Laiyang City is located in the middle of Shandong Peninsula and the middle section of Lanzhou-Yantai Railway.
1In February 1987, the county was withdrawn to set up a city, which was under the administration of Shandong Provincial Government and Yantai City. It is the famous hometown of pears in China, dinosaurs in China, calligraphy in China, peanut oil in China and the birthplace of the national intangible cultural heritage "mantis boxing".