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About Shandong
·Geographic location
Situated in the lower reaches of the Yellow River on China's east coast, Shandong Province stretches 420 km from the south to the north and 700 km from the east to the west, covering a land area of 156,700 sq km.
·Marine resources
Shandong is rich in marine resources. Its offshore area makes up 37 percent of the total surface area of the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, with its shoal area accounting for 15 percent of the national total. There are about 260 species of fish and prawn in its seas, including more than 40 major cash species of fish and 100 species of shellfish. Shandong leads the country in the production of prawns, shellfish, abalone, sea slugs and sea urchins. Meanwhile, with many large and medium-sized salt works, the province is also one of China's four major salt producers. In its 266,000 hectares of freshwater, there are more than 40 species of freshwater plants and more than 70 species of fish.
·Agricultural resources
One of China's major agricultural production bases, Shandong is known as "a warehouse of grain, cotton and oil, and the land of fruits and aquatic products." It's also an important producer of wheat, cotton, peanuts, tobacco, hemp, silkworms, Chinese medicinal herbs and materials. Apples produced in Yantai, pears from Laiyang, peaches of Feicheng and Leling's golden-threaded jujubes are all famous specialties.
·Mineral resources
A total of 128 varieties of minerals, 78 percent of those found in China, have been discovered in Shandong, of which 33 have their surveyed deposits listed among China's top 10, with gold, natural sulphur and gypsum ranking first, petroleum, diamond, magnesium, cobalt, hafnium and granite second, and kali salt, graphite, talc, bentonite and limestone third. In addition, the reserves of many other minerals, such as natural gas, iron, barite, diatomite, zircon, bauxite and refractory clay, are also very abundant.
·Energy resources
The province is one of China's important energy bases, with the Shengli Oilfield being the second largest of its kind in the country, and the Zhongyuan Oilfield covering a major part of its territory. The crude oil produced in Shandong makes up one-third of the nation's total. The province has 50,000 sq km of coalfields, and its Yanteng Coalmine is one of the country's 10 major coal production bases. The province has rich electricity resources. The Shandong power network is the only one of the country's six major power networks to be operated separately on a provincial basis.
·Tourism resources
With beautiful natural landscapes and numerous historical sites and cultural relics, Shandong has rich tourist resources. It offers a string of tourist attractions, such as Taishan Mountain and the Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius, two World Heritage sites; Penglai, the well known "fairyland on earth;" Mount Laoshan, a shrine of Taoism; Weifang, the "world capital of kites;" Qingdao, a charming coastal city famous for its annual International Beer Fair; Yantai, known worldwide as a wine producer; Rongcheng, a place considered as "the edge of the world" by ancient Chinese; Jinan, the provincial capital honored as "the city of springs;" and the site for watching the wonderful scene of the torrential Yellow River running into the sea.
Source: www.china.org.cn
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