Xibaipo Memorial

Located at the foot of the Taihang Mountains and in the west of the north China plain, Shijiazhuang is the capital of Hebei province and the province's political, economic and cultural center.

With urban and rural population of 9.4 million, Shijiazhuang is a city with great development potential and an ideal place for investment.

Adjacent to Beijing and Tianjin, the city is a transportation hub located at the intersection of the Beijing-Guangzhou, Taiyuan-Dezhou, and Shuozhou-Huanghua railroads and many expressways.

It takes just two hours by train to reach the city from Beijing.

Though a young industrial city, Shijiazhuang has beautiful scenery and numerous sites of historical and cultural importance in the surrounding area.

Xibaipo, a small village located in Pingshan County, served as the seat of the headquarters of the Communist Party of China and its troops from May 1948 to March 1949.

The city boasts of 18 key cultural relics sites under the State protection, with Zhaozhou Bridge being the most famous one.

The Zhaozhou Bridge, built in the year 595 in the Sui Dynasty (581-618), is the world's oldest existing stone arch bridge.

Zhengding, a city noted for history and culture, and boasting many Buddhist relics, is only eight km from Shijiazhuang.

In recent years, the tourism infrastructure in the city has been greatly improved, providing more comfort and convenience to the tourists.

The city has now two five-star hotels, 19 four-star hotels and 26 three-star hotels.

The city received the honor of "China's Excellent Tourism City" in 2001.

Major attractions include:

Xibaipo Memorial

The memorial is located in Pingshan County, about 80 km northwest of Shijiazhuang. It is a national base for patriotic education.

It was the site of the Communist Party of China's last headquarters in a rural area before it moved to Beijing and liberated the entire country.

During 10 months of their stay there, Mao Zedong and the Communist Party launched three major military campaigns and won decisive victories against Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek.

The Xibaipo Memorial was built in 1977 to commemorate this revered site.