Node City of the Belt and Road Initiative Strategy 

·It is an important part of Coastal cities, the coast of the Yellow Sea, Shandong Peninsula urban agglomeration, and Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone. 

·Rizhao is the eastern bridgehead of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge and the main node city of China’s “The Belt and Road” Initiative Strategy. 

City of Tourism and Sports 

·Major sports events such as the National Youth Sailing Championships, Shandong Sailing Championships, National Mountaineering Fitness Conference, and China-Japan-Korea International Sailing Championship, etc. 

·Blue sky, blue sea and golden beach. The city is known as the “the City of Water Sports” and “Oriental Sun City”, which won the United Nations Habitat Award 

·There is no severe cold in winter and no severe heat in summer, with “the south of the north, the north of the south” reputation and good air quality more than 300 days a year in this city. 

Developed port economy 

·Rizhao Port ranks seventh in the coastal ports of China, navigable to more than 100 countries and regions. 

·There are more than 20 flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other important domestic cities. 

·Developed land transportation system, three highways (Shenyang-Haikou, Rizhao-Lankao, Weifang-Rizhao) and two national highways (G204, G206) 

·The oil pipeline directly connects the crude oil terminal with the petrochemical enterprise, relying on the completed oil pipelines from Rizhao to Yizheng in Jiangsu Province and from Rizhao to Dongming in Shandong Province.