Caofeidian National Economic and Technological Development Zone

Caofeidian, located in the southern coastal area of Tangshan, Hebei Province, facing Northeast Asia, neighboring Beijing and Tianjin with total area of 2,114 km2, has been designated as “National Economic and Technological Development Zone”, “National Petrochemical Industry Base”, “Sino-Japan-Korea Circular Economy Demonstration Base”, “Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Demonstration Area”, etc. For consecutive years, it has been ranked among “China’s Top 100 Areas in terms of Comprehensive Strength”, “Top 100 Industrial Areas”, and “Top 100 Potential Investment Destinations”.

The Caofeidian port area can accommodate 412 berths. So far 100 productive berths have been built in place, and there are more than 110 domestic and international trade routes available to reach over 70 countries and regions such as Japan, South Korea, the UK and the US. In 2021, 448 million tons of cargoes have been handled through Caofeidian Port. Caofeidian is an important hub of the “Belt and Road” initiative. There are several China-Europe train routes from Caofeidian Port to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and other destinations.

Caofeidian enjoys benefits of multiple policies including “National Economic and Technological Development Zone + Comprehensive Bonded Zone + Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone + Free Trade Zone”, providing an end-to-end corporate service agency system. The area is home to many colleges, universities and vocational schools, from which nearly 30,000 students graduate every year as a large pool of R&D talents and highly competent industrial workers for enterprises.