Jize County, under the jurisdiction of Handan City, Hebei Province, is located in the south of Hebei Province, the northeast of Handan City lies to the west, and the Heilonggang Basin in the Haihe Plain at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountains is located in the border area of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces. Jize County has a temperate continental climate. It is dry and windy in spring, hot and rainy in summer, clean and cool in autumn, and cold, dry and cold in winter. The total area is 337 square kilometers. As of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Jize County is 297425.

In the spring and autumn, this area was low-lying. "Well and hill are linked to each other, which can enrich the marsh". Every family raises chickens and ducks, so chickens take the surname of Ze. Ze is called Jize. At the beginning of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui Dynasty, Guangping County was restored. In the 16th year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui Dynasty (596), Guangping County was changed to Jize County. On June 19, 1993, the State Council approved to change Handan into Handan City, and Jize County was under the jurisdiction of Handan City. As of January 2022, Jize County has jurisdiction over 6 towns, 1 township, 7 communities and 169 administrative villages.

Jize is a famous county administrative region in the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, the hometown of Mao Sui, the ancestral home and growing place of Mao Chang and Mao Heng, the hometown of Chinese chili peppers, the millennium old county, the ancestral home of Mao Zedong, a great man of the generation, and the birthplace of the Mao clan. In 2016, it was named National Garden County.

In 2021, the GDP of Jize County will reach 11.19 billion yuan, an increase of 7.6%; General public budget revenue reached 660 million yuan, up 7.7%; The total fiscal revenue was 990 million yuan, up 13.4%; Industrial added value above designated size increased by 8.5%, fixed asset investment increased by 6.5%, and total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 7.2%.