Huangdao District, Qingdao City

In the fourth year of the Hongwu reign of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty (1371 AD), Jiaoxi County was directly under the jurisdiction of Jiaozhou. In the spring of the 24th year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1898 AD) and the third year of the Xuantong reign (1911 AD), Zhuzhong District of Jiaoxian County was renamed as the Fifth District of Jiaoxian County. Huangdao, Xuejiadao, and Xin'an are all under the jurisdiction of Zhushan County. In November, Zhushan County was dissolved and merged into Jiaoxian County. In 1943, the Zhujiabian Office of the Anti Japanese Democratic Government was established, and in 1944, the two counties of Zangma and Zhujiabian were established as coastal administrative offices. In September 1946, Jiaonan County was established in nine districts south of Yanghe in Jiaonan County and Xuejiadao District in Qingdao Office, belonging to the Binbei Special Zone. By October 1976, the Shandong Provincial Revolutionary Committee had decided to allocate three people's communes, namely Huangdao, Xuejiadao, and Xin'an, from Jiaonan County to form the Huangdao Revolutionary Committee, which was a county-level organization. In January 1979, with the approval of the State Council, three people's communes under the jurisdiction of the Huangdao Revolutionary Committee were separated from the Changwei area and assigned to Qingdao City. They were established in Huangdao District, Qingdao City, at the county level. In August 1984, the institutional reform abolished the people's commune system and established Huangdao Town and Xuejiadao Town. The original Xin'an People's Commune was divided into two parts, and Xin'an Town and Liuhuabo Township were established. On December 1, 2012, in accordance with the approval of the State Council, the original Huangdao District and Jiaonan City of Qingdao were merged into a new Huangdao District.

Huangdao District belongs to the hilly area of eastern Shandong, with a trend of high in the west and low in the east. The territory is characterized by undulating mountains and ravines. There are 45 peaks with an altitude of 100-400 meters, and the western part mainly consists of the Xiaozhu Mountain Range, which is steep and straight, stretching for dozens of miles from east to west, serving as a natural barrier for the western region. The main peak has an elevation of 724.9 meters, and the mountain is mostly composed of granite and limestone. The mountains of Mount Zangma are rugged and beautiful, with lake and mountain scenery, pastoral songs, abundant ecological vegetation, and obvious advantages in natural resources. In addition, the climate is pleasant and the location is moderate. It is known as "Mount Laoshan in the east and Mount Zangma in the west". Except for the alluvial plain with an average elevation of 3 meters near the east coast of the Xin'an Office, the rest of the area is mostly hilly and mountainous.

Huangdao District belongs to the southeast coastal water system and is a seasonal river. Due to the connection of mountains and rivers within the territory, it has formed the characteristic of short source and rapid flow, directly entering the sea alone. The larger rivers include Xin'anqian River, Xin'anhou River, Nanxin'an River, Kamiwan River, Duduizi West River, Douyazi Reservoir, and 11 other rivers, including the Mahao Canal built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The total length of the river is 34 kilometers, with a drainage area of 83.2 square kilometers.

The development zone is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a coastline of 106 kilometers, numerous branching ports, crisscrossing waterways, and scattered islands and reefs. There are more than 10 islands of different sizes, including Huangdao, Zhucha Island, Tangdao, Niudao, located between Huangdao and Xuejia Island.

Huangdao District belongs to the hilly area of eastern Shandong, with a trend of high in the west and low in the east. The territory is characterized by undulating mountains and ravines. There are 45 peaks with an altitude of 100-400 meters, and the western part mainly consists of the Xiaozhu Mountain Range, which is steep and straight, stretching for dozens of miles southeast, serving as a natural barrier for the western region. The main peak has an elevation of 724.9 meters. Huangdao District is located in the northern temperate monsoon region, with an average wind speed of 5.4M/s, and an annual average of 71 days with instantaneous wind speeds greater than level 8.

Huangdao District has a natural harbor and first-class port facilities. Qianwan Port has built a general cargo terminal with an annual throughput capacity of 29 million tons, the only dedicated berth in China that can accommodate fifth generation container ships, and a dedicated ore terminal with a scale of first in Asia and second in the world! The world's largest ore terminal, Dongjiakou Port (located in the original Jiaonan City), has created five world's largest ports: the world's largest port, the deepest port depth, the most advanced environmental protection system, the most advanced information operation system, and the largest quay bridge.