Nangong has a long history and splendid culture. It was named after Nangong Hou Shi, one of the eight poets in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Nangong County was established in the early Western Han Dynasty, with Nangong Lake, ordinary temples, ordinary towers and other places of interest. 1986 withdrew from the county to set up a city, and 1987 was approved as an open city by the State Council.
Nangong City is a national high-quality cotton production base city, mainly producing wheat, millet, corn and cotton, with cotton wool spinning, food processing and equipment manufacturing as the leading industries. It has successively won the titles of "Top 100 Cotton Counties (Cities) in China", "Hometown of Wushu in China", "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art", "Hometown of Cotton in Hebei", "Hometown of Leek in Hebei", "Famous City of Sheep Shearing Felt in China" and "Sheep Shearing Capital in China".
4. In 2020, the GDP of Nangong area reached123.5 billion yuan, up by 6. 1% year-on-year.
In May 20, 2020, Kloc-0/9 was selected as the national advanced county with clean and tidy village capacity, and in May 2020, it was selected as the national top 100 county online retailers 100, ranking 8 1.