Laiyang is a third-tier city 2022. In 2022, Yantai City, Shandong Province, Laiyang is a county-level city and Laiyang is a prefecture-level city, which belongs to a third-tier city. So Laiyang is a third-tier city 2022. Laiyang's name comes from "the sun and the moon rise in the east". In ancient times, it was called "Changyang" and "Changguang", also known as "Pear City" and "Dragon City".