Zibo, referred to as "Zibo", is the former capital of the State of Qi, a prefecture - level city in Shandong Province, Ⅱ large city, approved by The State Council of Shandong regional center city, modern industrial city, an important petrochemical base. Zibo is located in the middle of East China and Shandong Province, with Linyi in the south, Dongying and Binzhou in the north, Weifang in the east and Jinan in the west. It is located at the intersection of two national strategic economic zones, namely Yellow River Delta Efficient Ecological Economic Zone and Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone, and Jinan metropolitan area. It is one of the core cities of Shandong Peninsula urban agglomeration. As of 2019, the city has jurisdiction over 5 districts and 3 counties, with a total area of 5,965 square kilometers and a built-up area of 341.9 square kilometers. By the end of 2021, the city's permanent resident population was 4.7088 million.

Linzi District of Zibo City is a national historical and cultural city with a long history. Linzi in Zibo is the capital of the ancient State of Qi, the birthplace of Qi culture and the origin of world football, known as the "Ancient Rome of the East". Zibo this place name formed in the early 1920s, originally for Zichuan, Boshan two combined name. Zibo is one of the civilized cities in China.

Zibo is a group city combining mountains and rivers (group city), with Boshan National Scenic Spot; It is also a resource-based city and the national old industrial base, the first industrial transformation and upgrading demonstration zone in China, and has a regional equity trading market in Shandong Province (Qilu Equity Trading Center). Zibo High-tech Industrial Development Zone belongs to the Shandong Peninsula National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone; Zhangdian District of Zibo City is the national demonstration base for mass entrepreneurship and innovation. In June 2020, the Rule of Law Commission of the CPC Central Committee selected it into the list of the first batch of national demonstration areas and projects for building a law-based government.

In 2021, the GDP of Zibo reached 420.62 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 9.4% based on comparable prices