Weihai Overview

Weihai is located the east of Shandong Peninsula, the north latitude is 36°41 ' - 37°35 ', east longitude is 121°11 ' - 122°42 '. North, south and east three borders face to Yellow Sea, the north against with Liaodong Peninsula, east and southeast face to the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese chain islands, west borders on with Yantai city. Occupies in the north and south even parting line of our country. The special geographical position and the sea control action, causes here four seasons to be distinct, pleasant weather, annual mean temperature is 12 ?, annual mean precipitation more than 800 millimeters. The biggest departure of east and west is 135 kilometers, north and south biggest latitude is 81 kilometers, total area is 5,436 square kilometers, urban district area is 731 square kilometers. Coastline long 9is 85.9 kilometers. It is the Chinese famous harbor and the traveling city. Governs Rongcheng, Wendeng, the Rushan three cities and the Huancui area. The Weihai product resources are rich. The whole city coastline is 986.9 kilometers, approximately compose 1/3 of Shandong Province, is one of our country biggest fishery production bases, is rich in the shrimp, the trepang, the abalone, the shellfish, the algae and each kind of economical fish and so on 300 many kinds of marine products; Here is the Shandong Province important commodity grain base and the peanut, the fruit key production area. Underground mineral resource variety many, has verified may supply to mine has dozens of kinds and so on the gold, iron, copper, zinc, the granite reserves is big lithically, is good domestic and foreign because of enjoys the great reputation.
Weihai is one of Chinese open coastal cities, Has the Weihai torch high-tech industry development zone, the Weihai economic development zone two state-levels development zones. The urban district adjoin with mountain and water, the environment is exquisite, environment quality target and so on mass of atmosphere, water quality and noise is excellent, is always the good place which the traveling, the summer vacation, convalesces. Weihai is Chinese first "the state-level health city", Also is China first batch "the country environmental protection model city". In 1996 by the United Nations was determined is "improves the humanity environment whole world best model city" one. In 2003 receives the United Nations "the human to occupy the prize".