Zhaoyuan (simplified Chinese: 招远市; traditional Chinese: 招遠市; pinyin: Zhāoyuǎn Shì) is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Yantai, Shandong Province, China, located on the Bohai Sea.

[6] In late May 2014, five members of The Church of Almighty God, an outlawed new-age cult, entered a McDonald's in Zhaoyuan and began soliciting customers' phone numbers.

[7] When 37 year-old Wu Shuoyan refused to give her phone number to the group, they claimed she was an "evil spirit", and began beating her with chairs and a metal mop handle, ultimately killing her.

[7] In February 2015, two of the attackers were executed, and the other three received jail sentences ranging from seven years to life.

[11] The city has a significant amount of gold deposits, largely concentrated in its northeast.

[16][17][better source needed] The Qucheng Ancient City Site [zh] is located in Zhaoyuan.