FIND CHINA introduces Dezhou

Dezhou is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China.

It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Liaocheng to the southwest, Binzhou to the northeast, and the province of Hebei to the north.

Dezhou lies on the main rail route from Beijing to Shanghai It takes 1 hr from Dezhou to Jinan, 2 hrs to Tianjing, 3 hrs to Beijing, 4 hrs to Qingdao, and 8 hrs to Shanghai by car. .

Dezhou enjoys the temperate continental monsoon climate with 4 distinctive seasons, plenty of sunshine, hotness and rain in the same season. The annual average temperature is 13.1°C and the annual average rainfall is 600 mm.

Dezhou is well known for its braised chicken and watermelon.