辽宁和山东陆地面积分别为14.8万和15.7万平方公里,相差不多,地形地貌乃至资源禀赋也比较相似。因辽宁有上千万的山东人后裔,两省的联系又凭添了厚重的人文色彩。改革开放初期,两省经济总量基本持平,1978年山东生产总值为225亿元,辽宁为229亿元。30年过后,山东远远走到了辽宁 Liaoning and Shandong land area of ​​148,000 and 157,000 square kilometers, respectively, similar, topography and even resource endowment is relatively similar. Because there are tens of millions of Shandong people of Liaoning descendants, the links between the two provinces also added a heavy humanistic color. At the initial stage of reform and opening up, the total economic output of the two provinces remained basically unchanged. In 1978, Shandong’s GDP was 22.5 billion yuan and Liaoning was 22.9 billion yuan. Thirty years later, Shandong went far to Liaoning