Jining City,
located on the south of Shandong province, covers an area of 11,000
square kilometers and has a population of 8.1 million. Twelve counties
are under its direct governance including Qufu, Zoucheng, Wenshang,
Weishan, Liangshan, etc.
Jining is boasted as
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the hometown of Confucius, the birthplace of Grand Canal culture¡±.
Five great philosophers of ancient China i.e. Confucius, Mencius, Yanzi,
Zengzi and Zisizi were born here. They together created the extensive
philosophy Confucianism. Jining is located on the course of the Grand
Canal, which starts north Beijing and ends south River Yangtze. The
area, where Jining locates, is most active economically in China. Jining
has won many honorable titles such as a city of excellent tourism
destination, a city of specific charming, the most potential and
valuable city of investment. Shandong Administration is planning to
build Jining into a metropolis in the near future.
Today, Jining is developing under the five strategies, i.e. new
industrialization, urbanization, education domination, friendly
environment, and coordinated development. Great attention is paid to
achieve five strengths, i.e. technological innovation, foreign-oriented
economy, center of finance and logistics, pool of talents, and friendly
investment climate. People of Jining are sparing no effort to build it
into a city of developed industry, beautiful environment, prosperous
culture, affluent livelihood and social harmony.
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