Jinan, referred to as Quancheng for short, is the capital of Shandong Province, a sub-provincial city, a central city and a mega-city in the southern wing of the Bohai Rim region. It is located in the central and western part of Shandong Province, with Taishan Mountain in the south, Yellow River in the north, mountains and water in the back, Liaocheng in the southwest, Dezhou and Binzhou in the north, Zibo in the east and Tai 'an in the south.