Qingdao, a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, is referred to as "Qing" for short, a city with separate plans, a megacity, a sub-provincial city, an economic center of Shandong Province, an important national coastal city, a coastal resort city and an international port city, an important pioneer area for the development of modern marine industry in the country, an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, a marine sports base, a major node city of the "Belt and Road" New Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Corridor, and a strategic fulcrum for maritime cooperation.
Qingdao is the first batch of open coastal cities in China, and it is also an important coastal central city in China. The development of Qingdao can be said to be very rapid, crushing Jinan, the capital of the same province, and ranking first in Shandong's economy for a long time. The development of Qingdao can be said to be very broad. Qingdao is located on the southeast coast of Shandong Peninsula. It is the frontier of China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Area, and the surrounding cities connect Yantai and Weifang. In addition, the import and export trade is becoming more and more frequent, and the future development of Qingdao is still very good.