SHANDONG - Jinan is Capital of Shandong Province, it lies in the meeting belt of the hills in central part and plains in northwest Shandong, with the Wellow River in the north and Mount Tai in the south. Jinan has a totel area of 8,154 square Kilometers and apopulation of 5.435 millions. The city's an annual average temperature of 14C.

Minerals Resources and Economic Development: Jinan has rich in natural resources, with proven mineral deposits of coal, petroleum, natural gas, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, cobalt, refractory clay and dolomites. The pillar industries include the manufactures of communications, transport equipment, electronics and electrical appliances, chemical raw materials and products. Its textile industry, light industry, food processing, pharmacy and building materials are considerable scale growth up sharply.

Economic Development Zone: Jinan Economic Development Zone has an area of 16 square kilometers lined in the eastern part of the city, and total has more than 500 new and high-tech enterprises and produced 350 varieties hi-tech products.

Other Cities in the Shandong Province: Qingdao, Yantai, Rizhao, and Jiaozhou are the important commerce and industries cities of the Shandong Province. Qingdao has coastline of 730.64 kilometers with a beach area of 373 square kilometers and total sea fishery reserve is 30,000 tons. The city's industry products - Qingdao Beer, Haier Refrigerators, and Double Star Shoes were awarded " the most renowned trademarks" both at home and abroad. Yantai city has more than 1500 numbers of foreign funded enterprises. In the Development Zones, and which have been put into production. Rizhao and Jiaozhou cities are rapidly developing economy as one of the province's leading cities in opening to the outside world.