Weifang, known as Wei-zhou and Wei-County in ancient times and also known as Yuandu, is a prefectual-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, a Type II large city in China, and a regional central city of Shandong Peninsula City Group approved by The State Council. Located in the west of the Shandong Peninsula, east and Qingdao, Yantai connection, west Zibo, Dongying, south Linyi, Rizhao, north shore Bohai Laizhou Bay.

Weifang belongs to the north temperate zone of the monsoon, back land face sea. Under the common influence of Eurasia and the Pacific Ocean, the continental degree is more than 50%, which is a warm temperate monsoon subhumid continental climate. The strata in the territory are well developed, and the landform is from north to south, from low to high, forming several steps. From west to east, there are five major rivers, Xiaoqing River, Mihe River, Bailang River, Weifang River and Beijiaolai River, all of which flow into the Bohai Sea. By 2022, the city has jurisdiction over 4 districts, 2 counties and 6 county-level cities with a total area of 16,167.23 square kilometers and 4 development zones. As of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Weifang is 9386,705.

Weifang is the world kite capital, the world handicraft and folk art capital, the East Asian Cultural capital, the National cultural Ecological Protection area, the national environmental protection model city, the national Health city, the National Garden city, the national water-saving city, the national food safety demonstration city, the international Peace City, and the national civilized city , National Advanced City of Science and Technology progress, national demonstration city of circular economy, national model City of Double support, China Excellent Tourism City, charming city with Chinese characteristics, China's most happy city, China's top 100 foreign trade cities, China's top 100 dynamic cities, won the China Human Settlement Environment Award. On December 25, 2020, it was awarded the "Advanced Province (city) Award of Unpaid Blood Donation" by the National Health Commission. In November 2021, it was awarded the title of "Capital of Handicrafts and Folk Arts" by UNESCO. In October 2022, it was selected into the list of the first batch of national industrial chain and supply chain ecological system construction pilot cities.

In 2021, the city's GDP reached 701.06 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 9.7%