Geography & Population
Located on the easternmost tip of Shandong Peninsula, Rongcheng City is surrounded by sea on three sides with a coastline of 500 kilometers and continent area of 1,526 KM². It is 94 nautical miles away from South Korea, which is the nearest area to South Korea on Shandong Peninsula.Rongcheng consists of Rongcheng Economic Development Zone, Shidao Administrative Zone, Haoyunjiao Tourism and Holiday Resort,and administrates 12 towns, 10 sub-districts, 825 administrative villages and 118 neighborhood committees, with a population of 670,000.
Geographic Location
Economy and Society
Guided by "free breathing and comfortable living in Rongcheng", Rongcheng focuses on economic development and construction of innovation-oriented city, accelerates the sustainable and health development of economy and society, striving for the pioneering city of new development. In 2017, the total production value reached 116 billion yuan, and the public budget revenue reached 7.19 billion yuan. The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents reached 41,313 yuan and 20,731 yuan respectively. It has won the honors of National Civilized City, National Ecological City,National Model City of Environmental Protection, National Garden City, Excellent Tourist City of China,National Cultural Advanced County, National Advanced County of Sci-tech Progress,Shandong Advanced County of Grass-roots Party Construction, Provincial Civilized City, Provincial Model City of Two Supports of People and Army, Advanced City on Construction of Safety Shandong, etc.
Rongcheng Cherry Blossom Lake
Cultural and History
As early as the neolithic era, there has been residents, and Buye city was established in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The first emperor Qin came to Rongcheng twice for building bridge and setting temple for glory, viewing sea to worship the sun. The Western Han Dynasty set the Buye county, the Hanwu emperor came to worship the Sun God.Qing Yongzheng 13th year (1735 year), it was set for Rongcheng county.After the Xinhai revolution, it was set for the the national government of Rongcheng county, the anti-Japanese democratic government of Rongcheng county; After founding new country, the people's government of Rongcheng county was set, It was upgraded from county to city in 1988. As the old revolutionary base, Rongcheng has been known for more than 160 above deputy military cadres, more than 50 provincial leading cadres.
The First Emperor of Qin was viewing the sea
Ecological Environment
Rongcheng belongs to warm humid monsoon climate.The annual average temperature is around 12℃, with 2600 hours of sunshine and rainfall of 800 mm or so.Adhere to the ecological environment as the most precious development resources, according to the provincial national leading standards, we continue to carry out the key industry environmental protection and improvement, comprehensively promote the aim of " breathing freely and living comfortable in Rongcheng”. In 2017, the days of good air quality reached 91.9%. There were 335 days when you might enjoy “blue sky and starry nights”.
wetland
Tourism Resources
There are 10 gulfs, 10 natural bathing beaches and 115 islands distributed on the thousand miles of shoreline. It boasts two national forest parks--Mt. Weide and Mt. Tiecha, Chengshantou National-level forest park, National Preservation Zone of Swans, 3 national AAAA level scenic spots of Chengshan Cape, Chishan Fahua Temple, and the Border Trade Town of China and South Korea. It is the hometown of China swans and black-tailed seagulls.There are 29 industrial and agricultural tourism demonstration sites above the provincial level, 9 tourism towns, 20 characteristic villages in Rongcheng. It was identified as the national film and television shooting scene. There are 11 films and television plays shot in Rongcheng in 2017, it held Rongcheng International Coastal Marathon, Internatioal UAV Competition among 8 high-end competing events .
Rongcheng Swan Lake
Fishery Resources
Approved to build pelagic fishing base, Rongcheng possesses 317 professional ocean-going fishing vessels, accounting for 70% of the province.With breeding area of 582 thousand mu, it owns 5 national marine ranches, 11 national leisure fishery demonstration areas, receiving the title of national marine ranch demonstration area.The output of aquatic products is 1.23 million tons, ranking first at the county level for 35 consecutive years.Among them, the production of kelp, sea cucumber and abalone accounted for 31%, 14% and 5% of the country respectively, and was rated as China’s Capital of Kelp.
Kelp Harvest
Traffic & Transportation
Rongcheng is the starting point of high-speed railway, expressway and national highway.The Rongcheng-Qingdao intercity railway was opened in Dec., 2014, with an average daily passenger flow of more than 10,000 people during the peak tourism season. Rongcheng-Laizhou high-speed railway is being planned and built. The city downtown is 20 kilometers away from Weihai airport. Rongcheng has two first-class open ports, Shidao and Longyan and 10 first-class open harbor districts, and has opened 15 international and domestic routes directly to South Korean ports of Pyongyang, Kunsan and Inchon. It has approved designated qualifications of imported meat, chilled aquatic products, edible aquatic animals. The port cargo throughput capacity was over 25 million tons, and port exit and entry passengers were 300,000 person-times, accounting for 1/3 of that of Shandong province. The imports and exports totaled 22 billion yuan in 2017.
Entrance of Rongcheng Expressway
Industrial Development
We will promote the upgrading of traditional industries and the cultivation of emerging industries with new forms of business in the new economy. We will build six professional platforms, including Weihai (Rongcheng) International Marine Commodities Trading Center, platform of “same line, same standard, same quality as exported food to Japan and South Korea" , and the e-commerce platform for RV parts, to accelerate the transformation of old and new driving forces.With an annual processing capacity of 2.75 million tons and a sales revenue of over 130 billion yuan, the company has won the titles of China's Famous Marine Food City and China's Green Food City, and has been approved as the national new industrial (food) industry demonstration base and the national first batch of food military and civilian integration demonstration zone.The manufacturing industry, with 130 enterprises above the scale, is identified as the high-quality shipbuilding production base of Shandong province, the new energy automobile motor production base of Shandong province, and the motor export base of Shandong province. Rolling passenger ships and heavy crane ships respectively account for 70% and 80% of the national market. We focus on strategic emerging industries, introduced Kangde carbon valley project with a total investment of 50 billion yuan, and established strategic cooperation with Tsinghua University, Goertek Group, etc. to promote the development of carbon fiber new materials, VR/AR, intelligent robot and other industrial clusters.
Jinchen Machinery Equipment
Technology & Finance
It owns 62 R&D institutions at or above the provincial level, 34 new and high technology enterprises. It has established cooperation relations with 60 colleges, such as China Ocean University, Ocean Research Center of China Academy of Sciences. The high-tech industry output value proportion reaches 36.6%. Rongcheng owns Harbin University of Science and Technology (Rongcheng College), Weihai Marine Vocational College among 7 colleges and vocational schools, with 15,000 students at schools. It owns 149 brands at or above the provincial level, 19 products of Chinese geographic indication. It owns two listed companies, 51 enterprises listed on the "new third board" and the regional equity trading market.
Harbin Institute of Technology Rongcheng Campus
Guhe town corner
Environment of Development
With the orientation of modern coastal open cities, we will promote the construction of smart cities, civilized cities, credit cities, ecological cities and tourist cities in a coordinated manner.The facility environment has been upgraded continuously, key projects such as layout adjustment of education and integration of public transport have been carried out, and facilities such as urban and rural ventilation, heating, water supply, waste treatment and sewage treatment have been interconnected, which has been appraised as an advanced city for ecological and civilized rural construction in the province.We will continue to maintain harmony and stability in the social environment, work hard to carry out comprehensive governance projects that focus on building a social credit system, conduct maritime and land security projects that focus on combating crime, eradicating evil, and ensuring safety in production.Government affairs environment optimization continued ascent, vigorously strengthen the construction of style of cadres, exhibition hall of Guo yong-huai deeds , Longshan revolutionary memorial hall among other five red education base.
Rongcheng Xi Xiakou-National Civilized Village