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Feicheng city
肥城市 | |
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 Location in Tai'an | |
  Feicheng city Location in Shandong | |
| Coordinates: 36°11′10″N 116°46′19″E / 36.18611°N 116.77194°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Tai'an |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,277 km2 (493 sq mi) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 48 km (30 mi) |
| • Width | 37.5 km (23.3 mi) |
| Highest elevation [2] (Mount Jianyun (翦云山)) | 607.7 m (1,993.8 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 57.7 m (189.3 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| • Total | 968,100 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 271600 |
| Website | www |
Feicheng (Chinese: 肥城; pinyin: Féichéng) is a county-level city under the administration of Tai'an City in the west of Shandong Province, China.[3] As of 2017[update], the population was 992,000. Part of the Great Wall of Qi starts here and is listed on the People's Republic of China's list of cultural artifacts.
Feicheng City has a relatively developed economy, ranking among the top 100 counties in China since 2006 and 76th in 2018 . In 2017, Feicheng's GDP was 80.88 billion yuan, and its per capita GDP was 83,476.1 yuan, higher than the average level of Shandong Province and Tai 'an City. Its most famous specialty is Feicheng peach, which was a royal tribute in the Ming and Qing dynasties and sold overseas at the end of the Qing Dynasty.Feicheng is the principal peach-producing district of the Northern Group.[4] The Peach Blossom Festival is held every year in Feicheng City.[5][6] In 1995, Feicheng City was recognized by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture as the "Hometown of Chinese Buddha peach", and in 2000, Feicheng Peach Garden set a Guinness World Record as the "largest peach garden in the world".
Billionaire businessman Xiao Jianhua grew up in Feicheng.[7]
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He grew up in Feicheng, a poor farming village in a mountainous region of the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, one of six children born to a middle school teacher and his wife.