Which city in Shandong Province does Laiyang belong to?

Laiyang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province and is managed by Yantai City.

Laiyang City is located in the hinterland of Jiaodong Peninsula. As of May 20 19, it had jurisdiction over 13 towns, 5 streets, 1 provincial economic development zones, 1 provincial coastal tourist resorts and 784 administrative villages, with an area of 1732 square kilometers. It is the famous "Pear Town of China", "Dinosaur Town of China" and "Calligraphy Town of China".

Changyang County was established in the Western Han Dynasty and renamed Laiyang County in the later Tang Dynasty. From 1950 to 1958, Laiyang agency is located. It was the political, economic and cultural center of Jiaodong Peninsula at that time, and 1987 withdrew from the county to set up a city.

Laiyang's outstanding people gave birth to cultural celebrities such as Cui Zizhong, a painter in the Ming Dynasty, Song Wan, a poet in the early Qing Dynasty, and Sun Mofo, a famous calligrapher in modern times. Laiyang is the birthplace of rural revolution in Jiaodong, and the first rural party branch in Jiaodong, the first county committee in Yantai and the first central county committee were born.

Laiyang has been known as the "dry dock on the peninsula" since ancient times. Lan Yan Railway and Qingrong Intercity Railway run through the whole territory, and Roewe, Longqing, Shenhai, Wei Qing, Ronglan, Yanda and other 12 expressways meet with national and provincial trunk lines here. Laiyang has been integrated into the "one-hour economic circle" of Qingdao, Yantai, Weifang and Weihai, and is an important node city in the peninsula metropolitan area.

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Historical evolution of Laiyang

Summer is the land of Lion; Shang dynasty was the land of lai; During the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was the later place; The Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty are the eastern borders of Qixian County. In the sixth year of Duke Xiang of Lu (567 BC), the State of Qi destroyed Lai and built a new city around the ancient city of Laixi to replace Lai's rule over Jiaodong.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Shi Ting County (now the south of Laiyang), Zou Lu County (now Laixi), Changyang County (now the north of Laiyang), Changguang County (now Laixi) and Guanyang County (now the northwest of Haiyang) were all in Laiyang. In the third year of Xianning in the Western Jin Dynasty (277), Guanyang and Changyang were merged into Changguang County. In the eighth year of Yuankang (298), Changyang County was restored (the address is in the south of Changshan Village in today's territory).

In the first year of Tang Yonghui (650), Changyang City was flooded and moved to Laiyang City. In the first year of Tongguang in the later Tang Dynasty (923), Li was sealed to avoid his ancestors, and Changyang was changed to Laiyang (that is, the Yang of Laishan, which was called Laishan in ancient times).

1950, Laiyang area was established. 1956, Wendeng area and Laiyang area merged into Laiyang area. 1958, Laiyang Special Zone and Yantai City merged into Yantai Special Zone (later changed to Yantai area). 1On February 20th, 987, Laiyang County was abolished and Laiyang City was established. In 2009, Laiyang City was listed as a pilot county for fiscal system reform in counties (cities) directly under Shandong Province.

Laiyang Municipal People's Government-Overview of Laiyang

Baidu Encyclopedia-Laiyang (Historical Evolution)