According to the "Letter from Laiyang City to Parents and Friends on the Resumption of Schools and Classes": After comprehensive research and judgment, starting from April 10, all types of schools and kindergartens at all levels in Laiyang City will organize the resumption of classes in batches. The specific arrangements are: for the first batch, on April 10, all grades of high schools and secondary vocational schools will resume classes. Fully closed schools will simultaneously lift closed management and implement relatively closed management. In the second batch, on April 11, junior high schools, primary schools, kindergartens, sports schools, and special schools will resume classes. The offline resumption time of off-campus training institutions shall be implemented in accordance with the unified provincial requirements.
Laiyang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Yantai City, Shandong Province. Its name comes from "the sun rising from Donglai". In ancient times, it was called "Changyang" and "Changguang", and also had the titles of "Pear City" and "Dragon City". Laiyang is located in the eastern part of Shandong Province, bordering Yantai to the north and Qingdao to the south. It has been the "Hinterland of Jiaodong" since ancient times. It is a low hilly area with gentle rolling hills and crisscrossed ravines. It has a temperate monsoon climate. It has jurisdiction over 5 streets and 13 towns. , with a total area of ??1,732 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Laiyang City was 794,986.
Laiyang City specializes in Laiyang pears due to its unique climate and soil conditions, and is known as the "Pear Town of China". The first dinosaur fossil in New China was excavated here, and it is known as the "Hometown of Dinosaurs in China". Laiyang has been known as the "hometown of Chinese calligraphy" and "hometown of calligraphy" since ancient times. A number of patriotic literati such as Zhang Mengli and Zuo Maodi emerged from Laiyang. Laiyang is the birthplace of "Quanzhen Religion" and is known as the "ancestral home of Taoism". Qiu Chuji, Ma Danyang and others preached and established sects here. Laiyang is the birthplace of the national intangible cultural heritage "Mantis Boxing". Laiyang has a number of tourist attractions with local cultural characteristics such as the Cretaceous National Geological Park, Zhuo Village, Lixiang Style Tourist Area, Luer Port, Niangniang Mountain, Longwang Temple, and Jinshan Pagoda.