濟(jì)南是一個(gè)富有古典氣質(zhì)的城市，有著詩(shī)意的朦朧和詩(shī)人的憧憬。濟(jì)南有水這是不消說(shuō)的，就先拿濟(jì)南的山而言吧，老舍先生曾說(shuō)過(guò):“濟(jì)南像是個(gè)嬰兒一樣躺在搖籃里，只有北面有一個(gè)缺口，這在數(shù)量上便已經(jīng)有了基礎(chǔ)，再看濟(jì)南的山，不像是橫斷山去那想的險(xiǎn)惡，沒(méi)有崢嶸的刺破霄漢的氣勢(shì)，但卻有一種別致與秀麗在里面，山抱著水水繞著山，一切都是那么的溫文爾雅，像是君子，也似小家碧玉的女子，不是那么顯露鋒芒。也幸虧濟(jì)南沒(méi)有這樣巍峨的山，要不環(huán)顧四周總是有一種壓迫的感覺(jué)，茫然若有所失，豈不是反而不好!所以大自然的鬼斧神工便造就了這樣一個(gè)鐘靈毓秀的地方。”

濟(jì)南的水，更是給這樣一個(gè)北方的城市平添了一絲江南的感覺(jué)，但卻又不失特色。家家泉水，戶(hù)戶(hù)垂楊，青石板上滋滋地冒著泉水。那些古人留下的詩(shī)句不禁把人們的思緒牽引到遙遠(yuǎn)的時(shí)代，沉浸在美好的光景之中。所以不需要多想，只是跟著這古老的詩(shī)句，輕輕撫摸著古老的街巷，任時(shí)間的年輪把人帶回遙遠(yuǎn)的國(guó)度，你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你也會(huì)作幾首詩(shī)，吟唱幾首曲子。落雨時(shí)節(jié)，去湖上泛舟，置身雨霧冥迷之中，看錦鱗時(shí)隱時(shí)現(xiàn)在陣陣漣漪之中，又如何不想放歌!

近年來(lái)，濟(jì)南按照“維護(hù)省城穩(wěn)定，發(fā)展省會(huì)經(jīng)濟(jì)，建設(shè)美麗泉城”的總體思路，搶抓機(jī)遇，開(kāi)拓進(jìn)取，努力開(kāi)創(chuàng)各項(xiàng)工作的新局面，一座嶄新的泉水之都、活力新城、和諧濟(jì)南，正展現(xiàn)在世人面前。

歷史名城

濟(jì)南是一座具有悠久歷史的古城，首批國(guó)家歷史文化名城，擁有2600多年的建城史，是中華文明的重要發(fā)祥地之一。早在八九千年前濟(jì)南地區(qū)就已有了人類(lèi)活動(dòng)的蹤跡，此后的大汶口文化、龍山文化時(shí)期，先民在濟(jì)南地區(qū)的活動(dòng)更加頻繁，龍山文化遺址——章丘城子崖為全國(guó)重點(diǎn)文物保護(hù)單位。

濟(jì)南歷史悠久，人文薈萃。以孔子為代表的魯文化儒家學(xué)說(shuō)和以管仲為代表的齊文化重商傳統(tǒng)，在這里交匯融合。在數(shù)千余年的歷史綿延中，名人輩出，群星薈萃，宋代著名詞人李清照、辛棄疾就是地地道道的濟(jì)南人。名君大舜，神醫(yī)扁鵲，名將秦瓊，名相房玄齡，著名詩(shī)人李白、杜甫、黃庭堅(jiān)，著名小說(shuō)家劉鶚，近代文豪老舍等也都曾在濟(jì)南生活、工作、游歷，共同形成了“濟(jì)南名士多”的文化財(cái)富，構(gòu)成了泉城文化的重要特色。

泉水之都

濟(jì)南素有“泉城”美譽(yù)，是首批中國(guó)優(yōu)秀旅游城市。全市遍布著700多處天然涌泉，僅在濟(jì)南老城區(qū)2.6平方公里的范圍內(nèi)就分布著趵突泉、黑虎泉、珍珠泉、五龍?zhí)兜人拇笕?。除此之外還有近百處甘泉，泉眼之多、泉流之大、泉景之美，令人賞心悅目，在世界城市中絕無(wú)僅有。走進(jìn)濟(jì)南，就仿佛走進(jìn)了一個(gè)神奇的泉的世界，大家在這里可以盡情體驗(yàn)“家家泉水，戶(hù)戶(hù)垂楊”的美好意境，眾泉匯流到風(fēng)景秀麗的大明湖，便有了“四面荷花三面柳，一城山色半城湖”的獨(dú)特自然景觀(guān)。其中趵突泉位居濟(jì)南72名泉之首。乾隆皇帝御筆親封趵突泉為“天下第一泉”，三股泉水噴涌而出，高約半米，水勢(shì)強(qiáng)勁，聲如洪雷，蔚為壯觀(guān)。

濟(jì)南連接著山東山水圣人、齊魯文化和黃金海岸三條重要旅游線(xiàn)路，旅游資源十分豐富。“山、泉、湖、河、城”相互交融，構(gòu)成了獨(dú)特的城市特色。轄區(qū)內(nèi)名勝古跡、旅游景點(diǎn)眾多，有龍山文化的發(fā)祥地——章丘龍山城子崖遺址，現(xiàn)存最古老的石塔——隋代四門(mén)塔，濟(jì)南三大名勝之一的千佛山，天然氧吧藥鄉(xiāng)國(guó)家級(jí)森林公園，以及被譽(yù)為“海內(nèi)四大名剎之首”的靈巖寺，被譽(yù)為海內(nèi)第一名塑的靈巖寺宋代彩色泥塑等。

活力新城

濟(jì)南是山東省的經(jīng)濟(jì)、文化、科教中心，是一座區(qū)域經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的中心城市，位于環(huán)渤海經(jīng)濟(jì)圈，連接京津、滬寧兩大都市圈，聯(lián)通沿海開(kāi)放與內(nèi)陸開(kāi)發(fā)，對(duì)周邊區(qū)域有著強(qiáng)大的輻射帶動(dòng)作用。濟(jì)南是一個(gè)區(qū)域性金融中心，金融機(jī)構(gòu)集中，融資渠道暢通，金融服務(wù)完善。濟(jì)南又是一個(gè)交通物流中心，鐵路、公路、航空運(yùn)輸發(fā)達(dá)，具有明顯的交通流通優(yōu)勢(shì)。以濟(jì)南為半徑，形成了6+1省城經(jīng)濟(jì)圈。目前，濟(jì)南已經(jīng)躋身于全國(guó)城市綜合實(shí)力50強(qiáng)和投資環(huán)境40優(yōu)之列，成為東北亞經(jīng)濟(jì)圈和環(huán)渤海地區(qū)的中心城市之一。

濟(jì)南高新區(qū)是國(guó)務(wù)院批準(zhǔn)的首批國(guó)家級(jí)高新區(qū)之一，規(guī)劃建設(shè)了出口加工區(qū)、齊魯軟件園、留學(xué)人員創(chuàng)業(yè)園、國(guó)家信息通訊國(guó)際創(chuàng)新園、山東動(dòng)漫游戲產(chǎn)業(yè)基地等國(guó)家級(jí)專(zhuān)業(yè)產(chǎn)業(yè)園區(qū)。其中國(guó)家軟件產(chǎn)業(yè)基地——齊魯軟件園是國(guó)內(nèi)最大的軟件園區(qū)之一。2007年高新區(qū)GDP首次突破百億大關(guān)，完成101.1億元，增長(zhǎng)20.7%。濟(jì)南高新區(qū)將逐步建設(shè)成為高新技術(shù)產(chǎn)業(yè)的密集區(qū)，先進(jìn)制造業(yè)的聚集區(qū)，對(duì)外開(kāi)放的示范區(qū)和現(xiàn)代化的新城區(qū)。

近年來(lái)，濟(jì)南市啟動(dòng)了新一輪城市規(guī)劃建設(shè)，在城市空間布局上確立了“東拓、西進(jìn)、南控、北跨、中疏”的城市發(fā)展戰(zhàn)略，始終堅(jiān)持高起點(diǎn)規(guī)劃、高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)建設(shè)、高效能管理，一大批現(xiàn)代基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施拔地而起，城市服務(wù)功能進(jìn)一步增強(qiáng)，并且借助承辦第十一屆全運(yùn)會(huì)的重要機(jī)遇，城市現(xiàn)代化建設(shè)和管理水平不斷提高，濟(jì)南的歷史深度和現(xiàn)代美感得到進(jìn)一步融合和展現(xiàn)。

濟(jì)南在全面建設(shè)小康社會(huì)的歷史進(jìn)程中，堅(jiān)持以經(jīng)濟(jì)建設(shè)為中心，把構(gòu)建社會(huì)主義和諧社會(huì)擺在更加突出的地位，堅(jiān)持在共建中共享、在共享中共建，解決人民群眾最關(guān)心、最直接、最現(xiàn)實(shí)的利益問(wèn)題，努力促進(jìn)社會(huì)和諧。

堅(jiān)持改革開(kāi)放、推動(dòng)科學(xué)發(fā)展、著力改善民生、促進(jìn)社會(huì)和諧，努力把濟(jì)南建設(shè)成為一座繁榮、和諧、宜居的魅力之城。

Jinan has been honored as the “City of Spring”. With springs being its soul， Jinan is entitled as one of the earliest excellent tour cities of China. There are as many as 733 springs with Jinan city. In the old area of the city of 2.6 km2， there are Baotu Spring， Heihu Spring (black tiger)， Zhenzhu Spring (pearl)， Wulong Tan Spring (five dragons)， as well as nearly 100 springs， which are a feast to the eyes and the minds.

As the capital city of Shandong Province which is a big coastal economic province in East China， Jinan is the political， economic， cultural， science and technology， educational and financial center of the province， and is an nation-authorized as a city of deputy provincial level and a coastal open city. The whole city has an area of 8，177 km2， and the urban area 3，257 km2. Jinan governs 6 districts – Lixia， Shizhong， Huaiyin， Tianqiao， Licheng， and Changqing， and 3 counties – Pingyin， Shanghe， and Jiyang. By the end of 2008， Jinan had a population of 6，039，900 of 48 nationalities.

In 2008， the economy in Jinan developed steadily and fast. The total output value reached as much as 301.74 billion yuan， 13.0% higher than last year. Economic structure was further adjusted， and the first， second and tertiary are 5.8:44.1:50.1 in proportion. High and new technology has been rapidly developing， and its annual output value reached 146 billion yuan， increasing by 25.2%. The results of energy-saving and emission-reduction have been good. Energy consumption per 10，000 yuan of domestic gross product and discharge of major pollutant are decreasing faster. The livelihood of people has been being improved. The average spendable income of urban citizens is 20，802 yuan， increasing by 15.5%; the average net income of suburban residents is 7，180 yuan， increasing by 14.0%. Agricultural industry has been growing steadily. Grain acreage reached 6.779 million mus (1mu=666.6m2)， rising by 2.3%; total grain output was 2.815 million tons， rising by 5.0%. Jinan is one of the nine financial zones in China， with a full range of specialties and sound operations. The general financial revenue of the city and the general budgetary revenue of local governments reach respectively 92.26 billion yuan and 18.60 billion yuan， and respectively 20.4% and 18.5% higher. Jinan is a most important interchanging place of railways， highways and airlines in the province， and the joint of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Jinan-Qingdao Railway. By the end of 2008， the total length of highways on operation has reached 11，011.1 km， rising 7.2%. In 2008， Jinan has moderately increased investment. The investment in the fixed assets was 141.53 billion yuan， with the increase of 23.3%. Jinan has been devoting itself in the construction of the National Games and the Garden Show Park. The total amount of investment was 560 million yuan. The transformation of the squatter settlement was being carried on faster. The area of relocated houses to be built was 1.1 million m2. All kinds of cultural undertakings and industry have been developing harmoniously. Jinan owns 14 art performing groups， 143 culture centres and mass art halls， and 19 cinemas; 156 cultural relics protection unit of city-level or above， among which 12 are of national-level.

In 2009， Jinan city has started to use a series of emblems of cultural image of the city， including a city sign， a city tree， a city flower， a city bird， a mascot animal， and a spring girl.