Shidao New Port is located at 122°26'42 "east longitude and 36°52 '57" north latitude, at the easternmost tip of the Shandong Peninsula - Shidao, Rongcheng. It faces South Korea and Japan across the sea and is the place in China that is closest to South Korea. This place has been inhabited since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, and it became an important merchant along the eastern coast during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, it was a place where merchants gathered in large numbers and was hailed as the "Little Shanghai" and "Little Hong Kong" of northern China. Mr. Sun Yat-sen mentioned Shidao twice in his "Program for National Reconstruction", ranking it along with Shanghai and Guangzhou as one of the three major ports in eastern China.