Dongying is a prefecture-level city on the northern coast of Shandong province in the People's Republic of China. It lies on the coast of the Bohai Sea, in the Yellow River Delta region of northern Shandong.
At the 2020 census, 2,193,518 people lived within the city's administrative area of 7,923.26 square kilometres (3,059.19 square miles). The built-up area, made up of the Dongying and Kenli districts, had a population of 1,188,656.
The city is home to the Shengli Oilfield, which is the second largest oilfield in China after the Daqing oilfield. This has made Dongying a significant centre of China's petroleum industry.