Zibo City, abbreviated as "Zi", the former capital of Qi, prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, a large city of type II, a regional center city of Shandong as approved by the State Council, a modern industrial city and an important petrochemical base. Zibo is located in east China, central Shandong Province, south of Linyi, north of Dongying, Binzhou, east of Weifang, west of Jinan, is located in the Yellow River Delta Efficient Ecological Economic Zone, Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone of the two major national strategic economic zones and the Jinan metropolitan area at the intersection of the Shandong Peninsula urban agglomeration, one of the core cities of the Shandong Peninsula city cluster, the third-tier cities. As of 2023, the city has five districts, three counties and three functional areas under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 5,965 square kilometers and a built-up area of 3,419.9 square kilometers.At the end of 2022, Zibo had a resident population of 4,705,900 people. Zibo City, Linzi District is a national historical and cultural city with a long history, Zibo Linzi is the ancient capital of Qi, the birthplace of Qi culture, the origins of world soccer, with the "Oriental Ancient Rome", "Zibo barbecue" has become Zibo's new business card, "Zibo Barbecue Festival" is held every year in Zibo. Zibo Barbecue Festival is held around May 1 every year. Zibo this name was formed in the early 1920s, the original Zichuan, Boshan two places together. Zibo is one of the national civilized cities. Zibo is a combination of mountains and water in the cluster city (cluster city), there is a national scenic area of Boshan; is also a resource-based city and the country's old industrial base, the country's first industrial transformation and upgrading of the demonstration area, with Shandong Province, a regional equity market (Qilu Equity Trading Center). Zibo High-tech Industrial Development Zone, belonging to the Shandong Peninsula National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone; Zhangdian District, Zibo City, for the national mass entrepreneurship and innovation demonstration bases. in June 2020, by the Central Committee of the rule of law was selected as the first batch of the national rule of law government construction demonstration areas and project list. In 2023, the GDP of Zibo was 456.179 billion yuan, an increase of 5.5% over the previous year at constant prices.