The origin of the name of Liaocheng City: Liaocheng City got its name because of the Liao River in ancient times (one theory is that it was called Liaocheng during the Spring and Autumn Period). Liaocheng area has a long history. In the third generation of Tang and Yu, Liaocheng belonged to the territory of Yanzhou. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Liaocheng, Chiping, Gaotang, Dong'a, and Yanggu belonged to the State of Qi, Shen County and Linqing belonged to the State of Wei, and Guan County belonged to the State of Jin. During the Warring States Period, Liaocheng, Chiping, Dong'a, Yanggu, and Gaotang still belonged to the State of Qi, while Shen County belonged to the State of Wei, and Guan County and Linqing belonged to the State of Zhao. Qinxing has a system of prefectures and counties, and the territory belongs to Dongjun. The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system. At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, it was granted the title of king and established the country, and the prefectures and states were called together. It was not until Emperor Wu that the prefectures were established, and the country was divided into 13 governors (prefectures). At that time, Liaocheng, Dong'a, Yanggu, and Shenxian County belonged to the Eastern County of the Yanzhou Department, Guan County and Linqing belonged to the Wei County of the Jizhou Department, Gaotang belonged to the Plain County of the Qingzhou Department, and Chiping belonged to the Eastern County of the Yanzhou Department and the Plain County of the Qingzhou Department. county. The Eastern Han Dynasty officially established three levels: prefecture, county and county. Liaocheng, Dong'a, Shenxian, Yanggu, Gaotang, Yanglu, and Linqing still belong to Yuanzhou County, Chiping changes to Jibei Kingdom of Yanzhou Department, and Guan County changes to Yangping County of Sizhou Department. The Three Kingdoms inherited the Han system, and the territory belonged to Wei. Liaocheng and Chiping belonged to Pingyuan County of Qingzhou Department, Shenxian, Guanxian, and Linqing belonged to Yangping County of Sizhou Department, Gaotang belonged to Qinghe County of Jizhou Department, and Yanggu was a county kingdom. Ah still belongs to the eastern county of Yanzhou. The Jin Dynasty still had a three-level system of states, prefectures, and counties. Liaocheng, Gaotang, and Chiping belonged to Pingyuan County of Jizhou Department, Linqing, Shenxian, and Guan County belonged to Yangping County of Sizhou Department, and Dong'a and Yanggu belonged to Jibei Kingdom and Dongping country. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Jin system was still inherited. In the Later Wei Dynasty, Liaocheng and Chiping belonged to Pingyuan County of Jeju Department, Linqing, Guanxian and Shenxian County belonged to Jibei County of Jeju Department, and Gaotang belonged to Nanqinghe County of Jezhou Department. During the Qi Zhou Dynasty, Liaocheng belonged to Pingyuan County, Linqing, Gaotang, and Chiping belonged to Qinghe County, Yanggu and Dong'a belonged to Jibei County of Jizhou Department, and Guan County and Shen County belonged to Yangping County of Sizhou Department. In the early Sui Dynasty, counties were abolished to preserve prefectures, and later prefectures were abolished as counties. Liaocheng, Guanxian, and Shenxian belonged to Wuyang County of Weizhou, Linqing, Gaotang, and Chiping belonged to Qinghe County of Beizhou, Yanggu belonged to Jibei County of Jeju, and Dong'a belonged to Jibei County, Yanzhou. In the Tang Dynasty, roads were added to prefectures and counties, and the country was initially divided into 10 roads. In 733 (the 21st year of Kaiyuan), it was changed to 15 roads. At that time, Liaocheng and Gaotang belonged to Boping County, Bozhou, Hebei Province, Linqing belonged to Qinghe County, Beizhou, Hebei Province, Shen County and Guan County belonged to Wei County, Weizhou, Hebei Province, and Yanggu and Dong'achu belonged to Jiyang County, Jizhou, Henan Province. , and later belonged to Dongping County, Yunzhou, and Chiping belonged to Dongping County, Yunzhou, Henan Province. In the early Song Dynasty, roads were abandoned and roads were built. Roads governed prefectures and prefectures, and prefectures and prefectures governed counties. At that time, Liaocheng, Gaotang, and Chiping belonged to Boping County, Bozhou, Hebei East Road, Linqing, Guanxian, and Shen County belonged to Wei County, Daming Prefecture, Hebei East Road, and Dong'a and Yanggu belonged to Dongping County, Dongping Prefecture, Jingxi East Road. The Liao and Jin Dynasties inherited the Song Dynasty system and divided the northern area under their jurisdiction into 19 roads. Liaocheng, Gaotang, and Chiping belong to Bozhou, Dongping County, Shandongxi Road, Dong'a and Yanggu belong to Dongpingfu, Shandongxi Road, Shen County and Guan County belong to Damingfu, Damingfu, Daming Road, and Linqing belongs to Enzhou, Damingfu, Daming Road. In the Yuan Dynasty, Xingzhongshu Province (hereinafter referred to as "Xingsheng") was established throughout the country, and the provinces were divided into roads, prefectures, and counties. At that time, Liaocheng, Chiping, and Shenxian County belonged to the General Administration of Dongchang Road; Guan County belonged to Dongchang Road at first, and later became Guanzhou; Gaotang County belonged to Dongchang Road at the beginning, and later became Gaotang Prefecture; Linqing belonged to Puzhou, Yanggu and Dong'a belong to Dongping Road. The above eight counties are all under Shandong Province. In the Ming Dynasty, the province was renamed the Chief Secretary (referred to as the Chief Secretary), and the government and prefectures were abolished. The country was divided into 15 Chief Secretaries, also known as 15 provinces. At that time, Liaocheng, Linqing, Chiping, Gaotang, Shen County, and Guan County belonged to Dongchang Prefecture of Shandong Chief Secretary, and Yanggu and Dong'a belonged to Dongping Prefecture of Yanzhou Prefecture of Shandong Chief Secretary. In the Qing Dynasty, they were generally called provinces. There were 18 provinces in the country at first, and later increased to 22 provinces. The provinces were divided into prefecture and county levels. At that time, the eight counties and cities in the territory were all under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province. Liaocheng, Chiping, Gaotang (once Zhili Prefecture), Pingxuan, Shen County, and Guan County belong to Dongchang Prefecture. Dong'a initially belonged to Dongping Prefecture of Yanzhou Prefecture and later to Tai'an Prefecture. Yanggu belonged to Yanzhou Prefecture. In the early Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Dongchang Prefecture and later became Zhili Prefecture. In the 80 years from the Opium War in 1840 to the overthrow of the imperial system by the Revolution of 1919 in 1919, there were no major changes in the establishment of the territory. In 1912, Shandong Province abandoned the government and established roads, and the territory was Jixi Road (governing Liaocheng). In 1914, it was changed to Donglin Road. The road was abolished in 1928, and all counties within the territory were directly under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province. In 1936, the province was divided into 12 administrative districts, each with its own Office of the Supervisory Commissioner.
Northwest Shandong is the sixth district, which governs 13 counties including Chiping, Boping, Dong'a, Yanggu, Shouzhang, Fanxian, Shenxian, Guanxian, Chaocheng, Guancheng, Tangyi, and Puxian in Liaocheng; Lin It belonged to the fourth district during the Qing Dynasty and Gaotang Dynasty. From 1937 to 1938, when the Lugouqiao Incident occurred on July 7, all counties except Pu County, Fan County, and Guancheng were occupied areas. The Anti-Japanese War broke out, and anti-Japanese democratic regimes in counties and prefectures under the leadership of the Communist Party were gradually established. In October 1939, the Northwest Shandong Administrative Committee was established. In April 1940, the Chief Administrative Office of Northwest Shandong was established, with four special offices: Taixi, Yunxi, Northwest Shandong and Yundong. At that time, Liaocheng, Dong'a, Yanggu, Boping, Qingping, and Chiping counties were under the Yundong Administration, and Guanxian, Guantao, Linqing, Qiuxian, Tangyi, Shenxian, Chaocheng, and Chaobei counties were under the It is exclusive to northwest Shandong, and Pu County, Fan County, Guancheng, Shouzhang and other counties are exclusive to Yunxi. In June 1941, the Central Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China decided to merge the Shandong Administrative Office and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Office to establish a new Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Office, with jurisdiction over 7 special agencies. In the east are the first, second, third and fourth special offices, and the jurisdiction of the original Hebei, Shandong and Henan Administrative Office is the fifth, sixth and seventh special offices. At that time, Pu County, Fan County, Shouzhang and other counties were under the second administrative department; Guancheng, Chaocheng, Shenxian, Chaobei, Liaotang, Guanxian and other counties were under the third administrative department, and Zhuxian, Yanggu, Dong'a and other counties were under the third administrative department. , Chiping, Boping and Qingping counties belong to the Fourth Special Administration Department, Guantao belongs to the Third Special Administration Department of Jinan Administration, Linqing belongs to the Fourth Special Administration Department of Jinan Administration, and Gaotang belongs to the Sixth Special Administration Department of Jinan Administration. In December of the same year, Zhang Qiu, the fourth special administrative unit of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Administration, and Shouzhang, the second independent administrative unit, and Kunshan and Dongping counties east of the Yellow River formed the eighth special administrative unit. In December 1942, the first and fourth special offices of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Administrative Office were merged into the first special office, which administered Zhuxian, Yanggu, Dong'a, Chiping, Boping, Qingping, Ping'a and other counties. In 1943, the original Third Office of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Administrative Office and the Seventh Office of the Southern Hebei Administrative Office were merged into the Seventh Office of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Administrative Office. At that time, Linqing, Guanxian, Weidong, Guantao, Hongyi, Shenxian, Tangyi, Qingping, and Chaobei belonged to it. In May 1944, the Southern Hebei Administrative Office and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Office merged into the new Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Office. In September 1945, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to abolish the Northern Bureau and establish two central bureaus, Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei. At the same time, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan and Jinnan District Administrative Offices were restored. The Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Office had jurisdiction over 8 special agencies. The Jinan Administrative Office has jurisdiction over 5 special offices. At that time, Zhuxian, Yanggu, Dong'a, Chiping, Boping, Qingping, and Ping'a counties belonged to the First Special Office of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Administrative Office, which was later changed to the Sixth Special Office, including Pu County, Fan County, Shouzhang, and Zhangqiu. , Guancheng belongs to the Second Special Office of Hebei, Shandong and Henan Administrative Office; later it was changed to the Ninth Special Office, Linqing, Guantao, Guanxian, Wuxun, Yongzhi, Shenxian and Linqing Town belong to the First Special Office of Southern Hebei Administrative Office, Gaotang It is the second exclusive property of Jinan Administrative Office. From 1947 to August 1948, Zhuxian, Dong'a, Liaoyang, Chiping, Boping, and Hexi belonged to the Sixth Special Office of the Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Administrative Offices, and Shouzhang, Yanggu, Fanxian, Puxian, and Guancheng belonged to the Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Provinces. The Ninth Administrative Office, Linqing, Guantao, Guanxian, Wuxun, Yongzhi, Shenxian and Linqing Town belong to the first exclusive office of Jinan Administrative Office, and Gaotang belongs to the second exclusive office of Jinan Administrative Office. On August 20, 1949, the Liaocheng Administrative Inspectorate was established, belonging to Pingyuan Province. Liaocheng, Yanggu, Dong'a, Chiping, Boping, Tangyi, Qingping, Guanxian, Shenxian, Gaotang, Shouzhang, and Liaocheng Chengguan District (county level) belong to this district, Puxian, Fanxian, Guanxian Cheng and Chaocheng belong to Puyang Prefecture of Pingyuan Province, while Guantao and Linqing towns belong to Handan Prefecture of Hebei Province. In November 1952, Pingyuan Province was abolished and the Liaocheng Agency was transferred to Shandong Province. In March 1967, the Liaocheng Commissioner’s Office was renamed the Liaocheng Area Revolutionary Committee. In July 1978, the Liaocheng District Revolutionary Committee was renamed Liaocheng District Administrative Office. In March 1998, the Liaocheng District Administrative Office was renamed Liaocheng People's Government.