Where is Qingdao in China?

Qingdao is a coastal city in the southeast of China. It is located in the southeast of the Shandong Peninsula. It is located at 119°30′～121°00′ east longitude and 35°35′～37°09′ north latitude. It borders the Yellow Sea to the south, Yantai City to the northeast, Weifang City to the west, and Rizhao City to the southwest; the total area is 11,282 square kilometers.

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Introduction to Qingdao:

Qingdao, Shandong Province prefecture level City, referred to as "Qing", is a national planned city, a megacity, a sub-provincial city, the economic center of Shandong Province, an important national coastal central city, a coastal resort tourism city, an international port city, and an important national modern marine industry development It is a pilot zone, an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, a maritime sports base, a major node city in the “Belt and Road” New Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Corridor and a strategic fulcrum for maritime cooperation.

Qingdao is located on the southeastern coast of Shandong Peninsula, in the eastern part of Jiaodong Peninsula, at the forefront of the China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Zone; it borders the Yellow Sea, faces the Korean Peninsula across the sea, is adjacent to Yantai in the northeast, and is connected to Weifang in the west. , bordering Rizhao in the southwest; with a total area of ??11,282 square kilometers, it governs 7 districts and manages 3 county-level cities. In 2017, the total permanent population was 9.2905 million, and the regional GDP was 1.103728 billion yuan.

The Qingdao area used to be called Jiaoao. It is a national historical and cultural city and the birthplace of Taoism in China. 6,000 years ago, human beings survived and multiplied within its territory. It is named after the numerous trees that are evergreen all year round. ? In 1891 (the seventeenth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), the Qing government established a garrison. In 1897, Germany leased and built ports and railways. In November 1914, Japan replaced Germany and occupied Qingdao. On June 2, 1949, Qingdao was liberated.

Qingdao is the host city of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 13th Paralympic Sailing Competition. It is the Sailing Capital of China, the Best Sailing City in Asia, the World Beer City, the United Nations "Movie Capital"?, and the country. One of the first batch of coastal open cities, a national civilized city, and the happiest city in China. It is known as the "Oriental Switzerland", the European capital, and the "Chinese brand capital".

Qingdao is an international center for marine scientific research and education, home to 26 universities such as Shandong University (Qingdao), Ocean University of China, and China University of Petroleum. Introduced 29 universities including Tsinghua University and Peking University. Qingdao has a wide variety of exotic buildings and is known as the "Architecture Expo of All Nations". The Badaguan Building Complex was awarded the title of “China’s Most Beautiful Urban District”.

Reference: Qingdao—Baidu Encyclopedia