The city was established in 1983, as a base for developing the Yellow River Delta and China's second largest oilfield, Shengli Field.

[6] Bordering prefectures are: The city is located at 36° 55'–38° 10' N latitude and 118° 07′–119° 10' E longitude, and has a total area of 7,923 square kilometres (3,059 sq mi).

Dongying City is located at mid latitudes, facing away from the land and sea, and is influenced by both the Eurasian continent and the Pacific Ocean.

It covers a total area of 42763 square meters and currently has more than 12000 collections, including 417 precious cultural relics above the national third level (pieces/sets).

[15] The Sun Tzu Cultural Tourism Area is located in the Chengdong New District of Guangrao County, Dongying City.

[16] A new bus station (东营市汽车总站; Dōngyíng Shì qìchē Zǒng Zhàn) was built between the east and west sides of the city, on Huanghe Road (黄河路; Huánghé Lù).

[19] According to Dongying municipal party media reports, the accident occurred at Binyuan Chemical Company in Diaokou Township, Lijin County.

An explosion occurred late at night on Monday (August 31), and the flames were extinguished in the early morning of Tuesday (September 1).