Laizhou City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Yantai City in Shandong Province, is located in the west of Yantai City, bordering Laizhou Bay of Bohai Sea in the west, between 119°33 '-120°18' east longitude and 36°59 '-37°28' north latitude. Laizhou belongs to Jiaodong Hills, the terrain is high in the southeast, low in the northwest. The land area of the city is 1928 square kilometers, 108 kilometers coastline. Laizhou is a warm temperate zone of East Asian monsoon continental climate. As of 2018, Laizhou has jurisdiction over 6 subdistricts and 11 towns, and the municipal government is located in Wenchang Road Subdistrict. According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, Laizhou had a permanent population of 824,708.

Sui Dynasty, border area for Ye County. In the fifth year of Emperor Wen's reign (585), Donglai County was abolished, Guangzhou was changed into Laizhou, and Ye City was still ruled. Yang Emperor Daye three years (607), Laizhou was changed into Donglai County. In April 1988, Ye County was abolished and Laizhou City (named after the residence of Ancient Laizhou Prefecture) was established, which was a county-level city under the administration of Yantai City in Shandong Province. Smoke - Weichai highway transit, Laizhou port in the territory. The main tourist attractions are Yunfeng Mountain, Daji Mountain, thousand Buddha Pavilion, Gold Coast. In 2018, the National Health City (district) was re-recognized. On October 8, 2019, it was named as the top 100 counties and cities of National Comprehensive strength in 2019. 2019 National Top 100 Counties for Business Environment.

In 2020, Laizhou's GDP reached 67.408 billion yuan, an increase of 2.3% over the previous year at comparable prices. The total tax revenue for the year was 7.02 billion yuan, down 21.1 percent from the previous year. Of this total, domestic tax revenue was 4.53 billion yuan, down 1.7%; Customs collected 2.49 billion yuan, down 42.1%.