Tai'an City, prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is located in the central part of Shandong Province, depending on the provincial capital Jinan in the north, Jining in the south, Linyi in the east and the Yellow River in the west, with a total area of 7,762 square kilometers. It is 66.8 kilometers from the provincial capital Jinan in the north. As of October 2022, Tai'an City has 2 municipal districts, 2 county-level cities, and 2 counties under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, Tai'an had a resident population of 5.401 million.
Tai'an City is named after Mount Tai, which means "when Mount Tai is at peace, all the four seas are at peace". The urban area is located at the foot of Mount Tai, and is built on the mountain, with the mountain and the city as a whole. The city is located at the foot of Mount Tai, built on the mountain, and the mountain city is one. Mount Tai in the city is a national key scenic spot with the reputation of "the first of the five mountains" and "the first mountain under the sky", and it is a natural and cultural heritage of the world. Tai'an City was listed as one of the first tourist cities open to the outside world by the State Council in 1982. Tai'an is one of the central cities in central Shandong, China's excellent tourist city, and a national historical and cultural city.
In 2023, the gross domestic product of Tai'an was 332.386 billion yuan, an increase of 6.4% over the previous year at constant prices. By industry, the added value of primary industry is 36.184 billion yuan, up 4.6%; the added value of secondary industry is 134.978 billion yuan, up 8.3%; the added value of tertiary industry is 161.224 billion yuan, up 5.3%