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Weifang, renowned as the World Capital of kites, is a rising tourism city located at East China’s Shandong Province. It is the headquarters of International Kite Federation and hosts the International Kite Festival every year. The city is tranquil and clean. It is the transport juncture of Shandong Peninsula, 183 kilometers west from Jinan (the capital city of Shandong Province), 410 kilometers northwest from Beijing. It is against Yi Mountain to the south, and faces Bohai Sea to the north and borders famous coastal cities Qingdao and Yantai to the east.

Weifang has a long history. The human inhabitation of Weifang dates back to Neolithic Period. It is the hometown of many well known figures, including Emperor Shun of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period, the politician Yan Ying of the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC to 476 BC), the Confucian scholar Zheng Xuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD to 220 AD), the agriculturist Jia Simiao of the Northern Wei Dynasty(386 AD to 534 AD)and the artist Zhang Zeduan of North Song Dynasty (960 AD to 1127 AD), whose masterpiece Along the River during the Qingming Festival is displayed in the Imperial Palace of Beijing.

Rich history endows Weifang with thousands of cultural relic sites, ancient buildings and ancient stone inscriptions, among them, three are under national protection and twenty-seven are under provincial protection, including Shihu Garden (from the Late Ming and early Qing Dynasty), Fangong Pavilion (from the Song Dynasty), fossile sites (including dinosaur fossils, in Shanwang, Linqu), Yangjiabu Folk Grand Viewing Garden (The woodcut New Year Painting from Yangjiabu are well known) and the Old Dragon Spring.

Weifang is a historical handcraft industry city of China and has gained an equally fame with Suzhou of Zhejiang Province since the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. It was China’s biggest Kite and Chinese Woodcut New Year Painting producing area and distributing center during the past dynasties. The folk-custom and the technique of kite and Chinese Woodcut New Year Painting making are well –preserved and concentrate in Weifang. With abundant folk-custom resources, Weifang has promoted itself as the first and influential folk-custom tour destination since 1980s and attracts lots of tourists from other places of China and abroad every year. 

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2011-05-20
Xinhua Net Shandong Channel Updated: 2006-04-27 April 25, Industrial Bank Jinan branch signed together with Weifang municipal government for "Government-Bank Cooperative Agreement". Vice secretary and mayor of CPC Shandong Weifang municipal committee Zhang ...Read More
2011-05-20
Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SGTI) announced on August 6, 2010 that Weifang Shengtai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd ("Weifang Shengtai"), its operating subsidiary in China, entered into an agreement with Kelun Pharmaceutical ("Kelun") to supply ...Read More
2011-05-20
Weifang Hongrun Petrochemical Auxiliary Co Ltd, China's third largest independent refinery by capacity, was negotiating with a state-run oil giant headquartered in Beijing on acquisition, a source close to the issue told C1 Tuesday. The potential buyer was one ...Read More

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by Panyin 2011-05-20
China's first Superconducting Magnet Technology Center aiming to promote the development and application of superconducting magnet technology was established in Weifang City, Shandong Province on March 6th. Dr. WANG Yifang and Mr. CHEN Baifeng unveil the plate of the center (Image by IHEP) The plate-unveiling ceremony was held between the Institute of High ...
by Gallard 2011-05-20
Peking University, Nov. 15, 2010: On Nov. 9, a Peking University Delegation attended the Annual General Meeting of PKU Education Foundation (USA) in New York and PKU Weiming Forum in the United States. Led by Prof. Min Weifang, Chairman of PKU Council, the delegation included Prof. Xu Zhihong, former President of PKU, Prof. Hai Wen, PKU Vice President, and ...
by Luciana 2011-05-20
The check shows that 90%of 352 bulks of overseas cotton is disqualified in Weifang City The reporter known from Wei Fang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau that among the imported 252 bulks of cotton for 2006 in Weifang, 227 bulks of ones is disqualified, accounting for 90%. It is learned that Weifang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine has ...