Jining has delicious big radish, which is a special delicacy.

Jining, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, bordering Linyi City to the east, Heze City to the west, Zaozhuang City and Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province to the south, and Tai'an City to the north.

It is one of the central cities of the Huaihai Economic Zone approved by the Shandong Provincial Government. It is a famous historical and cultural city and a waterfront ecological tourism city.

Jining has a warm temperate monsoon climate, covering an area of ??11,000 square kilometers.

According to the seventh census data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, Jining City’s permanent population was 8,357,897 people.

Jining region has a long history and culture and is one of the important birthplaces of Dongyi culture, Chinese civilization, Confucian culture, Water Margin culture and canal culture.

The founder of Confucianism, the sage Confucius, the sub-sage Mencius, the fusheng Yan Hui, and the historian Zuo Qiu Ming were all born here.

During the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal promoted the prosperity of Jining's commodity economy, making Jining an important industrial and commercial city along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The 11 counties and cities of Jining City are rich in humanistic tourism resources. Qufu Confucius Temple, Confucius Mansion and Confucius Forest Park and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal are included in the World Heritage List by UNESCO. There are Mencius Temple, Meng Mansion, Qufu Lu State Ancient City, Chongqing

There are 41 national key cultural relics protection units including the Juesi Iron Tower, as well as scenic spots such as Shuibo Liangshan, Weishan Lake, Baoxiang Temple, and Yishan.

It has universities such as Qufu Normal University and Jining Medical College, as well as the Confucius Institute, a world center for Confucian research and exchange.

In October 2018, it won the title of "National Forest City".

On October 20, 2020, it was rated as a national dual-support model city (county).

In 2019, the per capita GDP reached 52,331 yuan (converted to 7,585.85 US dollars based on the annual average exchange rate).

In 2020, Jining's GDP was 449.431 billion yuan, an increase of 3.6% over the previous year based on comparable prices.