濟(jì)南是山東省省會(huì)，位于山東省中東部，南依泰山，北跨黃河，市轄區(qū)面積7998平方公里, 常住人口732.1萬人。屬暖溫帶大陸性氣候，四季分明，日照充分，年平均氣溫13.5—15.5攝氏度。

　　濟(jì)南是國(guó)務(wù)院批準(zhǔn)的沿海開放城市，國(guó)家歷史文化名城，是全國(guó)文明城市、國(guó)家衛(wèi)生城市、全國(guó)雙擁模范城市、全國(guó)優(yōu)秀旅游城市、全國(guó)水生態(tài)文明城市、國(guó)家森林城市、國(guó)家園林城市、國(guó)家食品安全示范城市。

　　濟(jì)南是重要的交通樞紐城市，北連北京、天津和雄安新區(qū)，南接南京、上海、福州，東達(dá)港口城市青島、煙臺(tái)。濟(jì)南國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)距市中心30公里，是中國(guó)重要的入境門戶和干線機(jī)場(chǎng)，共有40家國(guó)內(nèi)外航空公司執(zhí)飛162條航線,其中國(guó)際航線23條。

　　濟(jì)南是國(guó)家歷史文化名城，有著4600年文明史、2600多年建城史，是龍山文化的發(fā)祥地。物產(chǎn)種類豐富，著名特產(chǎn)有平陰阿膠、章丘大蔥、龍山小米、魯繡、黑陶、泥塑兔子王等。

　　濟(jì)南擁有豐富的文化資源，有山東最具代表性的地方劇種呂劇、山東快書和濟(jì)南相聲等。呂劇又稱化裝揚(yáng)琴、琴戲，國(guó)家級(jí)非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)，中國(guó)八大戲曲劇種之一，代表作有《姊妹易嫁》《逼婚記》《李二嫂改嫁》等。山東快書有一百多年歷史， 2006年列入第一批國(guó)家級(jí)非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)。濟(jì)南相聲是濟(jì)南市地方傳統(tǒng)曲藝。濟(jì)南演藝界人才輩出，成果顯著，優(yōu)秀作品和優(yōu)秀劇目不斷問世。中國(guó)非物質(zhì)遺產(chǎn)博覽會(huì)永久落戶濟(jì)南。濟(jì)南是第十屆中國(guó)藝術(shù)節(jié)主會(huì)場(chǎng)，“一院三館”位于濟(jì)南西部新城核心區(qū)域，由省會(huì)大劇院、市圖書館新館、市群眾藝術(shù)館、市美術(shù)館構(gòu)成，已經(jīng)成為濟(jì)南嶄新的文化地標(biāo)。

　　濟(jì)南又是一座體育名城，籃球和足球均為濟(jì)南靚麗的名片。2009年濟(jì)南成功舉辦了第十一屆全國(guó)運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)，主會(huì)場(chǎng)奧體中心已成為濟(jì)南市地標(biāo)建筑，現(xiàn)在是中超勁旅山東魯能泰山隊(duì)的主場(chǎng)地。濟(jì)南還有一支老牌籃球隊(duì)——山東男籃。濟(jì)南籍運(yùn)動(dòng)員多次在國(guó)際賽場(chǎng)上爭(zhēng)金奪銀，為中國(guó)贏得了榮譽(yù)。2012年倫敦奧運(yùn)會(huì)，李曉霞奪得乒乓球女單和女團(tuán)兩枚金牌，實(shí)現(xiàn)了濟(jì)南奧運(yùn)會(huì)金牌零的突破。2016年里約奧運(yùn)會(huì)，張夢(mèng)雪勇奪女子10米氣手槍金牌，是中國(guó)代表隊(duì)在里約奧運(yùn)會(huì)上的首枚金牌。

　　濟(jì)南還成功舉辦中國(guó)國(guó)際園林花卉博覽會(huì)、第二十二屆國(guó)際歷史科學(xué)大會(huì)、國(guó)際泉水文化景觀城市聯(lián)盟會(huì)議等多項(xiàng)國(guó)際和國(guó)家級(jí)盛會(huì)。

　　Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province. Located in the mid-east of the province, it is north of Mount Tai and faces the Yellow River to the north. With an area of 7,998 square kilometers under its administration, it boasts a permanent population of 7.321 million. It has a humid continental climate, with four well-defined seasons and abundant sunshine; the average annual temperature in the city ranges from 13.5 to 15.5 °C.

　　Jinan is a coastal open city approved by the State Council. As a National Famous Historical and Cultural City, it is also a National Civilized City, National Sanitary City, National Double-Support Exemplary City, National Excellent Tourist City, National Water Ecology Civilized City, National Forest City, National Garden City, and National Food Safety Exemplary City.

　　Jinan is an important transportation hub connecting to Beijing, Tianjin, and Xiong’an New Area in the north, to Nanjing, Shanghai, and Fuzhou in the south, and to the port cities of Qingdao and Yantai in the east of the province. Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport is 30 kilometers from downtown Jinan; as an important port of entry and a major airport in China, it is home to a total of 40 domestic and international airlines operating 162 routes, 23 of which are international ones.

　　Jinan is a National Famous Historic and Cultural City. Known for its 4,600 years of civilized history and more than 2,600 years of urban development history, it is the birthplace of Longshan culture. It is also reputed for its rich diversity of products. The famous local products include Pingyin Ejiao, Zhangqiu Scallion, Longshan Millet, Shandong Embroidery, Black Pottery, and Earth King Rabbit.

　　Jinan is endowed with rich cultural resources. It has the most representative local operas of Shandong, including Lv Opera, Shandong’s Allegro, and Jinan Crosstalk. Lv Opera is also known as Makeup Dulcimer or Qin Opera. As a national-level intangible cultural heritage, it is one of the country’s eight major opera categories – the representative works include Young Sister Marrying in Place of Elder Sister, Forced Marriage, and Li Ersao Remarries. Shandong’s Allegro has a history of more than 100 years and was included in the first batch of National-level Intangible Cultural Heritages in 2006. Jinan Crosstalk is a traditional local performing art in Jinan. With a large number of talented performing artists emerging in the city’s circles of performing art, Jinan has made tremendous achievements in this field, evidenced by the continuous production of excellent works and operas. Jinan is permanent host for China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo and it was the main venue for the Tenth China Arts Festival. Shandong Provincial Capital Culture and Art Center Grand Theatre, New Jinan City Library, Jinan Mass Art Museum, and Jinan Art Museum are located in the core area of New Town in western Jinan, which is currently a new cultural landmark of the city.

　　Jinan is also a city renowned for sports, highlighted by its achievements in basketball and football. In 2009, the city successfully hosted the 11th National Sports Games; the main venue for the games, Olympic Center, is now a landmark of the city and also the home for Shandong Luneng Taishan Football Team, a powerhouse in the China Football Association Super League. The city has also a famous basketball team, Shandong Men’s Basketball Team. Athletes from Jinan have won silver and gold medals in international arenas, bringing China a lot of honors. In the 2012 London Olympic Games, Li Xiaoxia won two gold medals, one for table tennis women’s singles and the other for table tennis women’s group – the first Olympic Games gold medals for the city. In the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, Zhang Mengxue won a gold medal for women’s 10-meter air pistol, which represented the first gold medal won by the Chinese delegation in the Games.

　　Jinan has also successfully held many national and international events, such as Hortifloexpo, 22nd International Congress of Historical Sciences, and International Spring Cultural Landscape City Alliance Conference.