province approved by the State Council, and a new industrialization base and port city in the Bohai Rim region? China (Tangshan) cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone and China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone.

The first mechanized coal mine, the first standard gauge railway, the first steam locomotive and the first barrel of machine-made cement in China were born here. Tangshan is the birthplace of China Pingju, known as "Three Flowers in East Hebei", with shadow play, Pingju and Laoting drums, which is a national intangible cultural heritage.

By the end of 20021,the permanent population of Tangshan was 7.697 million. In 20021year, Tangshan achieved a regional GDP of 823.06 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 60.65 billion yuan, that of the secondary industry was 454.68 billion yuan, that of the tertiary industry was 307.73 billion yuan, and that of the tertiary industry was 7.4:55.2:37.4. The city's per capita GDP 106783 yuan. ?