Baoding, Hebei Province 9

Zhili Provincial Governor's Office

Baoding used to be the capital of Zhili Province, an ancient name for Hebei Province from 1730 to 1911. This Governor"s Office served as the governmental office of Hebei Province. Since 1988, this complex of buildings are changed into a museum. Zhili Province was the only province that circled the capital, so each Qing Dynasty"s emperor thought highly of the governors in Baoding. Very often it was the emperor who would choose his favorite official to be the governor.