Shouguang

Shouguang (simplified Chinese: 寿光; traditional Chinese: 壽光; pinyin: Shòuguāng) is a county-level city in the north-central part of Shandong Province, China, situated on the southwest shore of Laizhou Bay.

Under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Weifang, it has 1,139,454 people residing within the municipality and its surrounding towns and villages as of the 2010 Census, even though the built-up (or metro) area is much smaller.

During that time, it was already one of the largest grain cultivation bases in China, as well as a salt trading center.

[1] The ancient agricultural reference work Qimin Yaoshu was written by Shouguang native Jia Sixie.

In 1984, the city government built a vegetable wholesales market and improved transportation of produce.