There are 3,383 educational schools of all levels and types in the city, with 3,459,700 students and 246,700 teaching staff. Among them, there are 62 colleges and universities in Zhengzhou, with students110363 (including 24 local colleges and universities in Zhengzhou, with students of 38 1680) and 70607 faculty members. There are 428 primary schools (excluding municipal schools) in nine districts of Zhengzhou City (including cities, counties, townships and rural schools). There are 4 1 schools affiliated to Zhengzhou Education Bureau, with 75,738 students and 5,645 faculty members.

Zhengzhou, referred to as "Zheng" for short, was called "in heaven and earth" in history, called Shangdu in ancient times, and now called Greentown. Henan Province governs prefecture-level cities, provincial capitals and megacities to promote the rise of central China. The 13th Five-Year Plan explicitly supports the construction of a national central city.

Zhengzhou City is located in the north-central part of Henan Province, at the boundary of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, with a total area of 7,567 square kilometers. The general trend of Zhengzhou's topography is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, which belongs to temperate continental monsoon climate. There are large and small rivers 124 in Zhengzhou, which span the Yellow River and Huaihe River basins. By the end of 2022, the permanent population of Zhengzhou was12.828 million.