Zhaoyuan City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, administered by Yantai City, is located in northeastern Shandong Province, northwestern Yantai City, northwest of Bohai Sea Laizhou Bay, located in the Jiaodong low mountainous and hilly area, with rolling hills and ravines, belonging to the warm temperate monsoon region of the continental semi-moist climate, the four seasons are clear, and there is plenty of sunshine, with a total area of 1,432.32 square kilometers. As of October 2022, the city has 5 streets and 9 towns under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, the city had a resident population of 533,900.
In 1991, Zhaoyuan was abolished as a county and founded as a city. Zhaoyuan is adjacent to the three major ports of Yantai, Qingdao and Longkou, and across the sea from Dalian, making it an important city in the Bohai Rim Economic Circle. It is 1.5 hours away from Qingdao Airport via Longqing Expressway in the south. The city is crossed by National Highway 206, Rongwu Highway, Longqing Highway and Delongyan Railway. Zhaoyuan City has gold culture, fan culture, hot spring culture, Luoshan natural forest oxygen bar, Mao Gongshan, coastal vacation, gold, spring, mountain, sea together to create Zhaoyuan characteristics of tourism. It has been selected as one of the top 100 counties in comprehensive strength, one of the top 100 counties and cities in national green development, one of the top 100 counties and cities in national scientific and technological innovation, one of the top 100 counties and cities in national quality of new urbanization, and has been confirmed as a national sanitary city (district).
In 2022, the preliminary accounting of Zhaoyuan City's gross domestic product (GDP) was 84.331 billion yuan, an increase of 5.6% over the previous year at comparable prices.