Xiajin: a county under the jurisdiction of Dezhou City, Shandong Province, named after "the key of Qi-Jin alliance", is located at the junction of northwest Shandong plain and Shandong and Hebei provinces. There is Dezhou in the north, Liaocheng in the south and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the west. Yin Qing expressway, National Highway 308, Provincial Highway 254 and 3 15 run through the whole territory.