Jiaozhou is named because it is adjacent to Jiaozhou Bay in the southeast. Banqiao has a history of more than 5,000 years in China, which was built in the Tang Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Hong Kong prospered and maritime trade continued to prosper. It is the only foreign trade port north of the Yangtze River, one of the five major commercial ports in China, and an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, and is known as "Golden Jiaozhou".

It is the hometown of folk culture and art in China, yangko in China and paper-cutting in China. Jiaozhou is an important traffic throat connecting Shandong Peninsula at home and abroad. It has a national economic and technological development zone and the only 4F international airport in Shandong Province.

State-level airport economic demonstration zone and airport comprehensive bonded zone have run 24 domestic and foreign trains regularly, reaching the SCO and dozens of countries along the Belt and Road? .

In 20 16, jiaozhou city was awarded the title of "National Sanitary City" with the first name of Shandong Province. In 20 17, jiaozhou city was awarded the title of "National Civilized City" with the county ranking of 1. In 20 19, jiaozhou city was awarded the title of "National Forest City". On February 65438, 2020, China Academy of Social Sciences announced "National Comprehensive Competitiveness of County Economy 100 Top", and jiaozhou city ranked 15. ?

By the end of 20021,the total resident population in jiaozhou city was 102438+09000. In 20021year, jiaozhou city achieved a regional GDP of1456.27 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 6.394 billion yuan, the added value of the secondary industry was 70.790 billion yuan, the added value of the tertiary industry was 68.443 billion yuan, and the ratio of the three industries was 4.4: 48.6: 47.0. Per capita GDP reached 144586 yuan.