Get to know Weihai
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- Administrative area
- Prefecture-level city · 地级市
- Part of
- Shandong
- Chinese name
- 威海市
- Local areas
- 4 local areas
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 5,956.00 km²
- Population · 2020 census
- 2,906,548
- Administrative seat
- Huancui District
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
There are two county-level cities within Weihai; Rongcheng had a built up area with 714,211 inhabitants, while Rushan had 464,078 inhabitants in 2020.
Transportation
Weihai Dashuipo International Airport serves the city with regular service to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Harbin domestically and the South Korean airport of Seoul–Incheon, as the fourth busiest airport in Shandong following Qingdao, Jinan and Yantai.
Weihai Station is a first-class station in Weihai City, Shandong Province, and also the terminal station of Taowei Railway. It receives and sends more than 3000 passengers every day.
Explore Weihai
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Weihai 威海
Liugong Island 刘公岛
Weihai International Bathing Beach 威海国际海水浴场
Chengshantou 成山头
Weihai Huaxia City 威海华夏城
Silver Beach 银滩
Weihai Gate of Happiness Waterfront 威海幸福门海岸
Yandunjiao Village 烟墩角
Hailu Island 海驴岛
Chishan Scenic Area 赤山
Naxianghai Coastal Resort 那香海
Huancui District 环翠区
Wendeng District 文登区
Rongcheng 荣成市
Rushan 乳山市
Places to explore around Weihai
Happiness Gate and the waterfront promenade in Weihai, April 2015.Weihai威海
Weihai’s sheltered harbour and open bathing coast offer two different ways to understand the city. Offshore, Liugong Island preserves naval buildings and exhibitions connected with the Beiyang Fleet and the war of 1894–95. To…
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The waterfront and passenger-port buildings of Liugong Island, seen across the water. Photographed on 12 April 2011.Liugong Island刘公岛
Liugong Island guards the mouth of Weihai Bay, with wooded slopes above a concentration of naval heritage sites. The former Beiyang naval headquarters and the Iron Pier show how the island functioned as a late-Qing fleet base…
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AI illustration; an interpretive view, not a photograph. AI 示意图，非景点实拍。Weihai International Bathing Beach威海国际海水浴场
Weihai’s International Bathing Beach occupies a long, naturally enclosed bay on the northwestern coast. Fine sand runs below Huanhai Road, with a coastal boardwalk and green spaces linking the beach approaches. White Sail Square…
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The entrance and coach-parking area at Chengshantou, with the coast beyond. Photographed on 4 August 2011.Chengshantou成山头
Chengshantou is the eastern headland of the Shandong Peninsula in Rongcheng. Sea surrounds the promontory on three sides.
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Weihai Huaxia City · 威海华夏城Weihai Huaxia City威海华夏城
Weihai Huaxia City is a landscaped tourism complex created through the rehabilitation of former quarry sites.
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Silver Beach银滩
Yintan, or Silver Beach (银滩), is the stretch of sand on the Yellow Sea shore of Rushan, in Weihai, Shandong. It lies within Rushan's Binhai New District, which also carries the name Yintan tourist resort area.
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Weihai Gate of Happiness Waterfront · 威海幸福门海岸Weihai Gate of Happiness Waterfront威海幸福门海岸
Xingfu Men (幸福门), the Gate of Happiness, is a gate-shaped tower on the Weihai Bay shore in Huancui District, Weihai, Shandong, standing in the waterfront park that carries its name and looking east across the water to Liugong Island.
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Yandunjiao Village · 烟墩角Yandunjiao Village烟墩角
Yandunjiao (烟墩角) is a coastal village in Lidao town, Rongcheng, Weihai, Shandong. It is one of the places where whooper swans spend the winter, and the birds are the reason most people go there.
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Hailu Island · 海驴岛Hailu Island海驴岛
Hailvdao (海驴岛) is a small island off Rongcheng in Weihai, Shandong, inside the Haoyunjiao tourist resort area. It is a spring breeding ground for black-tailed gulls.
Read the place guide →AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Chishan Scenic Area赤山
Chishan (赤山) is a coastal hill at Shidao in Rongcheng, in the southeastern part of Weihai, Shandong, and gives its name to the Shidao Chishan scenic area facing the Yellow Sea. Its centrepiece is Fahuayuan, a monastery first founded in 824 with links to Korea and Japan.
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Thatched sun shelters on the beach at Naxianghai resort, Rongcheng · 荣成市那香海度假区沙滩茅草凉亭 Source-recorded photograph date: 2018-07-11 14:57:47.Naxianghai Coastal Resort那香海
Naxianghai (那香海) is a purpose-built coastal resort area on the northern shore of Rongcheng, Weihai, Shandong, with the Yellow Sea to the north and the Buliu River to the south. Construction began in 2012 and it was rated a national 4A scenic area in 2017.
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Weihai local specialties
威海市特色美食 · 10 specialties to discover
Weihai Spanish Mackerel Dumplings 威海鲅鱼水饺AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Weihai Spanish Mackerel Dumplings (威海鲅鱼水饺) are boiled dumplings filled with fresh Spanish mackerel, made large and with a generous filling along the coast of Weihai (威海), especially in Rongcheng (荣成).
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Seafood Dough-Drop Soup 海鲜疙瘩汤AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Seafood Dough-Drop Soup (海鲜疙瘩汤) is a soup of small lumps of flour dough cooked with seafood, eaten in Weihai (威海).
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Weihai Sweet Potato Steamed Cake 起糕AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Weihai Sweet Potato Steamed Cake (起糕) is a steamed cake made from sweet potato flour in Weihai (威海).
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Rongcheng Seafood Pot 荣成海鲜锅
Rongcheng Seafood Pot (荣成海鲜锅) is listed among the local specialties of Weihai, Shandong. The name includes 海鲜 (seafood).
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Rushan Oysters 乳山牡蛎
Rushan Oysters (乳山牡蛎) are known locally as hailizi (海蛎子). Jinan Daily (济南日报), in a food feature republished by Qilu Net (齐鲁网), describes them as large and plump, with smooth flesh and a fresh, savoury flavour.
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Deep-Fried Sea Crab 炸海蟹AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Deep-Fried Sea Crab (炸海蟹) is listed among the local specialties of Weihai, Shandong. The name includes 蟹 (crab). 炸 describes frying.
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Jiaodong Big Steamed Buns 胶东大饽饽
Jiaodong Big Steamed Buns (胶东大饽饽) have a documented local version in Tanxitou Village (滩西头村), Zeku Town (泽库镇), in Weihai’s Nanhai New Area (威海南海新区).
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Fish Stew with Pot-Baked Flatbread 鱼锅饼子AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Fish Stew with Pot-Baked Flatbread (鱼锅饼子) is a Weihai (威海) dish in which fish are braised in an iron pot while flat cakes of cornmeal are slapped onto the pot wall above the liquid to cook at the same time.
Read the dish guide →All dish names · 全部菜名 (10)
- Weihai Spanish Mackerel Dumplings · 威海鲅鱼水饺
- Seafood Dough-Drop Soup · 海鲜疙瘩汤
- Weihai Sweet Potato Steamed Cake · 起糕
- Rongcheng Seafood Pot · 荣成海鲜锅
- Rushan Oysters · 乳山牡蛎
- Deep-Fried Sea Crab · 炸海蟹
- Jiaodong Big Steamed Buns · 胶东大饽饽
- Fish Stew with Pot-Baked Flatbread · 鱼锅饼子
- Decorated Steamed Buns · 花饽饽
- Seaweed Steamed Buns · 海菜包子
More dishes from across Shandong are in the Shandong food guide.
Counties & districts in Weihai
4 areas belong directly to Weihai.
4 areas
Huancui District 环翠区
Huancui is a district and the seat of the city of Weihai, Shandong province, China.
Explore the area →DistrictWendeng District 文登区
Wendeng District is a district of Weihai, Shandong province, China. Wendeng is primarily an industrial based area, with a large minority of citizens working as farmers.
Explore the area →County-level cityRongcheng 荣成市
Rongcheng (simplified Chinese: 荣成; traditional Chinese: 榮成; pinyin: Róngchéng) is a county-level city of the prefecture-level city of Weihai, at the eastern extremity of the Shandong Peninsula in China.
Explore the area →County-level cityRushan 乳山市
Rushan is a county-level city in the prefecture-level city of Weihai, Shandong province, People's Republic of China.
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Plan your visit
Getting there
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Weihai and Liugong Island are about 6 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Background text adapted from Weihai — Wikipedia contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text has been shortened and reorganized; source revision 1373303628.
Photo: Weihai · Nyx Ning · CC BY-SA 3.0. Proportionally resized and converted to WebP without cropping, retouching or changing the photographed subject.
Photo: Liugong Island · Popolon · CC BY-SA 3.0. Proportionally resized and converted to WebP without cropping, retouching or changing the photographed subject.
Photo: Chengshantou · guan · CC BY 3.0. Proportionally resized and converted to WebP without cropping, retouching or changing the photographed subject.
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Photo: Weihai Gate of Happiness Waterfront · Source photographer · License not provided. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.
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Photo: Hailu Island · Source photographer · License not provided. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.
Photo: Naxianghai Coastal Resort · Sunyiming · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
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