Located in the middle of Shandong Peninsula, Weifang is the heart of the urban agglomerations in Shandong Peninsula. Under its jurisdiction, there are 4 districts, 6 cities, 2 counties, 3 municipal development zones and 1 state-level export processing zone.
Weifang has a total area of 15,800 sq.km. and a population of 8.6 million. Renowned as the world`s kite metropolis, Weifang has won the titles including China`s Excellent Tourism City, State-Level Clean City, Model City for Environmental Protection, Outstanding Model City of Aquatic Environment Treatment and One of "China Top 50 Cities for Informatization". It ranks 41st in the list of general strength of the upper prefecture-level cities in China released by the State Statistics Bureau in 2006.
Weifang enjoys predominant location and convenient communications. There are 4 express ways while the fifth is under construction, 2 national and 3 local railways, and several national and provincial highways as well. It is one of the major hubs of highway communications in China. The class I port of Weifang (Sime Darby) has been opened and the construction of a 10,000 tons wharf has been started. The air service between Weifang Airport to Beijing and Shanghai has been launched. Weifang Airport is one of the four airmail processing centers of China.
Weifang is abundant in products and rich in resources. The plain and coastal lowland cover 2/3 of the total area with fertile flat land. The 140 meters coastal line in the north and 4462 sq. km. shallow sea, mudflat and coastal plain provide wide space and great potential for development of advanced manufacturing and offshore fishery. Within the borders of Weifang 58 kinds of mineral resources were found and 42 of them have been exploited. The reserves of both sapphire and underground brine rank the first in China. The city has 25 large scale reservoirs among which Xia Shan reservoir, with a capacity of 1.4 billion cubic meters, is the largest one of the province. The electric power is abundant taking Shandong electricity grid as major source and power plants with a total installed capacity of 3,775,000 kilowatts as addition.
Weifang has a long history and a comprehensive humanism and culture. Yu Shun, the tribal leaders of primitive society, Yan Ying, the politician in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Xuan, master of Confucian classics in the East Han Dynasty and Jia Sixie, the agriculturalist in the Northern Wei Dynasty were all from Weifang. Cultural celebrities such as Kong Rong, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Dongpo and Zheng Banqiao etc. had ever been the praetor in Weifang. And a great multitude of revolutionists, litterateurs and artists, emerged in modern times, for example, Wang Jinmei, Chen Shaomin, Wang Yuanjian, Wang Tongzhao and Zang Kejia. Weifang has numerous scenic spots, historical sites and places of cultural interest. Shihu Garden, Fangong Pavilion, Shanwang fossils, dinosaur fossils, Mount Yi National Forest Park and Qingyun Hill are all well-known at home and aboard. Weifang kites, Yangjiabu wood-block New Year pictures, Gaomi Charcoal Painting and Gaomi Maoqiang Melody are included on the first list of state-level Intangible Cultural Heritages. 你好,自己看著修改一下吧,我只能弄成這樣啦,復試都是紙老虎,莫緊張,祝好.