Qufu City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, the former capital of Lu, the hometown of Confucius, administered by Jining City, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, northeast of Jining City. It is 135 kilometers away from the provincial capital Jinan in the north, connected to Sishui County in the east, Yanzhou District in the west, Zoucheng City in the south, and Taishan Mountain in the north, with a total area of 815 square kilometers. As of June 2023, Qufu City has 4 streets and 8 towns under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, Qufu City had a resident population of 617,700 people. Qufu City was once the old capital of Emperor Yan, the birthplace of Emperor Huangdi, the ruins of Shao Hao, the ancient state of Shang Am, and the ancient capital of Zhou Lu. It is one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in China announced by the State Council, and it is an important birthplace of Oriental culture and one of the oldest and greatest cultural sanctuaries in the history of the world. Because it is the place where Confucius, the famous thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in the pre-Qin era, was born, lectured, buried and worshipped by his descendants, it is called the "Holy City of the East", and is also known as the "Jerusalem of the East" by Westerners. At least four of the legendary "Three Emperors and Five Gods" of the Chinese nation have left traces of their activities here. Qufu is also the hometown of Lu Ban and the hermitage of Kong Shangren, and in November 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Qufu and proposed to "make the hometown of Confucius the first good district". In 2022, Qufu City will realize GDP of 42.725 billion yuan, and by industry, the added value of primary industry will be 3.286 billion yuan, the added value of secondary industry will be 12.493 billion yuan, and the added value of tertiary industry will be 26.946 billion yuan. The structure of the three industries was adjusted to 7.7:29.2:63.1.