In this study, detailed activity level of typical sector in Chengde in 2013 was obtained through a full-coverage investigation. A comprehensive emission inventory with country-level resolution in 2013 was developed based on guide of atmospheric pollutant emission inventory and updated emission factors. Then, the emission inventory within 1 km×1 km grid was generated using source-based spastial surrogates including population, road network and landuse date. Furthemore, meteorology-air quality modeling system (WRF-CMAx) including Particulate Source Apportionment Technology (PSAT) module was established in order to evaluate the impact of topical sector (e. g., electric power, the production of construction materials, the metallurgical industry, etc.) on PM 2.5 concentration in January, April, July and October which were considered as the representative months of winter, spring, summer and autumn. The results showed the total emission of SO 2 , NO x , TSP, PM 10 , PM 2.5 , CO, VOCs and NH 3 in Chengde in 2013 was respectively 81134 t, 72556 t, 368750 t, 119974 t, 51152 t, 1281371 t, 170642 t and 81742 t. Industrial source was the main emission contributor of SO 2 , NO x , CO, VOCs, accounting for 89.5%, 51.9%, 82.5% and 45.6% of total emissions, respectively. The major emission source of NO x also included on-road and non-road mobile source, respectively accounting for 26.7% and 10.8%. The major emission source of TSP, PM 10 and PM 2.5 was fugitive dust, accounting for 76.7%, 65.6% and 46.54%, respectively. Ammonia emissions from animals and farm accounted for 67.1% and 15.8% of total emissions, respectively. The numerical simulation result showed that the fugitive dust, the others, the metallurgical industry and boilers industry had relatively higher contributions to PM 2.5 concentration, accounting for 23.1%, 20.6%, 13.3% and 11.2%, respectively. These emission sources should be paid more attention during the decision-making with respect to control strategies.