Jinan is the capital city of Shandong Province. It's 8,227 square kilometers in area, and with a population is 5.3 million.
Jinan is in the transition belt of the southern part of Taiyi hilly land and the northern part of Huabei Plain. The plain and the water area can occupy 43 percent. The Yellow River flows from the Northwest to the Southeast. It is the semi-humid climate in warm temperate zone. The average annual temperature is 14 degree Celsius, and the average annual precipitation is 685mm. The black frost period can last 216 days. The agriculture resources are abundant. The mineral resources are abundant too. There are iron, copper, coal, limestone etc.
Amongst its major industries, there are machinary, metallurgy, petroleum processing, electric power, textile, chemical, electrical, food and light industry. Especially, the product of the meticulous chemical industry, the transportation equipment, fluorite and cigarette is in the important in China. In agriculture, there is wheat, corn, peanut, bast-fiber plants and tobacco. Jinan is the national base of commodity grain. The roses and e jiao in Ping Yin are very famous.

Bank

Post office:

162 Jing’er Lu (tel.6057274), on the corner with Wei’er Lu. Postal code: 250000

Hospital:

324 jingwu Lu,( tel.7938911), near the corner with Weiqi Lu. 24hr emergency. Parmarcy.

Police Station:

　　please dail 110

Airport

　　Yaoqiang international airport

Railway station　

　　 Jinan train station, on Jingyi Lu, in the center of the city.
To: Beijing 4-3/4 hr, several per day,

Bus station

City transport

　　Bank of China, on the Qingji Lu, changes foreign currency and traveler’s checks. Open M-F summer 8am-noon and 2:30-6:30pm, winter 8am-noon and 1:30-5:30pm.

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