Hebei is also called Ji （冀）， which means hope iChinese.Hebei has aadvantageous geographical location. It surrounds the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin， and is bordered by the Bohai Sea to the east. The province has 74 milliopeople living o188，000 square kilometers of territorrt. There are 11 cities under Hebei's jurisdiction， and the provincial capital is Shijiazhuang. It has 278 cultural relic sites under state protection， ranking third of China's provinces and equivalent administrative units. The province's GDP reached RMB2.98 trillioi2015. Hebei is currently a hot spot for investors from home and abroad. The coordinated development of Beijing， Tianjin， and Hebei is a key national strategy， and Beijing and its co-bidder Zhangjiakou have wothe bid to host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. The Xiong'aNew Area is China's third new area of national significance after Shenzhe Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area. It will become a green， livable moderurbaarea， a regioled by innovation-drivedevelopment， a demonstratioarea of balanced development， and a pioneering regioof opedevelopment.Hebei is striving hard to build a strong economy and turitself into a beautiful province.
