Zibo is an important industrial city in the surrounding area of Bohai Region of China. It is a relatively large city in the open economic area of Shandong Peninsula approved by the State Council. It is known as the “city of ceramics”, “city of petroleum” and the “home of silk”. City’s total area is 5938 square kilometers, and the total population is 4.13 million, among them 2.73 million have urban citizenship.
  In 2003, GDP for the entire city reached 100.3 billion RMB, and the total industrial output value reached 173.3 billion RMB. Zibo is in the list of the top 50 cities with comprehensive strength in China.
  Zibo is both an important industrial city in Shandong province and an important industrial base in China. It is a national spark technological zone and also a national new material base.
Zibo has good industrial foundation, which consists of 35 major industries such as petrochemical, pharmaceutical, textile, silk, construction material, ceramic, electromechanical, and electric power.
  Zibo has splendid history, rich industrial bases, and advantages in technology, manpower, raw materials, etc. for the following industries: chemical, pharmaceutical, ceramic, textile, metallurgical, mechanical and electronic.
  Zibo has abundant reserves of natural resource .53 kinds have already been discovered with 22 kinds having a proven reserve and being developed and utilized. They mainly include coal, iron, bauxite, refractory clay, limestone, ceramic soil, barite, and etc.
  Zibo has a long history with many cultural relics and historic sites, and is the origin of Qi culture. It is one of the most wonderful tourist cities in China. Linzi, which is known as the capital of Qi kingdom, is a national historical and cultural city. Its long history and brilliant culture brought up historical notables, such as JiangTaigong, QiHuangong, GuanZhong, YanYin, SunWu, Pu Songling, and left many precious cultural relics.