Dongying, a powerhouse in East China's Shandong province, staged a Dongying Day event during the ongoing International Horticultural Exhibition in Beijing on June 21.

Showcasing the city's unique tourism resources, representative cultural legacies, and favorable investment environment, the event was designed to lure more visitors and investors to it, as well as raise the city's international profile.

The Beijing horticultural expo, themed "Live Green, Live Better," is the world's largest expo of its kind and opened to the public on April 29 in Yanqing district. It will last until Oct 7.

Dongying is located in the delta where the Yellow River, which is known as China's mother river, joins the sea. The city boasts the most complete, broadest, and youngest wetland ecosystem in the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in China, which is acclaimed as "one of the most beautiful wetlands in China," covering an area of 1,530 square kilometers.

The city is one of the key oil production bases in China. It is home to China's second-largest oilfield Shengli Oilfield. The city produces 85 percent of the entire oilfield's yield and possesses 80 percent of the area's petroleum reserves.

Dongying has built several major industrial clusters in the fields of petroleum chemicals, salt chemicals, and petroleum equipment, as well as for rubber tires, auto parts, and nonferrous metals.

The "Dongying Day" event is held on June 21 at the International Horticultural Exhibition in Yanqing district of Beijing. [Photo/dongyingnews.cn]

The "Dongying Day" event attracts hordes of visitors from home and abroad, which offers an effective platform to raise the city's profile. [Photo/dzwww.com]

Excerpts from classic Lyu Opera are staged during the "Dongying Day"event. Lyu Opera is an honored opera genre that originated in Dongying. It is also one of China's eight major opera genres along with Yue Opera and Huangmei Opera. [Photo/dzwww.com]