Shangdong Province is located in the east of China and at the lower reaches of the Yellow River and abuts the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea in the east, standing face to face with Korean peninsula and Japanese archipelago across the ocean. It has a population of 90 million and a total area of 156700 square kilometers. Shandong Province has more than 3000 kilometers long coastline, and almost 170,000 square kilometers Offing Ocean area. Shandong Province belongs to the climate of seasonal windy temperate zone, and average annual temperature is 11-14 o C, rainfall is 550-590mm.

As capital city of Shandong Province, Jinan is famous for her long history and culture. Because of a great deal of springs, Jinan is called "Spring City". Qingdao is a famous city along the coast, which has prosperous economy and beautiful landscape.

Shandong Province is known by all around of the world for "Mount Tai, Yellow River and Qufu-the hometown of Confucius". Mount Tai is a symbol of the culture of China; Yellow River is Mother River of China, and entering into ocean from Shandong. In history, Confucius, whom a grandness ideologist, politician, educationist, was the pillar of Chinese traditional culture, have a great effect on whole world.

Shandong has enrichment product resource. The output of foodstuff, cotton, oil plants, vegetable, meat, aquatic product in Shandong Province are in the forefront of China. Shandong has found 140 kinds of mineral resources, the reserve of more than 50 kinds of mineral resources are in the top ten in China, among them, the reserves and output of gold, gypsum, nature sulphur, petroleum, diamond, magnetite, granite are come out top of in China.

After reformation and open-up to the world, Shandong Province continues to deepen reformation, enlarge open--up to the world, and then Its national economy and social development coruscate vigorous vital force. Shandong accomplishes a historic span, becomes one of the biggest economic provinces in the east coastline of China. In recent years, Shandong Province put forward a development strategy that in the first 20 years of new century, we should try our best to achieve more than 2000 billion RMB of GDP and 20,000 RMB GDP per capita by 2010 and the cities in coast area and with good conditions should take the lead to accomplish the essential modernization; and to achieve above 4000 billion RMB of GDP and USD$5000 GDP per capita by 2020, up to the median level of the would, so as to achieve modernization in general, to become a district with flourishing and sustainable economy, advanced technology and education, high-quality environment, advanced social civilization and good living condition, and to display a new figure such as "big and strong, rich and beautiful" .