Binzhou has sound agriculture. Industries such as agriculture, forest, animal and fishing are well developed. The five 1-million-mu bases of cotton, vegetable, winter date, aquatic product and grass have been built. Wudi winter dates, Zhanhua winter dates, Huimin honey peach, Zouping apricot and Yangxin pear have distinct flavor and are popular both at home and abroad. Zhanhua County is named as the “Region of Winter Dates” and the “Origin of Place of Winter Dates” by the national government, which has become the largest production base of winter dates in China. Quality aquatic products such as Bohai clam and portunid are famous all over the world.

National Water Conservancy Scenic Spot -- Zhonghai

Binzhou’s industries are developing rapidly. Clusters of industries such as textile, home-textile and garment, salt and chemical complex, auto, engine and parts, ship building and ship part building, airplane and airplane parts building, electronic information, rice, oil, fruit and vegetable product processing, biological engineering, modern service industry and infrastructures began to take shape. The goal of “ Auto to the roads, Ship to the sea and Airplane to the sky “ has basically been realized, and the three dimensional high-tech industrial frame of land, sea and sky is being formed. Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Co., Ltd. and Shandong Befar Group Co., Ltd. are listed in the China’s Top 500 Enterprises. Major economic indicators of Mengwei Manufacturing Co., Ltd. have ranked first in China for nineteen years in a row. Shandong Lubei Enterprise Group Co., Ltd is among the first batch of environmental-friendly enterprises and the first “Green Chemical Industrial Enterprise”. Now, Binzhou has 6 listed companies, raising 5.92 billion yuan of funds. Among these, 2 were listed abroad, raising 0.489billion dollar of funds and ranking first in Shandong Province.

Fan Zhongyan's former residence

The urbanization level of Binzhou has been improving. The cluster type of “one center-one leading city-southern and northern city belts” and the frame of linkage type city clusters are basically formed.

The project of “Four Round-cities and Five Waters” planned to be world-class (namely, the round-city highway, round-city river, round-city green belt, and round-city scenic belt, together with the five round-city plain reservoirs located at the eastern, western, southern, northern, and middle areas) is completed smoothly, with gardening area echoing lakes and perfect combination of industries, ecology and culture, which begins to display its eco urban features of four linking round-cities , five waters and 72 lakes. The Binzhou Economic Development Zone is speeding up, and public facilities such as roads, squares and grasslands are gradually built, which serve as an excellent auxiliary to project construction and industries.

Qin and Han Style Buildings