濟南是一個富有古典氣質的城市，有著詩意的朦朧和詩人的憧憬。濟南有水這是不消說的，就先拿濟南的山而言吧，老舍先生曾說過:“濟南像是個嬰兒一樣躺在搖籃里，只有北面有一個缺口，這在數量上便已經有了基礎，再看濟南的山，不像是橫斷山去那想的險惡，沒有崢嶸的刺破霄漢的氣勢，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。也幸虧濟南沒有這樣巍峨的山，要不環(huán)顧四周總是有一種壓迫的感覺，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鐘靈毓秀的地方?！?/p>

濟南的水，更是給這樣一個北方的城市平添了一絲江南的感覺，但卻又不失特色。家家泉水，戶戶垂楊，青石板上滋滋地冒著泉水。那些古人留下的詩句不禁把人們的思緒牽引到遙遠的時代，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句，輕輕撫摸著古老的街巷，任時間的年輪把人帶回遙遠的國度，你就會發(fā)現你也會作幾首詩，吟唱幾首曲子。落雨時節(jié)，去湖上泛舟，置身雨霧冥迷之中，看錦鱗時隱時現在陣陣漣漪之中，又如何不想放歌!

近年來，濟南按照“維護省城穩(wěn)定，發(fā)展省會經濟，建設美麗泉城”的總體思路，搶抓機遇，開拓進取，努力開創(chuàng)各項工作的新局面，一座嶄新的泉水之都、活力新城、和諧濟南，正展現在世人面前。

歷史名城

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

濟南歷史悠久，人文薈萃。以孔子為代表的魯文化儒家學說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南人。名君大舜，神醫(yī)扁鵲，名將秦瓊，名相房玄齡，著名詩人李白、杜甫、黃庭堅，著名小說家劉鶚，近代文豪老舍等也都曾在濟南生活、工作、游歷，共同形成了“濟南名士多”的文化財富，構成了泉城文化的重要特色。

泉水之都

濟南素有“泉城”美譽，是首批中國優(yōu)秀旅游城市。全市遍布著700多處天然涌泉，僅在濟南老城區(qū)2.6平方公里的范圍內就分布著趵突泉、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，在世界城市中絕無僅有。走進濟南，就仿佛走進了一個神奇的泉的世界，大家在這里可以盡情體驗“家家泉水，戶戶垂楊”的美好意境，眾泉匯流到風景秀麗的大明湖，便有了“四面荷花三面柳，一城山色半城湖”的獨特自然景觀。其中趵突泉位居濟南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，水勢強勁，聲如洪雷，蔚為壯觀。

濟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路，旅游資源十分豐富?！吧?、泉、湖、河、城”相互交融，構成了獨特的城市特色。轄區(qū)內名勝古跡、旅游景點眾多，有龍山文化的發(fā)祥地——章丘龍山城子崖遺址，現存最古老的石塔——隋代四門塔，濟南三大名勝之一的千佛山，天然氧吧藥鄉(xiāng)國家級森林公園，以及被譽為“海內四大名剎之首”的靈巖寺，被譽為海內第一名塑的靈巖寺宋代彩色泥塑等。

活力新城

濟南是山東省的經濟、文化、科教中心，是一座區(qū)域經濟發(fā)展的中心城市，位于環(huán)渤海經濟圈，連接京津、滬寧兩大都市圈，聯(lián)通沿海開放與內陸開發(fā)，對周邊區(qū)域有著強大的輻射帶動作用。濟南是一個區(qū)域性金融中心，金融機構集中，融資渠道暢通，金融服務完善。濟南又是一個交通物流中心，鐵路、公路、航空運輸發(fā)達，具有明顯的交通流通優(yōu)勢。以濟南為半徑，形成了6+1省城經濟圈。目前，濟南已經躋身于全國城市綜合實力50強和投資環(huán)境40優(yōu)之列，成為東北亞經濟圈和環(huán)渤海地區(qū)的中心城市之一。

濟南高新區(qū)是國務院批準的首批國家級高新區(qū)之一，規(guī)劃建設了出口加工區(qū)、齊魯軟件園、留學人員創(chuàng)業(yè)園、國家信息通訊國際創(chuàng)新園、山東動漫游戲產業(yè)基地等國家級專業(yè)產業(yè)園區(qū)。其中國家軟件產業(yè)基地——齊魯軟件園是國內最大的軟件園區(qū)之一。2007年高新區(qū)GDP首次突破百億大關，完成101.1億元，增長20.7%。濟南高新區(qū)將逐步建設成為高新技術產業(yè)的密集區(qū)，先進制造業(yè)的聚集區(qū)，對外開放的示范區(qū)和現代化的新城區(qū)。

近年來，濟南市啟動了新一輪城市規(guī)劃建設，在城市空間布局上確立了“東拓、西進、南控、北跨、中疏”的城市發(fā)展戰(zhàn)略，始終堅持高起點規(guī)劃、高標準建設、高效能管理，一大批現代基礎設施拔地而起，城市服務功能進一步增強，并且借助承辦第十一屆全運會的重要機遇，城市現代化建設和管理水平不斷提高，濟南的歷史深度和現代美感得到進一步融合和展現。

濟南在全面建設小康社會的歷史進程中，堅持以經濟建設為中心，把構建社會主義和諧社會擺在更加突出的地位，堅持在共建中共享、在共享中共建，解決人民群眾最關心、最直接、最現實的利益問題，努力促進社會和諧。

堅持改革開放、推動科學發(fā)展、著力改善民生、促進社會和諧，努力把濟南建設成為一座繁榮、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.