Qinhuangdao, referred to as "Qin", also known as a port city, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province. It is an important port city around Bohai Sea in China approved by the State Council, and a famous seaside tourist and leisure resort.

Qinhuangdao is known as the most beautiful coastal city in China, the top ten ecological civilized cities in China, the most livable city in northern China, the best leisure city in China, the most caring city in China and the most happy city in China. Qinhuangdao is the only prefecture-level city in China that holds both the Olympic Games and the Asian Games.

Qinhuangdao is located in the north of China, the northeast of Hebei, and the Bohai Sea in the south. It is the first batch of coastal open cities in China, an important functional area of the capital economic circle, an important gateway and node city of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei radiating northeast China, an important seaport and a national comprehensive transportation hub in North China, Northeast China and Northwest China.

Qinhuangdao is the earliest independent trading port in China, the largest aluminum product production and processing base in China and the largest grain and oil processing base in the north, and is known as the "wheel manufacturing capital".

Qinhuangdao was named after Qin Shihuang's east tour and sent people to the sea to seek immortality. It is the only city in China named after the emperor. It is famous for Langtaosha Beidaihe, and it is a famous tourist and leisure resort at home and abroad. Shanhaiguan District is a national historical and cultural city.