Rizhao City, Shandong Province, prefecture-level city, is located in southeastern Shandong Province, on the coast of the Yellow Sea, east of the Yellow Sea and Japan, South Korea, west of Linyi City, north of Qingdao City, Weifang City, south of Lianyungang City, the terrain is high in the middle of the surroundings is low, slightly tilted to the southeast, belongs to the warm-temperate zone semi-moist monsoon area temperate monsoon climate, with a total area of 5374.90 square kilometers. As of June 2023, Rizhao City has 2 districts and 2 counties under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, Rizhao had a resident population of 2,968,300.
Rizhao City is named after "the first light of the sunrise first light", and belonged to the East Barbarians during the Xia and Shang Dynasties, and was one of the birthplaces of the "Longshan Culture". Song set up Rizhao town, began to "Rizhao" name. 1989 June, built prefecture-level city. Rizhao is a coastal ecological, livable, tourist, modern port city and port industry base in China, and is also a part of Shandong Peninsula City Cluster, Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone and Jiaodong Economic Circle. It is also part of Shandong Peninsula City Cluster, Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone and Jiaodong Economic Circle. There are two natural harbors, Shishu Bay and Fotan Bay, and the harbor cluster composed of Rizhao Harbor and Lanshan Harbor, and it is known as the "Capital of Water Sports" and the "Oriental Sun City". Rizhao has won the UN Habitat Award for its excellent environment. Rizhao has historical celebrities such as Jiang Shang, Liu Innocenti and Ding Zhaozhong. Rizhao has been awarded the titles of National Civilized City, National Forest City, National Key City of Environmental Protection, National Ecological Demonstration Zone Construction Pilot City, etc. On October 20, 2020, Rizhao was named the National Model City (County) of Double Embrace.
In 2023, the gross regional product of Rizhao City was 239.086 billion yuan, calculated at constant prices, an increase of 5.6% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of primary industry is 21.847 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2%; the added value of secondary industry is 93.434 billion yuan, an increase of 6.4%; the added value of tertiary industry is 123.805 billion yuan, an increase of 5%.