Baoding

or Pao·ting

[ bou-ding ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a city in central Hebei province, in northeastern China.

Baoding

/ ˈbaʊˈdɪŋ /

noun

1. a city in NE China, in N Hebei province. Pop: 810 000 (2005 est) Former nameCh'ing-yüanTsingyuan

Example Sentences

Reuters tried to contact the local governments of Zhuozhou and the larger Baoding area, but repeated calls were not answered.

From Reuters

Many residents believe that the floods were worsened by a government decision on July 31 to divert floodwaters from Baoding's overflowing reservoirs to so-called flood storage areas, two of which were in Zhuozhou.

From Reuters

Baoding prefecture, which administers Zhuozhou, said hundreds of bridges and hundreds of kilometres of rural roads had been water-damaged, with direct economic losses reaching nearly 17 billion yuan as of Saturday.

From Reuters

On July 31, Hebei province opened seven of its 13 designated flood storage areas, including two in the city of Zhuozhou in Baoding south of Beijing and north of Xiongan, a zone President Xi Jinping aims to develop into an economic powerhouse serving Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin.

From Reuters

On his visit to flood storage areas in Baoding, Ni added that it was necessary to reduce the pressure on Beijing's flood control and create a "moat" for the Chinese capital.

From Reuters