Laws and regulations such as "Regulations on the Management of Fireworks and Firecrackers in Heze City" prohibit the discharge of loud objects such as fireworks and electronic firecrackers in Heze City to avoid noise pollution and potential safety hazards.

Heze generally refers to Heze City. Heze City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is the peony capital of China, which was called Cao Zhou in ancient times. Located in the southwest of Shandong Province, at the junction of Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui provinces, it is adjacent to Jining City in the east, Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City in Anhui Province in the southeast, Shangqiu City in Henan Province in the south, Kaifeng City and Xinxiang City in Henan Province in the west and Puyang City in Henan Province in the north.