Caoxian

Caoxian or Cao County is a county under the jurisdiction of Heze City, Shandong Province. It was called Caozhou in ancient times. The total population in 2017 was about 1.7 million.

Understand
In the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1371), Caozhou was reduced to Caoxian and later restored to Caozhou. The name of Caoxian is still used today. It has won honors such as "China's Asparagus Hometown", "China's Paulownia Processing Hometown", "China's Top 100 Food Industry Counties", "China's Advanced Plains Greening County", and China's first batch of large-scale cattle-cloning experimental bases.

Several outstanding figures have emerged in history, such as Yi Yin, the Prime Minister of the Shang Dynasty, Wu Qi, a military strategist during the Warring States Period, and Fan Shengzhi, an agriculturist of the Han Dynasty.

By plane
Heze Mudan Airport is located on the northwest side of Menghai Town, Dingtao District. You can reach it by driving all the way east on Changjiang East Road.

By train
Caoxian Station is a second-class station that is 2 km east of the city.

By bus
Caoxian Bus Station is a secondary passenger station with a spacious and bright waiting room, ticket hall, luggage room, departure shed, hotel, restaurant, and other service facilities. It has two sub-stations, Wenlong and Qindao, and four lower stations, Qingguji, Zhuangzhai, Liangditou, and Jianghai.