But in terms of economic development and city scale, Qingdao is developing faster than Yantai.
Qingdao is a sub-provincial city. In Shandong, only two cities are sub-provincial cities, one is Jinan and the other is Qingdao.
Yantai is a prefecture-level city, lower than Qingdao.
And with the continuous development of Qingdao, it is likely to become a municipality directly under the central government.