Pingdu is the largest county-level city of Qingdao sub-provincial city, Shandong Province, China. It is located in the east of the Shandong Peninsula (Jiaodong Peninsula), the heart of peninsula. It borders Yantai and Weifang, and it has an area of 3166 km2 and a population of 1,191,348 people in 2020.

Administration

The administrative divisions of Pingdu have undergone a relatively large number of changes in the past thirty years. , Pingdu had five subdistricts, 12 towns and one other area: As 2016, this city is divided to 5 subdistricts, 12 towns and 1 other.

Sports

The Pingdu Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000, is the largest sports venue by capacity in Pingdu.

Transportation

Pingdu West railway station opened in 2015 on the Haitian−Qingdao railway. There are two departures and two arrivals per day. A second station, Pingdu railway station, opened with the Weifang–Laixi high-speed railway in 2020.

Climate