A Transportation Hub
in North Chin
Beautiful Landscape
Surrounded by mountains and seas, Yantai is blessed
with the picturesque landscape and four distinct seasons. It is a vibrant and
beautiful coastal city favorable for human settlement, known as the “Fairyland
on Earth and City of Wine”, where you can enjoy blue sea and sky, golden sunshine
and beach, miraculous islands, spectacular Penglai Pavilion, illusive mirage,
clusters of grapes and numerous hot springs. The city, as a well-known tourist
resort, has 90% air quality excellence rate and 43.6% forest coverage.
Administrative Divisions
Yantai covers an area of 13,700 km2, with a total population of 6,520,000. The greater Yantai includes five districts (Zhifu, Fushan, Laishan, Muping and High-tech Zone), seven county-level cities (Penglai, Longkou, Qixia, Haiyang, Zhaoyuan, Laiyang and Laizhou), one county (Changdao) and one state-level economic and technological development zone (Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone).
Abundant Products and Resources
Yantai is the origin of Shandong Cuisine, one of
the eight great traditions of Chinese cuisine. Here you can enjoy the genuine
Shandong Cuisine, tasting the irresistible delicious food, appreciating the
quality of the city.
Yantai apple, Laiyang pear and Yantai big cherry
enjoy a time-honored reputation. The colors of red and green are shining on
this fertile land, with plentiful vigor and infinite enthusiasm.
Yantai is known as the only international vine
& wine city in Asia and one of the top seven vine coast in the world. There
are 152 wine makers, with famous brand names like Changyu, Great Wall and
Weilong. The wine production accounts for 1/4 of the total in the nation.
Thanks to the rich and diversified marine fishery
resources, Yantai has become an important fishery center in China, rich in over
200 marine products, including sea cucumber, abalone, prawn and different fish.
Yantai is abundant with mineral resources. The
reserves of magnesium, molybdenum and talcum rank among top five in the
country. Both the reserve and production of gold are No.1 in China, which
account for 1/4 and 1/3, respectively. The coastal continental shelf is rich in
petroleum and natural gas and has enormous potential to be tapped in the
future.
History and Culture
As a city endowed with fine spirit and outstanding
people, Yantai enjoys a long history and splendid culture. The Yantai people
are of confidence and open mind, who have created fascinating culture and art
by their wisdom and hardworking. Yantai is well known in China as ”Home of
Peking Opera” and “Home of athletics”. Fourteen programs, such as legend of Eight
Immortals Crossing the Sea, have been listed in the National Intangible Culture
Heritage. The Haiyang Yangko Dance was performed at the Opening Ceremony of the
29th Olympic Games in Beijing.