Shandong is situated on the eastern coast of China and located in the lower reaches of The Yellow River, which is honored as "the mother river of the Chinese nation". Shandong province has an area of more than 150,000 square kilometers and a population of 93 million and its mainland coastline totals 3,000 kilometers. Shandong became only the second province to reach a GDP of over 3 trillion Yuan in 2008， impressed by a growth of nearly 12.1%。