Last Updated: January 13, 2023
Manufacturing in China provides limitless opportunities for international companies looking to outsource production. Understanding what city offers the expertise you need will help you find the perfect supplier with experience in your specific field of production.
China 2 West has sales and support offices around the world and multiple quality control and engineering locations within China, predominantly positioned close to manufacturing hubs. We’d like to introduce our City Guide series, taking an in-deep look at the Chinese cities we’re operating in and showing the city’s specializations of production. Let’s dive in.
Overview
Weihai is a prefecture-level city and major seaport in eastern Shandong province. It’s a coastal city surrounded by sea on three sides and can be reached through two highways and a railway line. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow Sea to the east and is the closest Chinese city to the Korean peninsula.
The city of Weihai was built in 1398 – an era that saw the nation’s coastal area frequently attacked by the Japanese. It was named “Weihaiwei”, which means “stronghold by the coast”, an indication of the city’s military history.
The National Weihai Seafood Festival, held annually in May, involves dozens of restaurants cooperating with each other to cook specialized seafood dishes for tourists. In addition, there is also much domestic and international fishing.
Today, the covers a total area of 5799.84 square kilometers, including an urban area of 2607.28 square kilometers. The city has a population of almost 3 million inhabitants.
Economic Profile
Weihai’s pillar industries are equipment manufacturing, petrochemicals, electronics, light, machinery, and textiles. Other industries available are new materials, building materials, chemicals, information technology, electronics technology, food processing, precision machinery, pharmaceuticals, and biopharmaceuticals.
According to the statistics released by the Bureau of Statistics of Weihai, the city’s fiscal revenue was 26.69 billion yuan, an increase of 5.7%.
The city’s GDP accounted for 346.39 billion yuan in 2021, up by 7.5 percent. The annual total value of foreign trade was 203.254 billion yuan, an increase of 25.8%. The export value was 149.403 billion yuan, an increase of 28.2% and the import value was 53.850 billion yuan, an increase of 19.3%.
Development Zones
There are three major development zones and one free trade zone in Weihai, including Weihai Torch High-tech Science Park (Weihai THSP), Weihai Economic and Technological Development Zone, Weihai International Port Economic and Technological Development Zone and Weihai Comprehensive Free Trade Zone.
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