Land Resource: Heze sits on the alluvial plain of the Yellow River and boasts good soil property. The depth of soil ranges for 200m to 400m, with some deepest point over 1000m. Total plantation area of the city reaches 7033 hectares. The Yellow River runs 156 km through the city and left 1000 hectares former riverbed and bottomland, which is ideal for large-scale cultivation.

Mineral Resources: Heze has the largest and finest coal mine in East China, with a total 28.1billion-ton reserve. The average thickness of the coal seam is 8.3 meters, which mainly contains rich coal with very low proportion of ashes, sulfur and phosphorus but rich in heat. As part of the Central Plains Oil Field, Heze also boasts reserves of 56.25million tons of oil, and 27.3billion m3 of natural gas. At present, the oil and coal are both under exploitation.

Agricultural Resources: Heze is a well-known production base for various fine agricultural products. The city annually produces 3.5 million tons of grain, 230 thousand tons of cotton, 360 thousand tons of oil plants, 600 thousand tons of fruits, 9 million tons of vegetables, and 100 thousand tons of aquatic products. Besides, there are 12.82 million-m3 wood accumulation (percentage of forest cover 27%), 66.7 hectares of Chinese medicinal crop, 100 hectares of tree nursery, 66.7 hectares of peonies, and 13.3 hectares of roses. Still, 1333.3 hectares of quick growing forest is being implemented, and the city of Heze is becoming a city of flowers, waters, merchants, and forests.
With its abundant resource of forage, Heze is also an important livestock farming base in China. It is the origin for the three “national treasures”: Luxi cattle, Qingshang sheep, and Xiaoweihan Sheep. The beef of Luxi cattle has a special marble texture, and is famous for its tender taste and rich nutrition. The Qingshan sheep and Xiaoweihan Sheep also provide delicious meat products. Nevertheless, livestock farming also produces fine leathers, with its leather products exported to Russia, Korea and Japan, etc. The livestock farming has been specialized and standardized in Heze. At present, the amount of cattles, sheep, chickens and pigs are 900 thousand, 88 million, 30.55 million and 2.92 million, respectively. Annual meat output of the city is 390 thousand tons, among which 120 thousand tons are beef.

Tourism Resource: Peony is nationally famous in China, which stands for peace and prosperity, fortune and luck. Heze is the home of peony in China, and also the biggest peony cultivation/research base with most varieties of peonies in the world. Nowadays in Heze there is peony cultivation area over 66.7 hectares, growing more than 800 varieties of peonies, which are exported to more than 30 countries such as Japan, US, France, Sweden, etc. In every April, visitors from around the world come for the International Peony Festival—and seek cooperation opportunities as well.
The peony cultivation in Heze has a history of more than a thousand years. Peonies here boast special natural gifts: large blossoms, beautiful shapes, and shiny colors, etc. There are nine color series, and over 1000 varieties, and the cultivation area in Heze accounts for 57% of the whole country.
The Yuncheng County of Heze has special relations with the ‘outlaws’ in the famous novel “The outlaws in the marsh”. It is the origin of the marsh, and the hometown of historical heroes like Chaogai, Songjiang, and Wuyong, etc. And Lord Taozhu, Mr. Fanli, lived in Dingtao County and had business here. He not only became a well-known millionaire, but also established important thoughts of “literary merchants”, and thus was regarded as “first ancestor of merchants” in China. The mother river of the Chinese Nation, Yellow River, runs through four counties/district in Heze, with the riverbed getting narrower as the river goes. The widest part of the river is 20 km.
There are over 20 hotels in Heze, among which 7 are three-star or above. All kinds of styles of apartments and houses can meet the needs of investors. The Heze Peony Hotel is a three star hotel suitable for all-level needs. The Heping Hotel is the only four-star hotel in Heze. The Heze Baiqing Hotel is an exclusively foreign-owned enterprise, operating at international standards.