Jining is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Heze to the southwest, Zaozhuang to the southeast, Tai'an to the northeast, and the provinces of Henan and Jiangsu to the northwest and south respectively. Today it is the northernmost city reachable by navigation on the Grand Canal of China.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Jining administers 12 county-level divisions, including 2 district, 3 county-level cities and 7 counties.

• Shizhong District (市中区)
• Rencheng District (任城区)
• Qufu City (曲阜市)
• Yanzhou City (兖州市)
• Zoucheng City (邹城市)
• Weishan County (微山县)
• Yutai County (鱼台县)
• Jinxiang County (金乡县)
• Jiaxiang County (嘉祥县)
• Wenshang County (汶上县)
• Sishui County (泗水县)
• Liangshan County (梁山县)

Economy

Jining is situated in a coal mining area in the South-West of Shandong. Jining is an industrial city. Jining has a coal-fired power station, the Jining Power Plant.

Notable people

• Confucius (551 – 479 BC), central Chinese thinker, founder of Confucianism
• Mencius (372 – 289 BC), Chinese thinker, a principle interpreter of Confucianism

External links

• Government website of Jining (available in Chinese and English)