Dezhou

Dezhou is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province. Dezhou is a transportation hub and economic center in the Hebei-Shandong border area of China, an important industrial and trade city in Northwest Shandong, and a new energy industry base in Shandong Province. National highways 104, 308, and 205 pass through the border and have been identified as the main hub city of national transportation.

The nearest port to Dezhou is Tianjin Port, located in Binhai New Area, Tianjin, China. It is located at the western end of Bohai Bay, backed by Xiongan New Area, and radiates the inland hinterland of Northeast China, North China, and Northwest. It connects Northeast Asia and Central and West Asia. It is the starting point for the east of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, an important node of the New Eurasian Land Bridge, and a strategic fulcrum of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. In terms of steel, there are famous steel factories such as Laigang Yongfeng. Laigang Yongfeng is the only joint steel production enterprise in Northwest Shandong. Its leading products are hot-rolled ribbed steel bars, wire rods, round steel, and billet. It is one of the largest rebar production bases in Shandong Province.