Weifang, known as Weixian in ancient times, also known as Du Yuan, is located in the middle of Shandong Peninsula. It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province and adjacent to Qingdao, Rizhao, Zibo, Yantai and Linyi. The hinterland of central Shandong leads to the throat of the peninsula, and the Ji Jiao Railway runs through the east and west of central Shandong, which is the geographical center of the peninsula urban agglomeration. It is located at the important intersection of the Yellow River Delta Efficient Ecological Economic Zone and the Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone. It is a strong emerging economy city with the most investment potential and development vitality in China. ?
Weifang has a total area of 15859 square kilometers, accounting for 10% of the total area of Shandong Province, ranking second in Shandong. Jurisdiction over 4 districts, 6 cities and 2 counties. The climate belongs to warm temperate monsoon semi-humid continental climate.
Weifang's cultural undertakings;
Weifang 1 1 Public * * * Library was rated as a national second-class library, and standardized libraries were built in 22 towns. 65,438+0,000 rural bookstores were upgraded digitally, and 24 county-level digital cinemas were built. There are 50 non-heritable workshops at the municipal level, 6 non-heritable demonstration bases 10, and 6 non-heritable education bases. It is planned to build non-heritable exhibition halls and museums 16; There are 20 provincial-level non-legacy projects, and 7 counties (towns) have been rated as "the hometown of folk culture and art in Shandong Province".
Weifang International Kite Festival: Weifang is the birthplace of kites. On April 1984 and 1 day, with the help of American friend Cheklee and the strong support of Shandong Provincial Tourism Bureau, the first Weifang International Kite Fair kicked off. 1 988 April1day, the 5th Weifang International Kite Club held a presidium meeting. At the meeting, the delegates unanimously approved Weifang as the "Kite Capital of the World".