shandong province

main cities of shandong: jinan , yantai , weifang , penglai , qingdao , zibo , zaozhuang , jining , dongying , qufu , tai'an.

xining china shandong jinan yantai tai'an qingdao qufu penglai shandong is in the east coast of china, the lower reaches of yellow river, and the joint of bohai sea rim economic region and yellow sea economic circle, neighboring jiangsu, zhejiang and shanghai to the south, beijing, tianjin and liaoning to the north, and energy source bases in shanxi to the west, facing korea peninsula and japanese islands over the sea to the east, excellent in geographic position.

shandong covers a land of 156,700 square kilometers and has a population of 90.41 million, including an agricultural population of about 70%, at a population density of 579 per square kilometer. in the province there are 17 prefecture-level cities and 139 counties, cities and districts.

shandong belongs to the warm temperate monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. the mean annual temperature ranges from 11 to 14 degree celsius, and the mean annual precipitation from 550 to 950 mm. the topography features in the mountainous terrain in the middle part, low-lying plains in southwest and northwest and hilly land in the east.

shandong is strong in aggregative economy strength and its main indicators stand on the leading position nationwide. the gdp of 2001 reached 943.8 billion yuan, including 136 billion yuan for primary industry, 465.4 billion yuan for secondary industry and 342.4 billion yuan. the per capita gdp amounted to 1,258 us dollars. the local financial revenue amounted to 57.3 billion yuan. the society-wide fixed asset investment was 278 billion yuan. the total export-import volume came to 28.96 billion us dollars, including export of 18.13 billion us dollars. the financial institution savings and loan balances were 850.1 billion yuan and 707.1 billion yuan respectively. the per capita disposable income of urban habitants was 7,101 yuan and the per capita net income of farmers 2,805 yuan.

 

last updated: march 16, 2006

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