Why don't Qingdao people think they are from Shandong?

The reasons why Qingdao people don't consider themselves Shandong people are as follows:

First of all, although Qingdao is not a provincial capital city, it is a sub-provincial city with Jinan, which can be said to be an equal. Secondly, Qingdao's GDP ranks first in Shandong Province, killing the surrounding cities in Shandong for a long time and surpassing the provincial capital Jinan in an all-round way.

Although the history of Qingdao is not as long as that of Jinan, the city has a tradition of western culture since its establishment, and its degree of internationalization is relatively high. It has inherited the cultural and scientific heritage left by the Germans, and tourism has also killed other cities in Shandong, and the quality of education is even worse. Almost all the powerful universities in Shandong Province are concentrated in Qingdao.

The gathering of talents and high-tech enterprises is the core competitiveness of Qingdao. Living in such a city for a long time is strange, and there is no sense of superiority compared with the surrounding areas.

Qingdao

Qingdao, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is also called Island City and Jiaoao, a sub-provincial city, a city with separate plans and a megacity. It is an important coastal central city, a coastal holiday tourist city and an international port city approved by the State Council. In 202 1 year, Qingdao governs 7 districts and 3 county-level cities, with a total area of 1 1293 square kilometers. 202 1 At the end of the year, the permanent population of Qingdao was 10256700.

Qingdao is located in the east of China, the southeast of Shandong Peninsula and the east of the Yellow Sea, with a temperate monsoon climate and remarkable maritime characteristics. It is the economic center of Shandong Province, an important pioneer area for the development of modern marine industry in the country, an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, a maritime sports base, a major node city of the Belt and Road New Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Corridor and a strategic fulcrum for maritime cooperation.