What is the history of Qingdao?

(1) Qingdao, a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, a city with separate plans, is a sub-provincial city, referred to as Qingdao, formerly known as Jiaoao, also known as Qindao and Island City. Qingdao is an important coastal central city, an open coastal city, a new first-tier city, an economic central city, a national historical and cultural city, an international port city, a coastal holiday and tourist city, and a happy and livable city. It is known as "Oriental Switzerland".

(2) Qingdao is located in the southeast coast of Shandong Peninsula, east of Jiaodong Peninsula, near the Yellow Sea, across the sea from the Korean Peninsula, and at the forefront of the China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Area; It is adjacent to Yantai in the northeast, Weifang in the west and Rizhao in the southwest. Due to its superior geographical location, the Qing government established Qingdao in 189 1 year, and in 1897, Germany leased the port and railway. Qingdao is prosperous because of "one port, one road". With an international seaport and a regional hub airport, it is an important hub city for implementing the Maritime Silk Road and the national Belt and Road strategy.

(3) Qingdao is one of the first coastal open cities in China, a coastal city in China, a national civilized city, a national sanitary city, a national garden city and a national forest city, and it is also the happiest city in China. As the world beer city and sailing capital, Qingdao is the leading city in the planning core area of Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone approved by the State Council. As of 20 17, Qingdao has a total area of 1 1282 square kilometers, governing 7 districts and 3 county-level cities, and each national new district (Qingxi New District)/kloc-0, with a total population of 9.204 million. In 20 16 years, the GDP of Qingdao was100165438+29 million yuan, up by 7.9%, and the per capita GDP reached 109407 yuan.

(4) Qingdao has famous Taoist attractions such as Laoshan, Zhanqiao, May 4th Square, Badaguan and Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center. Famous people such as Lao She, Wen Yiduo, Hong Shen and Shen Congwen have all given lectures in Qingdao. There are Shandong University (Qingdao), Beihang University Qingdao Campus, China Ocean University and China Youshi University.