Gaomi City, a county - level city in Shandong Province, is administered by Weifang City. It is located in the east of Shandong Peninsula, the hinterland of Jiaolai Plain, bordering Qingdao City in the east. The total area is 1,605.55 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 3 subdistricts and 7 towns. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, Gaomi's permanent population was 877,393.

Gaomi City is the hometown of Yan Ying, a famous prime minister of the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Xuan, a great scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Yong, a grand bachelor of the Qing Dynasty, and Mo Yan, a Nobel laureate in literature. Known as the "three treasures" of Chinese folk art, ash New Year paintings, clay sculptures and paper-cuts have long enjoyed a reputation.

By the end of 2021, Gaomi has a registered population of 895,22. In 2021, Gaomi achieved the gross regional product (GDP) of 61.455 billion yuan, in which the added value of the primary industry was 5.551 billion yuan, the secondary industry 20.354 billion yuan and the tertiary industry 35.550 billion yuan. The ratio of the tertiary industry was 9.03:33.12:57.85.