Who is stronger among the three industrial cities in Shandong, Zibo, Weifang, and Yantai?

When it comes to industrial cities in Shandong, we have to mention the three important cities of Zibo, Weifang and Yantai. Each of these three cities has its own style. This is mainly because each city has its own style. A city's geographical location is different, and the city's development resources are different, which creates a different positioning for each city. Because of this, the development status of these three cities is also very different. When it comes to which city in Shandong has the most development potential or is stronger? Then we need to analyze the specific situation in detail.

Let’s talk about Zibo first. Zibo is located in the eastern part of Shandong Province. It is also located in the Yellow River Delta High Efficiency Ecological Economic Zone and the Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone, two national strategic economic zones and the Shandong Provincial Capital City Cluster Economy. At the intersection of circles, the advantages of regional location are obvious. Zibo itself is an old industrial city. Nowadays, Zibo has also transformed into a resource-based city, and its economic strength is very eye-catching in the entire Shandong Province.

Weifang is also located in the east of Shandong. It is worth noting that Weifang also won the 6th place in the best prefecture-level cities in 2018. This is enough to show that Weifang's development potential is still very large, and The development of science and technology in Weifang City is relatively good. It is a city with advanced scientific and technological progress in the country. The traffic conditions in Weifang City are also very good. The transportation by sea, land and air in Weifang City is relatively convenient.

Let’s talk about Yantai. Yantai was once the second largest city in Shandong, and its economic strength was second only to Qingdao. However, now that Jinan has merged with Laiwu City, Yantai can only be ranked in the province. The third largest city, Yantai is one of the first 14 coastal cities to open to the outside world. It is also a key port city in the "Belt and Road" national strategy. In 2019, it was rated as the 8th best prefecture-level city. This shows that Yantai’s development potential is still very large.

After understanding the basic situation of these three cities, let’s analyze the specific strengths of these three cities in detail?

First of all, let’s talk about Zibo. From the traffic situation, Zibo’s transportation development system is relatively complete, which has laid a good foundation for Zibo’s industrial development. Zibo’s own positioning is An industrial city, its outstanding representatives include Zhangdian Iron and Steel, Shandong Aluminum, Qilu Petrochemical, Zibo Mining and so on. These major industries support a large part of Zibo's economic benefits. It can be seen that Zibo City, as a long-established industrial and economic city in Shandong Province, still has strong strength. Of course, since these major industries in Zibo are all heavy industries, they will have a certain impact on the environment during the entire development process. The most obvious manifestation of this is that haze weather is becoming more and more common in Zibo in winter.

Compared with Zibo, Weifang is also a strong industrial city in Shandong Province. Weifang City's handling of the environment and industrial development is obviously more complete. Especially after jointly developing the marine manufacturing industry with Qingdao City in recent years, Weifang City's industrial strength has become significantly stronger. However, this new type of industry has not had much impact on the environment. This is also closely related to the urban infrastructure construction of Weifang City. After all, Weifang City is the greenest city in Shandong Province. Yantai is adjacent to Qingdao, and there is little difference in basic conditions between the two cities. Therefore, the development potential of Yantai City is huge, and it is definitely more than what is shown now. Although it is a tourist city, its industrial development is also very good. In particular, Yantai City is particularly strong in the three areas of automobile auto parts, electronic information, and food industry.

Comprehensive comparison of these three cities, from the perspective of heavy industry, Zibo is undoubtedly at the top, followed by Weifang, and finally Yantai, but if compared from the perspective of GDP, Zibo is The GDP in 2019 was 364.24 billion, Weifang's GDP in 2019 was 568.85 billion, and Yantai's GDP in 2019 was 765.345 billion. Obviously, among these three cities, Yantai has the highest GDP and the strongest economic strength.