With vast area and rich resources, Hebei has 6.517 million hectares of cultivated land and 3.994 million hectares of forests. Zhangbei Plateau, with its enormous grassland is a good pasture. With 487 kilometers of coast line and 4.156 square kilometers of rivers and lakes, Hebei is also rich in water and fishing resources. So far, more than eighty kinds of mineral have been found. Twenty-two of them, such as coking coal, petroleum, iron ore, limestone, refractory clay, asbestos, vermiculite, zeolite, phosphate stone, phosphate mine, magnesite, titanium, vanadium, platinum, and palladium are among the top six producers of each of these minerals in the country.
Crop farming is the most important sector in agriculture.
Industry Hebei's industry has formed a complete system with a solid foundation. It has 496 kinds of industries. The number of independent accounting enterprises above township level has reached about 30,000. The fixed property value of them is 203.2 billion RMB, ranking the 7th place in the whole nation. Hebei's coal industry is important in China.