Yantai, which is an important node city in Bohai Economic Circle, the backbone city of Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone, one of the first 14 coastal open cities, a China seaside city, the only international grape wine in Asia, a national strategic key construction port city under the Belt and Road Initiative, a national historical and cultural city, a national civilized city, with Wehai, is China’s famous “Snow Nest”. On December 7th, 2016, it was listed as the third batch of the county’s new integrated pilot area of urbanization. In 2017, it ranked 28th during China’s top hundred cities. Being blessed with abundant tourist resources, favorable location and vigorous development vitality, Yantai is a pleasant tourist destination.
Highlights
- Diverse Minority Culture: There are 50 nationality groups in Yantai, among which 49 groups are minority groups like the Chaoxian (Korean), Man, Hui, Mongol, Wa, Tujia, Miao, Zhuang, Yi, Uygur, Bai nationality, etc. These minority groups contribute their own unique culture to Yantai.
- Favorable Location: Situated in the northeast of Shandong Peninsula, Yantai borders Weihai in the east, Weifang and Qingdao in the west, the Yellow Sea in the south and the Bohai Sea in the north. Bordering to two important seas makes it be one of the earliest coastal open port cities in China, which promotes its development a lot. Its location that faces Japan and Korea across the sea helps the city’s tourism and cooperation with these two countries.
- Yantai Fruits: Yantai is blessed with favorable climate so that it is home to many high-quality fruits. Yantai apples, cherries and pears are sold nationwide in China, and some of them are exported to other regions and countries.