Zibo

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Zibo 淄博市 Tsibo
Prefecture-level city
Clockwise form top: Zibo new area CBD, Zhoucun ancient commercial city, Zhangdian district downtown, Zibo sports center stadium
Location of Zibo in Shandong
Zibo Location in the North China Plain Show map of Northern China Zibo Zibo (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Zibo municipal government): 36°48′50″N 118°03′18″E / 36.8138°N 118.0550°E / 36.8138; 118.0550
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
County-level divisions	8
Township divisions	106
Municipal seat	Zhangdian District
Government
• Mayor	Yu Haitian (于海田)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	5,965 km2 (2,303 sq mi)
• Urban	2,989 km2 (1,154 sq mi)
• Metro	4,748 km2 (1,833 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,108.3 m (3,636.2 ft)
Lowest elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population  (2010 census)
• Prefecture-level city	4,530,597
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
• Urban	3,129,228
• Urban density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
• Metro	4,412,016
• Metro density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
GDP[1]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 507 billion US$ 76.6 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 107,720 US$ 16,278
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal Code	255100
Area code	0533
ISO 3166 code	CN-SD-03
License Plate Prefix	鲁C
Website	www.zibo.gov.cn

Zibo
"Zibo" in regular Chinese characters
Chinese	淄博
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zībó Wade–Giles Tzu1-po2 IPA [tsɨ́.pwǒ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jī-bok Jyutping Zi1-bok3 IPA [tsiː˥ pɔːk̚˧] Southern Min Tâi-lô Tshî-phok

Zibo (Chinese: 淄博; pinyin: zī bó) is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, China. It borders the provincial capital Jinan to the west, Tai'an to the southwest, Linyi to the south, Weifang to the east, Dongying to the northeast, and Binzhou to the north.

Zibo spans 5,938 square kilometres (2,293 sq mi). As of the 2010 cenus, Zibo's population was 4.53 million,^[2] of which 4.41 million lived in the metro area comprising five urban districts—Zhangdian, Zichuan, Boshan, Zhoucun and Linzi–and parts of neighboring counties Huantai, Gaoqing, and Yiyuan.

The Zibo area was the centre of the ancient State of Qi, whose capital Linzi was the most populous city in China at its peak. Pu Songling, a well-known writer of the Qing dynasty, is one of the most famous people from Zibo. As the birthplace of Qi culture, Zibo is a notable tourist city.

Manufacturing holds an important place of the city's economy, particularly ceramics manufacturing. Other key industries include the petrochemical industry, pharmaceuticals, metallurgy, construction materials, machinery and textiles. New industries and high-technology industries, such new materials, fine chemicals, electronics, IT, and biopharmaceutics are also developing rapidly.

According to the 2007-08 Global City Competitiveness Report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zibo was among the top 20 cities in the world in terms of fast economic growth between 2001 and 2005.^[3] According to the Oriental Outlook Magazine, Zibo ranks No. 1 on the list of cities that have reasonable real estate prices in China, also ranking No. 2 on the list of cities with good public security in China in 2008.^[4] In 2009, the city received the award of "Best 10 Harmonious Cities that enjoy Sustainable Development in China".^[5]