More than 200 participants — including youth representatives from France, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, and South Korea, as well as Chinese university students — gathered in Jinan, the "City of Springs".
The typical Shandong tour includes Qufu Three Confucius Sites, Yimeng Mountains, Mount Tai, Qingzhou Ancient City, Penglai Pavilion and so on.
Shandong cuisine, or Lu cuisine, is one of the Eight Culinary Traditions of Chinese cuisine and has the longest history and the richest techniques.