Shandong University of Art and Design () Shandong University of Arts () Shandong University of Finance and Economics Shandong University of Science and Technology, which also has campuses in Qingdao and Tai'an. Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shandong Women's University University of Jinan Provincial high schools Shandong Experimental High School Jinan Foreign Language School The High School Affiliated to Shandong Normal University () Sports The most renowned sports team in Jinan is Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin. They have been playing in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) since 1995. In the 2012–13 CBA season they reached the final, but lost 4–0 to Guangdong Southern Tigers. The Shandong Taishan Football Club is the most widely known football team in Jinan. The club currently plays in the highest tier of Chinese football, the Chinese Super League. They have been playing in the top tier for every season since the league became professional in 1994. Shandong Taishan has won five top division titles, eight Chinese FA Cups, and one Chinese FA Super Cup. Jinan was also one of four host cities of China during the 2004 AFC Asian Cup. In 2009, Jinan hosted the 2009 National Games of China, the premier sports event at the national level in China and the first major multi-sports event held in China after the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The National Games' main venue was the Jinan Olympic Sports Center. Since 2014, Jinan has also been known as the site of China’s national winter swimming festivals at Daming Lake, since 2016 organized in cooperation with the International Winter Swimming Association (IWSA). In the 2019–20 season, Jinan hosted the 8th Winter Springs-swimming International Invitational. Twin towns and sister cities Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany (January 29, 2004) Coventry, England, United Kingdom (May 5, 1983) Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia (September 4, 2004) Kazanlak, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria (January 21, 2013) Kharkiv, Ukraine (July 31, 2006) Kfar Saba, Israel (July 16, 2007) Marmaris, Muğla Province, Turkey (September 19, 2011) Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (September 22, 1994) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (February 29, 1988) Porto Velho, State of Rondônia, Brazil (September 19, 2011) Praia, Santiago Island, Cape Verde (April 9, 2009) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (January 29, 1985) Rennes, Brittany Region, France March 24, 2000) Sacramento, California, United States (October 2, 1984) Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea (June 16, 1993) Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland (December 22, 2000) Vitebsk, Belarus (August 17, 2009) Wakayama, Honshu, Japan (April