As a remarkable place, Zibo produced numerous outstanding historical figures, including great statesman who rules the state after the nation, such as Guan zhong, Yan Ying and Fang Xuanling; eminent thinker Zou Ji, Zou Yan and so on; medical expert like Bian Que and Chun Yuyi; achievement outstanding writers Zuo Si, Pu Songling, Wang Yuyang, Zhao Zhixin and so on. In the Chinese history the first monograph of handicraft industry “Kao Gong Ji”, agricultural monographs “Qi Min Yao Shu”, service industry monograph “Guan Zi”, all of which are born here.

Qilu Petrochemistry- a larg Petrochemical Enterprise

Enters the present, contemporary age, especially in the new century, new era, there are lots of great men come forth in Zibo. Zibo people has created a number of proud achievements by the diligent, pragmatic, and pioneering spirit, presented by Li Zhensheng, academician of Chinese Academy of Science, who wins the 2006 highest technology award.

Lofty Lushan Mountain, Shandong Province

As the National outstanding Tourism City, besides the Eastern Zhou Dynasty Died Horse Tumuli, Tian Qiwang mausoleum, Home of Pu Songling and many other humanity landscape which can display the spirit of Qi culture, Zibo has a beautiful scenery of “South Mountain, North Water”, for sitting in the border of middle mountains and north plain of Shandong province. In the southern mountainous area, mountain, water, forest, spring and hole become the interest naturally, with arbors, Terrace, bower and decorative waterfall spotted in. Northern plain river branch vertically and horizontally, a southern view in northern China. The western area Zhoucun originated as the “Land Pier”, key commercial town in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, has well-preserved ancient architectural complex and strong business atmosphere. The television series “Great Dye House” and “Land Pier” are filmed here.

Funeral Horese Pit of Sping and Autumn Period

As Shandong Province and even the whole country’s major industrial city, the development of Zibo industry has lasted for more than a century, is the country’s major oil-chemical industry base, one of the five porcelain capitals, the state-level new material achievement transformation and the industrialization base as well as one of the main national producing areas of building materials. Since 1992 Zibo has been continually ranked in the 50 comprehensive strength city of China. Qilu Petrochemical as well as other National large Enterprises situated here. Zibo is the pilot city of the first group of cities developed with national science and technology, and state-level star fire technology compact area. There are nearly one thousand different kinds of scientific research institutions and more than a decade Institutions of Higher Learning, with the high-tech industrial output value over hundred billion yuan.