The name Tai’an is derived from Mount Tai and implies that “The country is prosperous and the people live in peace”. Tai’an is located in the eastern coastal economy belt and the Economic Zone around the Bohai Sea, lying at the intersection of Shandong Peninsula and the hinterland. It extends from 116º02´ to 117º59´ longitudes east and from 35º38´ to 36º28´ latitudes north with 176.6 kilometers in length from east to west and 93.5 kilometers in width from south to north. Tai’an consists of two districts (Tai District and Daiyue District), two county-level cities (Xintai City and Feicheng City) and two counties (Ningyang County and Dongping County), covering an area of 7,762 square kilometers with a population of 5.5 million people. Tai’an, along with Mount Tai and its beautiful natural scenery, has been honored with “An Excellent Tourist City of China” and “A National Sanitary City”.

Situated in the continental half-moist monsoon climate district of the Temperate Zone, Tai’an enjoys a pleasant climate with an annual average total solar radiation amount of 117.9 kilocalories/square centimeter, an annual average sunshine time of 2627.1 hours, an annual average temperature of 12.9℃ and an annual average precipitation of 697mm. The usable total amount of annual average water resource is 1.92 billion cubic meters, among them the amount usable of surface water is 1.39 billion cubic meters.