Zhucheng, county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, administered by Weifang City. Named after the legend that Emperor Shun was born in Zhufeng Village in the north of the city, also known as Longcheng, it is located in the southeast of the Shandong Peninsula, the south of Weifang City, at the junction of the Taiyi Mountain Range and the JiaoWei Plain, adjoining Qingdao JiaoZhou and HuangDao to the east, bordering Wulian, Rizhao City, to the south, neighboring JuXian, Rizhao City, Yishui, Linyi City, and Anqiu, GaoMi in the north, with a total area of 2,182.7 square kilometers. As of December 2022, Zhucheng City has 3 streets and 10 towns under its jurisdiction.In 2022, Zhucheng City had a resident population of 1,056,000, with an urbanization rate of 63.18%.
Zhucheng City has a documented history of civilization dating back 7,000 years, and is recognized by academics as an important birthplace of the ancient Eastern Barbarians culture, known as the "Shun Emperor's Capital", the birthplace of Shun culture, and during the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, it once became the center of cultural exchanges between the north and the south. Zhucheng City has been a place of learning and respect for rituals since ancient times, with the reputation of "East Lu's legacy, 100,000 families study" and "Try to see on the Chao Ran platform, half of the trench spring water, a city of flowers".
Zhucheng City is a regional central city in Shandong Peninsula, the national county economy and county basic competitiveness of the top 100 counties and cities, the national new urbanization comprehensive pilot areas, for the national coastal cities open to the outside world, Shandong Peninsula, an important transportation hub, China's excellent tourist cities, national health cities, national garden cities, national intellectual property rights in the county project demonstration counties (districts) and other honorary titles.
In 2022, Zhucheng City will realize a GDP of 80.550 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 3.8% according to comparable prices, and a three-industry structure of 10.11:38.25:51.64; the per capita GDP will reach 75,539 yuan according to the resident population.