Linyi, the ancient name Langya, Yi State, Shandong Province jurisdiction prefecture-level city, type II big city, approved by The State Council to determine the southeast of Shandong central city, with waterfront characteristics of modern industry and trade city and trade logistics center, an important commodity grain base in Shandong Province. By 2020, the city has jurisdiction over 3 districts and 9 counties, with a total area of 17,191.2 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, the permanent population of Linyi city is 1,1018,365 people. In 2021, Linyi achieved a gross regional product of 546.55 billion yuan.

Linyi, named for Linyi River, is located in East China, the southeast of Shandong, the west coast of the Yellow Sea, the junction of the Yangtze River Delta economic circle and the Bohai Economic Circle, the East Longhai national key development area and the southern Shandong Lingang Industrial Belt. It is a logistics turnover center and one of the commercial wholesale centers, known as the "Famous commercial city" and the "logistics city". Linyi has a temperate monsoon climate. The Yimeng Mountains in the north control the upstream flow of the Yishu River, and the vast Lintancang Plain is alluvial to the south.

Linyi is the core birthplace of Dongyi culture. About 200,000 years ago, human ancestors created ancient civilization on Yimeng land. Since the founding of the city in the Western Zhou Dynasty, there has been a history of more than 3,000 years of city construction. In modern times, the Communist Party of China established the Yimeng Revolutionary base in Linyi area, and set up the Shandong Provincial government, the East China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, East China Military Region and other party and government organs.

Linyi was awarded the first batch of National Logistics Hub, Logistics City of China, Food City of China, Top Ten Eco-Livable Cities of China, Top Ten cities with the Most investment value of China, World Water Skiing City, United Nations Green Industry Platform and National Civilized City, etc.