Shandong, named after living at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, is the capital of Jinan. Before Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Qi and Lu, so it was renamed Qilu. Shandong is located in the east China coast, the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the north-central part of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is the northernmost province in East China. It borders the Huanghuaihai Plain in the west, the Central Plains, Hebei Province in the northwest, Henan Province in the southwest, and Anhui and Jiangsu provinces in the south and southeast respectively. The central part is the Luzhong Mountain area, with high terrain, and Mount Tai is the highest point in the whole territory; It borders Shandong Peninsula in the east, stretches into the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, faces Liaodong Peninsula across the Bohai Strait in the north, guards Gyeonggi, faces the Korean Peninsula across the Yellow Sea in the east, faces the Yellow Sea in the southeast, and overlooks the East China Sea and the islands in southern Japan.

Shandong is the birthplace of Confucian culture. The founders of Confucianism were Confucius in Qufu, Mencius in Zoucheng, Mozi in Tengzhou and the grandson of a military strategist, all of whom were born in Shandong today. Jiang Taigong established the State of Qi in Linzi, bringing up a large number of celebrities such as Qi Huangong, Guan Zhong, Yan Ying, Bao, Sun Wu, Sun Bin and Zou Yan. Qi also founded the University, which is the first government-run and private institution of higher learning in the world.

Shandong Province is the third largest province in China, with the second largest population, and the hometown of temperate fruits in China. Its GDP ranks third in China, accounting for11/China's total GDP. In 20 13, Shandong, together with Guangdong and Jiangsu, was rated as the province with the strongest comprehensive competitiveness in China.

Shandong is the host of the 10th China Art Festival, 11th People's Republic of China (PRC) Games, 3rd asian beach games, 20 14 World Cup Regatta, World Horticultural Exposition, APEC Trade Ministers Meeting, 20 15 World Leisure Sports Conference and International Historical Science Conference.

Henan, called Zhongyuan, Zhongzhou and Yuzhou in ancient times, is called "Henan" for short. Because most of its history is located in the south of the Yellow River, it is named Henan. Henan is located in the middle and east of China, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

By the end of 20 17, there were 17 prefecture-level cities, 1 provincial administrative units, 52 municipal districts, 20 county-level cities, 85 counties, and Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, with a permanent population of 9559130,000, ranking third in the country. ?

Henan is the birthplace of Chinese nation and Chinese civilization. Three of China's four great inventions, the compass, papermaking and gunpowder, were all invented in Henan. From Xia Dynasty to Song Dynasty, Henan has always been the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of China, and more than 20 dynasties established or moved its capital to Henan. Among the eight ancient capitals in China, there are four ancient capitals in the south of the Yangtze River, namely, Luoyang in the 13th Dynasty, Kaifeng in the 8th Dynasty, Anyang in the 7th Dynasty, Zhengzhou in the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Shangqiu, Nanyang, Xuchang and Puyang. It is the province with the largest number of ancient capitals in China. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "most of the world's celebrities are in Zhongzhou", including Shang Tang, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Mozi, Han Feizi, Fan Li, Shang Yang, Su Qin, Lv Buwei, Li Si, Jia Yi, Zhang Heng, Du Fu, Han Yu, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, Li Shangyin, Li He and Yue Fei.

Henan is an important economic province in China, with the GDP in 20 17 being the fifth in China and the first in the central and western regions. Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange is the first inland futures exchange in China. ? Zhengzhou Airport Port Area is the only national airport economic experimental zone in China. ? China (Henan) Pilot Free Trade Zone is a newly established pilot free trade zone in China. ? 20 16 12, the state approved Zhengzhou to be selected as a national central city. ? The Central Plains urban agglomeration with Henan as the main body is the fourth growth pole of China's economy.

There are many cultural relics and historic sites in Henan province, and there are rich tourism resources. As of 20 17, Henan has 25 world cultural heritages, 358 national key cultural relics protection units and 13 national AAAAA tourist attractions.