[citation needed] It was from here that Emperor Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu to sail towards Japan in 210 BC, in pursuit of the elixir of youth.

[citation needed] A number of Mao-era figures hailed from Zhucheng, including Mao Zedong's last wife and leader of the Gang of Four, Jiang Qing, as well as Kang Sheng.

[2] Zhucheng was upgraded to a county-level city in 1987 and is administered as a provincial-level economic development district,[3] and had jurisdiction over 3 subdistricts and 10 towns.

[4] Former Towns are merged to others include Lübiao (吕标镇), Wanjiazhuang (万家庄镇), Qiankou (箭口镇), Mengtuan (孟疃镇), Mazhuang (马庄镇), Chenggezhuang (程戈庄镇), Jiutai (九台镇), Guojiatun (郭家屯镇), Zhujie (朱解镇), Haogezhuang (郝戈庄镇) and Wadian (瓦店镇).

[citation needed] Former Townships are merged to others include Taolin (桃林乡), Wujialou (吴家楼乡), Taoyuan (桃园乡), Shihetou (石河头乡), Shimen (石门乡), and Shandongtou (山东头乡).

The local community is known to use calcium rich[citation needed] fossils for traditional village remedies used to treat muscle cramps and other minor ailments.

On 31 December 2008, palaeontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of Chinese Academy of Sciences announced they have unearthed 7,600 dinosaur fossils since March 2008 around Zhucheng.

[9] According to Professor Zhao Xijin, a palaeontologist in charge of the excavations from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, "This group of fossilised dinosaurs is currently the largest ever discovered in the world... in terms of area.

[14] Scientists believe a volcanic eruption may have killed the dinosaurs, and a subsequent flood carried the fossils to Zhucheng, which may have been a wetland covered in grass.

The major ethnic groups comprising the city include Han Chinese (99.7%), Manchu (0.1%), Korean (0.1%) and Hui (0.1%).