Jiaozhou, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is located in the southwest of Shandong Peninsula, the northwest bank of Jiaozhou Bay and the Yellow Sea, between 36°00 '-36 °30' north latitude and 119°37 '-120 °12' east longitude, adjacent to Chengyang District and Jimo District in the east, Gaomi City and Zhucheng City in the west, Huangdao District in the south and Pingdu City in the north, The total area is 1324 square kilometers. As of October 2021, Jiaozhou has jurisdiction over 8 subdistricts and 4 towns.

Jiaozhou due to the southeast Jiaozhou Bay, named for glue; With a history of more than 5,000 years, Banqiao Town was established in the territory in the Tang Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the port flourished and the maritime trade continued to flourish. It was the only foreign treaty port north of the Yangtze River, one of the five major commercial ports in China, and an important node of the "Maritime Silk Road", known as the "Jinjiazhou". It is the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art, the hometown of Chinese Yangko and the hometown of Chinese paper cutting. Jiaozhou is an important transportation throat connecting home and abroad of Shandong Peninsula. It has state-level economic and technological Development Zone, the only 4F international airport in Shandong Province, state-level airport economic Demonstration zone, and airport comprehensive bonded Zone. It regularly runs 24 domestic and international freight trains, connecting to dozens of countries along the SCO and "One Belt and One Road". In 2016, Jiaozhou won the title of "National Health City" as the first place in Shandong Province. In 2017, Jiaozhou won the title of "National Civilized City" as the first county level city in China. In 2019, Jiaozhou was awarded the title of "National Forest City". In December 2020, the Academy of Social Sciences released "Top 100 County Economic Comprehensive Competitiveness", and Jiaozhou ranked 15th.

By the end of 2021, the total resident population of Jiaozhou is 1,021,900. In 2021, the regional GDP of Jiaozhou reached 145.627 billion yuan, in which the added value of the primary industry was 6.394 billion yuan, that of the secondary industry was 70.79 billion yuan, that of the tertiary industry was 68.443 billion yuan, and the ratio of the tertiary industry was 4.4:48.6:47.0. Per capita GDP reached 144,586 yuan.