Yantai City, Shandong Province, prefecture-level city, ll-type big city, located in the northeast of Shandong Peninsula, east of Weihai City, west of Weifang City, southwest of Qingdao City, bordering the Bohai Sea in the north, the Yellow Sea, and the Liaodong Peninsula against the city of Dalian, across the sea; the city's terrain for the low hills, hills and gentle undulation, ravines and gullies criss-crossing the countryside; belong to the warm-temperate monsoon climate, with the inland areas of the same latitude compared to the rainfall moderate air, humid, mild climate characteristics; a total area of 13,930 square kilometers, a total area of 13,930 square meters of land. Compared with inland areas of the same latitude, it is characterized by moderate rainfall, humid air and mild climate; the total area is 13,930.1 square kilometers. As of February 2024, Yantai City has five districts under its jurisdiction and six county-level cities under its administration, with the municipal people's government stationed in Laishan District. As of the end of 2022, Yantai City had a resident population of 7,058,700 people.
Yantai City, the territory of the ancient Laiguo land, marine culture has a long history, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period became the starting point of the Eastern Maritime Silk Road. Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Yantai has been under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou, and in the Ming Dynasty, Yantai was named after the Qishan Guardian Office set up in order to prevent Japanese invasions and the construction of the "Wolf Smoke Terrace", and in August 1983, Yantai was abolished to form a prefecture-level Yantai City under the jurisdiction of the provincial government. Yantai is one of the first fourteen open coastal cities in China, a famous international seaside city, a second-tier city in China, an international grape. Wine City, the United Nations Habitat Award-winning city, China's investment environment, "Gold Medal City", the best Chinese charm city, one of the three core cities in Shandong, China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone core city, the core city of the Shandong Comprehensive Pilot Zone for the Conversion of Old and New Dynamics, the State Council approved the determination of the center of China's Shandong Peninsula city, Bohai Rim, an important port city and a national historical and cultural city.In December 2023, Yantai was selected as one of the first pilot cities for carbon peaking.
In 2023, Yantai's GDP was 1016.246 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6% over the previous year at constant prices.