Weifang City, ancient name Weizhou, Weixian, prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, Type II large city, located in the western Shandong Peninsula, east of Qingdao City, Yantai City connection, west of Zibo City, Dongying City, south of Linyi City, Rizhao City, north of Bohai Sea Laizhou Bay, is a warm-temperate monsoon type semi-moist continental climate, the geomorphology of the landforms from north to south by the low to the high, with a total area of 16,167.23 square kilometers. As of 2022, the city has 4 districts and 2 counties under its jurisdiction, with 6 county-level cities in its stead. As of the end of 2022, Weifang had a resident population of 9.418 million.
In June 1949, Weifang Special City was renamed Weifang City. Weifang City is the State Council approved the determination of the Shandong Peninsula City Cluster Regional Center City, as the core of the Eastern Barbarians culture, Qi culture hinterland, the two Han scripture town, the North and South Dynasties Buddhist culture of the Oriental hot spot and the Ming and Qing dynasties between the Sea Dai literature center, Ming and Qing dynasties is a famous handicrafts city, the Qing dynasty Qianlong years will be "South Suzhou, the North of Weixian," said, the opening of the port! After the opening of the port as the center of the Jiaoji railroad line, led to the rise of modern national industrial and commercial enterprises, and later became an open coastal city. Weifang is a national sanitary city, national garden city, national water-saving city, national food safety demonstration city, national agricultural product quality safety city, international peace city, national civilized city, national advanced city for scientific and technological progress, national model city for double embracing, China's excellent tourist city, China's charming city with special features, China's happiest city, China's top 100 cities in foreign trade, China's top 100 cities in vitality, and won the China Habitat Environment Award. There are attractions such as Yishan Mountain and Qingzhou Ancient City in the city.
In 2023, Weifang's GDP was 760.601 billion yuan, a 5.1% increase over the previous year at constant prices.