Weihai's specialties include abalone, Weihai peanuts, Weihai scallops, Likoushan peaches, Weihai prawns, eagle-clawed shrimps, Weihai apples, Weihai sea cucumbers, Wendeng black ducks, etc.

Abalone

Weihai peanuts

Weihai scallops

Likoushan peaches

Weihai prawns

eagle-clawed shrimps

Weihai Apple

Weihai sea cucumber

Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, China, is located in the eastern end of the Shandong Peninsula, the north, east and south bordering the Yellow Sea, north and Liaodong Peninsula, east and the Korean Peninsula across the sea, and west of Yantai in Shandong Province border. The maximum horizontal distance between east and west is 135 kilometers, and the maximum vertical distance between north and south is 81 kilometers, with a total area of 5,797 square kilometers, of which 777 square kilometers are urban areas. The coastline is 985.9 kilometers long. Jurisdiction of Huanjui District, Wendeng District, Rongcheng City, Lushan City.

Weihai is also known as Weihaiwei, which means Wei Zhenhai Border. Weihai is the closest city in mainland China to Japan and South Korea, the birthplace of China's first modern naval force Beiyang Navy, the Sino-Japanese Sea Battle took place after the Sino-Japanese War was invaded by the powers and returned to the motherland, one of the "Seven Sons.

Weihai is one of the "Three Seas and One Gate". 1984, Weihai became the first batch of China's coastal open cities. 1990, it was named China's first national sanitary city. 1996, it was named a national garden city by the Ministry of Construction. 2009, it was selected as a national forest city on May 7. 2015, it became an early mover of the China-Korea Free Trade Zone (FTZ). Became the first demonstration city of China-Korea Free Trade Zone. On June 14, 2016, the Chinese Academy of Sciences released to the public the Research Report on Livable Cities in China, showing that Weihai ranked fifth among 40 cities in the country in terms of livability index.

Weihai has a vast sea area with rich biological resources in the shallow sea and intertidal zone. According to statistics, the average biomass of Weihai sea area is 353g/m2, and the average biological density is 586/square meter; there are 779 kinds of biological resources, among which, 647 kinds of animals and 132 kinds of plants. Among the animals, there are more than 100 species of fish, mainly including large yellowtail, small yellowtail, barracuda, mullet, perch, Spanish mackerel, green scaled fish, Pacific herring, pomfret, yellow gourami, flounder, etc.; shrimps and crabs, mainly including eagle-clawed shrimp, prawns, hairy shrimp, ridged-tailed white shrimp, pike with three warts, etc.; shellfish, mainly including pectinated scallop, abalone, ark clam, Philippine clams, clams, ark shells, arc shells, oysters, Chinese clams, four-horned clams, and mussels, Green clams, etc. Among the echinoderms, there are spiny cucumbers, jellyfish, horse feces sea urchins, sea stars, etc. Among plants, algae mainly include kelp, wakame, rockweed, striped purslane, macroalgae and so on.

Terrestrial wild mammals include plum deer, foxes, leopard cats, badgers, weasels, hedgehogs, hares and bats. Birds have been identified as 250 species, of which migratory and traveling birds account for more than 70%, with fewer species of resident birds. Included in the first level of state-protected wildlife are four species of sika deer, Chinese autumn sand duck, golden eagle and black stork, and 12 species of the second level are trumpeter swans, mandarin ducks, gray cranes and eagles; the rest of the birds and foxes, leopard cats, badgers, weasels and hedgehogs are included in Shandong Province's key protection of wildlife. There are 70 families and 248 species of wild economic plants, such as plantain, diclofenac, asparagus, scutellaria, farfarina, half-summer, etc.; 92 species of wild forage grasses in 12 families, such as matang, yellow back grass, white fescue, etc.; 457 species of woody plants in 70 families, of which 315 species of trees, such as black pines, acacias, hemp oaks, Fagus sylvatica, apples, pears, peaches, ginkgoes, chestnuts, etc.; 112 species of shrubs, such as purple acacia, huckleberry, etc.; 30 species of lianas, such as Kudzu, wisteria, bramble, wall-crawler and so on. Grain crops are mainly wheat, corn, etc., and cash crops are mainly peanuts and soybeans.

Regional specialties: mesa figs, Rongcheng yellow peaches, Lushan Yang pear, Jiaodong ginseng, sea urchins, abalone.