About Shandong

Set on Shandong’s eastern tip, Weihai is a city that faces the sea more than it turns inland. It looks across water towards the Korean Peninsula, lives with a long coast and carries a history that is maritime, military...

Sunlit by name and restless by habit, Rizhao sits on Shandong’s south-eastern coast with the Yellow Sea at its feet and trade in its hands. It is a port city, a beach city and a sports city; all three...

Not trying to impress with polish alone, Linyi moves with purpose. In the south-east of Shandong, this is a city of markets, freight, history and hard work; a place where scale matters, but so does stamina.临沂不靠光鲜取胜。它靠的是节奏。位于山东东南部，这是一座集市场、物流、历史与实干于一身的城市；规模重要，耐力也同样重要。 The first thing many...

Set hard against the north of Shandong, Dezhou is less a city of grand gestures than a city of routes. It leans toward Beijing, faces Hebei and has spent generations turning its position into practical value. 坚定地站在山东北部，德州与其说是一座追求大场面的城市，不如说是一座讲通道、讲位置的城市。它面向北京，隔着河北，也花了几代时间把自己的地理位置变成了实际价值。 That practical streak shows...

Straddling the western edge of Shandong, Liaocheng sits where the province meets Henan, Hebei and a long memory of river trade. It is a city of plains, water and old routes; practical before it is picturesque. 横跨山东西部边缘的聊城，正处在山东与河南、河北交界的地带，也延续着一段漫长的水运记忆。这里是一座平原、水系和古老通道交织的城市；先务实，再谈好看。 According to Chinese-language city...

Spread across the lower Yellow River plain and edging towards the Bohai Sea, Binzhou is a city that rarely feels content to sit still. It has water, land, industry and a strong practical streak; not much here is for...

Take to the far edge of southwestern Shandong, where the province meets Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui. Here, Heze has spent years proving that a city can be both rural in texture and ambitious in direction. It is best known...

Nestled in the heart of Shandong, Jinan is a city that has long had to earn its identity rather than borrow one. It is the provincial capital, but it is also a spring city, a rail city and a...