Handan, a prefecture level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, is the central city in southern Hebei Province approved by the State Council. By the end of 2021, the city has a total area of 12066 square kilometers, with 6 districts, 11 counties, and 1 county city under its administration, and a permanent population of 9.3669 million. In 2021, the GDP of Handan will reach 411.48 billion yuan.

Handan is located at the southern end of Hebei Province, at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains in the west, bordering the North China Plain in the east, and bordering Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan provinces. It is an important transportation hub in North China, which is the hub of the four provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan, and the center of the Central Plains Economic Zone. The Beijing Guangzhou Railway and the Beijing Guangzhou High speed Railway run through the north and south. The Handan Changsha Railway and the Handan Jinan Railway run across the east and west. The Handan Huanghua Railway runs directly to Huanghua Port, the Beijing Shenzhen Expressway, the Daguang Expressway Taihang Mountain Expressway runs through the north and south, Qinglan Expressway and Handan Dalian Expressway run across the east and west. National Highway 107, National Highway 106, National Highway 309, National Highway 230 (formerly Dingwei Highway), National Highway 234, National Highway 514 (formerly Handan Highway) and National Highway 515 (formerly Shacao Highway) form a national and provincial trunk highway network. Handan Airport is a branch airport of national key development.

Handan is a national historical and cultural city with a history of 3100 years. 8000 years ago, it was pregnant with Cishan culture in the early Neolithic period; Handan was the capital of Zhao in the Warring States Period, and Wei County was the capital of Wei; In the Han Dynasty, Luoyang, Linzi, Nanyang and Chengdu shared the fame of "Five Metropolis"; Linzhang County in Handan was successively the capital city of Cao Wei, Ranwei, Qianyan, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi; In the Northern Song Dynasty, Daming Mansion became the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty; In the Qing Dynasty, Daming Mansion was the first capital of Zhili Province.

Handan is a national garden city, an excellent tourist city in China, a national green model city, a national model city for mutual support, a national excellent city for comprehensive public security management, and a capital of Chinese idioms and allusions. It has two 5A scenic spots, Wa Palace in Shexian County and Guangfu Ancient City.