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 at the eastern end of the Shandong Peninsula, Weihai is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with the Korean Peninsula to the north and east across the Yellow Sea, making it one of the closest cities in mainland China to Japan and South Korea. This seaside city is known as the "cleanest city" with high quality air and sea water, high forest coverage, and is regarded as the "National Forest City" and "National Health City". It is a famous summer resort with cool and pleasant summers, and attracts many tourists to attractions such as Liugong Island (a memorial site of the Sino-Japanese War), Chengshantou (China's Cape of Good Hope), and Huaxia City. Weihai has a well-developed economy with remarkable export-oriented features, with marine industry, high-end manufacturing and tourism as the pillar industries, while characteristic neighborhoods such as Hanle Square show the charm of the intermingling of Chinese and Korean cultures. It has a modernized cityscape and retains the simple Jiaodong flavor, making it an ideal place to live and visit.
Baoding, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, is located in the northern part of the North China Plain, constituting a golden triangle with Beijing and Tianjin, and is known as the "Gateway to the Gorge" and the "Southern Gate of the Capital". The city has a long history, since the Neolithic era, there will be the first people to flourish, the Warring States period for the junction of Yan and Zhao, the Yuan Dynasty, set up Baoding Road, to "defend the metropolis, stabilize the world," the Ming and Qing Dynasty for the capital of the Zhili province, is one of the political and cultural centers of northern China's modern times. There are many scenic spots and monuments in Baoding, including the Governor's Office of Zhili, one of China's top ten museums, the national 5A scenic spot Baiyangdian, and the thousand-year-old temple Mancheng Han Tomb, etc. Baoding has a rich cultural heritage. Cultural heritage, Baoding Military Academy is known as "China's modern military cradle", training a large number of military personnel; food culture is unique, Baoding dishes, locust Mao pickles, white Yunzhang buns and other famous. Nowadays, Baoding, as a regional center city in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei world-class urban agglomeration, is relying on the advantages of its location to vigorously develop new energy, automobile manufacturing and other industries, and is a livable city with both historical heritage and modern vitality.