The Kiautschou Bay concession was a German leased territory in Imperial China which existed from 1898 to 1914. Covering an area of , it was located around Jiaozhou Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula . Jiaozhou was romanized as Kiaochow, Kiauchau or Kiao-Chau in English and as Kiautschou or Kiaochau in German. The administrative center was at Tsingtau (Pinyin Qingdao).