It also boasts a solid industrial background. It is a developing base of modern agriculture, advanced manufacturing, modern tourism as well as service trade. The extensive plains, together with rich water resource and high technology have accelerated the development of its modern agriculture. There are 4.5 million mu of high-quality wheat, 1.5 million mu of pollution free vegetables with 98 brands and 1 million mu of orchards, like pear plantation, etc. The cultivation area of edible mushroom ranks first in China and animal husbandry, processing trade as well as exporting all lead China in their fields.

Guangyue Tower of the Ming Dynasty, the earliest extant building of wooden structure

Besides, Liaocheng is an emerging Industrial city. As China’s largest producer of aluminum, Shandong Xinfa Aluminum and Electricity Group has the existing annual production capacity of three million tons of alumina powder, 560,000 tons of electrolytic aluminum and 300,000 tons of aluminum deep-processing; as the largest production base of transport machinery, the Shandong Shifeng Group has an annual output of 1 million light trucks, 1 million units of the engines and six million sets of tires; as the largest, best-quality and the most advanced production base of cathode copper, the Shandong Xiangguang Group, with all the projects put into production, will have an annual production capacity of 400,000 tons of copper, 20 tons of gold, 600 tons of silver and other related products; Shangdong Dong-e E-jiao Group is China’s largest productor of E-Jiao (donkey-hide gelatin). The E-gelatin annual output is 1,500 tons that accounts for 70% of the total output of China and the export takes up over 90% of the total amount of China; Luxi Chemical Group is the largest fertilizer production enterprises, with an annual production capacity of 2,000,000 tons of various fertilizers.

It is also an emerging tourist and commercial city. As a water city in north of Yangtze River with profound historical and cultural resources, it is becoming a tourist attraction and leisure resorts among people at home and abroad. Tianmu & Water City Holiday College is the first five-star spa resort. As a regional commercial and logistic center, it currently has over 40 various types of wholesale produce markets, including the Xiangjiang market which is one of the top five modern wholesale markets in Shandong Province.