Located in the provincial capital Jinan and covering 32 hectares, the complex is composed of eight high-rise buildings and three egg-shaped pavilions that include a theater, a library, an art gallery and museum, a cinema, shopping malls and facilities for the creative industry.

The 136,000-square-meter theater, the stage for the festival's opening and closing ceremonies, has a 1,800-seat opera house, a 1,500-seat music hall and a 500-seat multifunction room.