Yantai, a prefectural city in Shandong Province, ⅱ-type big city, is located in East China, the northeast of Shandong Peninsula, east Weihai, west Weifang, Qingdao, south of the Yellow Sea, north of Bohai Sea, and Liaodong Peninsula confrontation, and Dalian, Liaoning across the sea, the coastline of 909 kilometers, there are 63 islands. By June 2020, the city has 5 districts and 6 county-level cities under its jurisdiction. The total area is 13,864.5 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, Yantai's permanent population is 7.1021 million.

Yantai city because of the territory of Yantai Mountain named. On August 30, 1983, with the approval of The State Council, the Yantai area was abolished and Yantai City was established at prefecture-level under the jurisdiction of the province. Yantai City is a temperate monsoon climate, moderate rain, humid air, mild climate, winter without cold, summer without heat. Yantai is a central city of Shandong Peninsula in China approved by The State Council, an important port city in Bohai Rim and a national historical and cultural city. It is an important node city in Bohai Rim Economic Circle and Jiaodong Economic Circle, one of the first 14 open coastal cities in China, a coastal city in China, and a key port city in the national strategic construction of "One Belt and One Road".

In 2021, Yantai's GDP reached 871.175 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0% over the previous year at comparable prices. The added value of the primary industry was 62.614 billion yuan, up 7.5% year on year; The added value of the secondary industry was 359.85 billion yuan, up by 6.7% year on year; The added value of the tertiary industry was 448.711 billion yuan, up by 9.0 percent year on year.