Jining City, situated in the southwest of Shandong Province, administers 12 districts, counties and cities. It covers an area of 11,000 sq km with a population of 7.56 million. Most of the terrains in Jining are plain except some mountains in the east. Jining enjoys convenient transportations. The Grand Canal flows through the city from north to south. The Beijing-Shanghai Railway and the Beijing-Kowloon Railway go through the city from north to south, Yanzhou-Shijiu Railway and the Jining-Xinxiang Railway through the city from east to west. The No. 104 National Highway is crossed with No. 327 National Highway here. Jining Airport has flights available to Beijing, Jinan, Qingdao, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Jining also boasts well-equipped post and communications which provide IDD to the citizens.