The central urban area is Zhangdian, which is where the railway station and the municipal party committee and government are located.

The most prosperous district is also Zhangdian District, which is a large urban area.

Large shopping malls: Zibo Commercial Building (Zhongxin Road), Liqun Commercial Building (diagonally opposite Zibo Commercial Building), Ginza Mall (intersection of Liuquan Road and Qingtuan Road), Wangfujing (next door to Ginza), RT-Mart (intersection of Huaguang Road and Pedestrian Street)

, the first choice for buying food), Yiwu Commodity City (west of the intersection of Huaguang Road and Century Road, the first choice for buying small commodities) Pedestrian Street: Food Street (with many boutiques), New Century Pedestrian Street (renovated from the original Xisi Road).

Zibo, referred to as "Zi", is located in East China and the central part of Shandong Province. Zibo is a national historical and cultural city with a long history. It is the birthplace of Qi culture and the origin of world football.

Zibo is a group city (cluster city) that combines mountains and rivers. It has the Boshan National Scenic Area (a national key scenic area). It is a "larger city" approved by the State Council and is a regional central city in Shandong Province.

It is one of the core cities of the peninsula city agglomeration and a sub-central city of the provincial capital city agglomeration economic circle; it has been rated as the third, fourth and fifth "National Civilized City" by the Central Civilization Commission.