Weifang (simplified Chinese: 潍坊; pinyin: Wéifāng) is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Dongying to the northwest, Zibo to the west, Linyi to the southwest, Rizhao to the south, Qingdao to the east, and looks out to the Laizhou Bay to the north.Weifang is a historical city with well known figures. Emperor Shun of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period, the politician Yan Ying (晏婴) of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Confucian scholar Zheng Xuan of the Estern Han Dynasty and the agriculturist Jia Simiao of the Northern Wei Dynasty were all from Weifang. Kong Rong, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Dongpo, Zheng Banqiao, et al. have worked in Weifang historically. In more recent years, revolutionists, litterateurs and artists, such as Wang Jinmei, Chen Shaomin, Wang Yuanjian, Wang Tongzhao, Zang Kejia are well known in China. Weifang also boasts of historical relics and other tourist sites, such as Shihu Garden (from the Late Ming and early Qing Dynasty), Fangong Pavilion (from the Song Dynasty), fossile sites (including dinosaur fossils, in Shanwang, Linqu), Mount Yi National Forest Park, Mount Qingyun and the Old Dragon Spring. Weifang is the world capital of kites. The woodcut new year’s paintings from Yangjiabu are well known.AdministrationThe prefecture-level city of Weifang administers 12 county-level divisions, including 4 districts, 6 county-level cities and 2 counties.* Weicheng District (潍城区)* Kuiwen District (奎文区)* Fangzi District (坊子区)* Hanting District (寒亭区)* Qingzhou City (青州市)* Zhucheng City (诸城市)* Shouguang City (寿光市)* Anqiu City (安丘市)* Gaomi City (高密市)* Changyi City (昌邑市)* Changle County (昌乐县)* Linqu County (临朐县)GeographyNearby cities include Jinan and Zibo to the west, Yantai to the northeast and Qingdao to the southeast. EconomyWeifang is home to the large diesel engine company and factory Weichai. The village of Yangjiabu in Hanting district is famous for folk wood-block print (nianhua) and kite production. Weifang regards itself as the'International Kite Capital' and holds an international kite festival every year in the spring.Notable people* Zheng Xuan (127-200), Eastern Han Dynasty Confucian scholar* Liu Yong (刘墉; 1719-1805), renowned Qing Dynasty bureaucrat---------------------------------------------------------Culture of WeifangKite-flying is a traditional custom among the people in Weifang in spring. It is the outstanding handicraft skills of kites produced in Weifang, as well as the special atmosphere which is quite suitable for flying kites that make Weifang Kites more and more popular not only in China but also in the other countries.In 1984, the first International Kite Festival was held in Weifang. More than ten thousand kite fans attended the opening ceremony. People from eleven different countries and regions, including the United States, Canada and so on, took part in the festival and performed flying kites. Since then, Weifang holds the International Kite Festival every year in April and is well-known as the “International Kite Capital” all over the world.Annual Broad of Yangjiabu (杨家埠木版年画), which is one of the three most famous Chinese folk paintings in history, began from the end of the Ming Dynasty. It reached the peak of its development during the Qing Dynasty. People usually replace the old Annual Broads with the new ones on the eve of Spring Festival, which is the most important festival in China, in order to give blessings to the family and friends for the following year. The subjects of Annual Broad of Yangjiabu are various, which include flowers, beauties, landscapes, characters from myths and legends. The architecture skills such as concise lines and bright colors reflect the distinctive characteristics of people in Weifang.Paper cutting in Gaomi (高密剪纸) has a long history for more than four hundred years. Mostly, women are good at paper cutting. This widely spread handicraft has the unique style, such as strong contrast in color, straight and simple line and exaggerated outline. The characters mostly come from the drama stories, flowers and birds, as well as some fantastic symbols.Weifang located in shandong peninsula, graceful natural landscapes, cloud gate mountain, the mountain, the mountain bloom.from predecessors, beautiful, fascinating. Weifang or historical and cultural cities, ouyang xiu, li qingzhao, etc, ZhengBanQiao fan zhongyan numerous historical cultural celebrities for weifang left many historical discourse. Weifang kite famous at home and abroad, the annual international kite festival held in this, called the kite.Weifang is a city in the center of Shandong province.It is a historical city with well known figures. Also, as an emerging industrial city, Weifang has developed a complete industrial system, like textile and clothes.Being the location of the headquarters of the International Kite Federation, Weifang is honored as the World Kite Metropolis. So it is a famous cultural and tourist city in China. Other traditional customs, such as Annual Broad of Yangjiabu(杨家埠木版年画) and Paper cutting in Gaomi(高密剪纸) also have their long history in this city.As of now, Attracted by the desirable investment environment, preferential policies and great development potentials in Weifang, a number of multi-national companies have set up operation in Weifang, such as Caterpillar from US, Itochu from Japan and Bayer from Germany. By now, 16 World Top 500 companies have established operations in Weifang. IndustryAs an emerging industrial city, Weifang has developed a complete industrial system, mainly including six industries, such as machinery, textile and clothes, foodstuff and beverage, marine chemicals, paper making and packaging as well as electronics and information. As of now, enterprises with annual sales income above RMB 5 million have exceeded 3358 with more than RMB 200 billion of annual industrial sales income.AgricultureWeifang is an important production area of agricultural and side-line products in China. Shouguang, a county-level city in Weifang, is the largest “vegetable basket” of China and the export of chicken fromZhucheng city amounts to 1/10 of that of the country. Besides, the beef of Gaomi City, the duck of Changle county, the flowers of Qingzhou City, the vegetable processing industry of Anqiu City, the prawn and scallop breeding in Changyi City and Hanting District also play a leading role in China as well as in Shandong province. In recent years, a number of new technology agricultural “corridors” and prod uction bases of quality agricultural and side-line products have been built. By now, the annual agricultural added value has increased to RMB 18 billion with export value of USD 1 billion.TourismWeifang is a famous cultural and tourist city in China. The paleontological fossils in Linqu county and the dinosaur fossils in Zhucheng City could be regarded as world wonders, the wood-cut painting of Yangjiabu Village is one of the three most famous wood-cut paintings in China. Being the location of the headquarters of the International Kite Federation, Weifang is honored as the World Kite Metropolis. Weifang International Kite Festival, an annual grand event, attracts thousands of visitors from home and abroad with its unique folk cultural features.At present, there are more than 20 star-level hotels in Weifang, receiving 30,800 overseas tourists and 7.71 million domestic tourists a year with total tourism revenues over RMB 428.4 million.Trade & CommerceWeifang has a long trading history and it is an important distribution center in the east of Shandong province. Up to now, there are 36 specialized markets in Weifang, each with annual turnover of more than RMB 100 million. Shouguang Vegetable Wholesale Market, with annual trading volume of 3.6 billion kilograms, is among the top 10 specialized markets in China. The small commodity market, building materials market, farm machinery market and the auto market under which are under reconstruction will be the largest markets in Shandong province. The peninsula trading and logistics center under construction will bring about new breakthroughs to the development of the service industry of Weifang. Listed CompaniesAs of now, 10 companies in Weifang have been listed on the securities exchange market, including Shandong Chenming Paper, Shandong Hailong Textiles, Shandong Marine Chemical, Jade-Bird Huaguang, Shandong Juli, Weichai Power, Shandong Molong Steel, Wuzhou Mingzhu, Yaxing Chemical and Sunvim Textiles.World Top 500 Companies in WeifangAttracted by the desirable investment environment, preferential policies and great development potentials in Weifang, a number of multi-national companies have set up operation in Weifang, such as Caterpillar from US, Itochu from Japan and Bayer from Germany. By now, 16 World Top 500 companies have established operations in Weifang.。