Jimo city, situated in the southwest of Shangdong Peninsula, is bordered on the east by the Huanghai Sea, on the south by Laoshan Mountain, and within the one-hour economic circle of Japan, Korea, Beijing, and shanghai.

It occupies a land are of 1,780 square kilometers, a sea area of 2,517, and a coastline of 1,183 kilometers. It has a population of 1.13 million and administers 7 towns, 8 streets, 1,033 villages, and 24 islands. There is a provincial-level economic development zone, high-tech industry development zone, and tourism resort in the district.

As of 2011, its GDP reached 69.1 billion yuan, the total output value of large-scale industrial enterprises reached 156.12 billion yuan, and the general budget revenue of regional finance reached 3.61 billion yuan. There are 1,126 foreign-invested enterprises, among which there are 16 Fortune 500 companies.

In 2011, the actual foreign investment reached 350 million US dollars, the export transaction reached 3.7 billion US dollars, and the actual utilized domestic investment reached 15.5 billion yuan. Jimo has the nation’s third largest clothing market with annual sales of more than 70 billion yuan and created jobs for 130,000 people. There are 12,000 private enterprises and 106,000 self-employed entrepreneurs in the city.