The 12th Yantai International Wine Exposition is held at the Yantai International Exposition Center from June 28 to 30, 2019. [Photo by Xiao Da/chinadaily.com.cn]

Yantai has received many Chinese and international honors, including being named among China's top 10 leisure cities, the most charming Chinese city, best tourism city, model city for comprehensive management of public security, and model city for environmental protection.

It also received the honorary title of “famous horologe city” from the China National Light Industry Council and the China Horologe Association on Nov 3, 2017.

In addition, Yantai ranked 175th on a list of the world’s 200 most economically competitive cities in 2019.

The coastal city topped Chinese cities in terms of living environment, according to a report in 2019 compiled by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Asia Competitiveness Institute of the National University of Singapore.

The city has also been included in a list of the top 100 cities for foreign trade in China for the eighth year in a row by the influential China Customs magazine, the mouthpiece of China's General Administration of Customs (GAC).