Jiaozhou city is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, managed by Qingdao, located in the southwest of Shandong Peninsula, the northwest coast of Jiaozhou Bay and the coast of the Yellow Sea, between 36 00' and 36 30' north latitude and119 37'-1201east longitude. As of 202 1 and 10, jiaozhou city has 8 streets and 4 towns under its jurisdiction.
Jiaozhou is named because it is adjacent to Jiaozhou Bay in the southeast. Banqiao has a history of more than 5,000 years in China, which was built in the Tang Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Hong Kong prospered and maritime trade continued to prosper. It is the only foreign trade port north of the Yangtze River, one of the five major commercial ports in China, and an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, and is known as "Golden Jiaozhou". It is the hometown of folk culture and art in China, yangko in China and paper-cutting in China. Jiaozhou is an important traffic throat connecting Shandong Peninsula at home and abroad. It has a national economic and technological development zone, the only 4F international airport in Shandong Province, a national airport economic demonstration zone and an airport comprehensive bonded zone. It regularly runs 24 domestic and international trains to dozens of countries along the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Belt and Road Initiative. In 20 16, jiaozhou city was awarded the title of "National Sanitary City" with the first name of Shandong Province. In 20 17, jiaozhou city was awarded the title of "National Civilized City" with the county ranking of 1. In 20 19, jiaozhou city was awarded the title of "National Forest City". 65438 In February, 2020, China Academy of Social Sciences published "National Comprehensive Competitiveness of County Economy 100 Top", and jiaozhou city ranked 15.