Guangping Corn

Guangping Corn

　　Guangping Corn is a specialty of Guangping County, Handan City, Hebei Province.

　　Guangping County is under the jurisdiction of Handan City in Hebei Province, located at the southern end of Hebei, in the northeast of Handan, on the Heilonggang Plain at the eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains within the Haihe River Plain. The county has a typical temperate continental climate, characterized as a warm semi-arid zone with distinct seasons, abundant sunshine, and an average total annual sunshine duration of 2,745.2 hours, with sunshine accounting for 62% of the year. Monthly sunshine duration during the main crop-growing seasons all exceeds 230 hours. The climatic conditions are suitable for corn cultivation.

　　Guangping County has a long history of corn cultivation, with a perennial planting area of 166,000 mu, making it one of the major corn-producing areas in Hebei Province.