Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Located in the northeastern part of Shandong Province, China, Laizhou City is a coastal county-level city under Yantai City. It is bordered by Zhaoyuan City in the east, Pingdu City in the south, Changyi City in the west and Laizhou Bay in the north, with 108 kilometers of coastline. The city has a total area of 1,928 square kilometers and a resident population of about 820,000 people.
Anciently known as Yecheng County, Laizhou is the "Stone Capital of China" and the "Hometown of China's Moon Season", and is famous for its Laizhou jade carvings and grass braid crafts. There are cultural sites such as Yunfeng Mountain Cliff Rock Carving and East Sea Temple, as well as important mineral resources such as Sanshan Island Gold Mine. The port of Laizhou is an important seaward channel for the Yellow River Delta region.
The economy of Laizhou is dominated by machinery manufacturing, gold mining, marine fishery and stone processing, and it is an important gold production base and sea salt production area in China. In recent years, it has been vigorously developing the new energy industry of offshore wind power, and there is a base of offshore wind power in Shandong Peninsula.
Located in the western part of Guangdong Province, Luoding is a county-level city under the administration of Yunfu City, known as the "Gateway to Western Guangdong" and the "Breadbasket of Lingnan", situated at the crossroads of Guangfu and Bagui cultures, with a long history of more than 1,400 years since it was established in the Southern Dynasty, and is one of the "Ancient Cultural Counties of Guangdong". It is one of the "Ancient Cultural Counties of Guangdong". The Changgangpo Ferry Trough in the county is known as the "Red Flag Canal of the South", which is a model of modern water conservancy engineering; Luoding has abundant products such as rice and cinnamon, and has deep agricultural roots. As an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, Luoding integrates the diverse cultures of Guangfu, Hakka and Lingnan, and retains a rich human heritage of ancient villages and ancestral halls. Nowadays, Luoding, relying on the advantages of the transportation hub, is accelerating its integration into the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and writing a new modern chapter of the millennium-old town with the synergistic development of eco-agriculture, cultural and tourism industries, and manufacturing industry.