INTRODUCTION OF DALIAN

    Dalian is an important city mainly engaged in port, manufacture，trade and tourism. The city has jurisdiction over 6 districts, 3 country-level cities and a country, covering a total area of 12,574 square kilometers, including urban area of 2,415 square kilometers, coastline area of 1,906 kilometers with a population of 5.9 million. Dalian has a clear distinction between the four seasons with the beautiful scenery，the pleasant climate, numerous harbours. The traffic is convenient , the industrial foundation is rich , finance and commerce are prosperous, the natural resource is abundant. It's the most open city of the North of China .
    Located on the southern tip of the Eastern Liaoning Peninsula and at the starting point of the Circum-Bohai Sea Region, Dalian has a superb geographical location and serves as a gateway to Beijing and Tianjin; with the Yellow Sea on its east, the Bohai Sea on its west; Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, the three provinces of Northeastern China and part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on its north; and facing the Shandong Peninsula in the south across the sea; and neighboring Japan, Korea and the far eastern part of Russia.
    Dalian boasts its convenient traffic and telecommunication networks. It is a hub of the modernized comprehensive transportation system with a powerful capacity of the sea, land and air. The Dalian Port is a world-known deep and non-frozen harbor, connecting with over 300 ports in more than 160 countries and regions. Regarding its land transportation, its railway stations connect to the railway networks of Northern China and Northeastern China. Dalian is linked with the well-developed highway networks, among which the most significant ones are Shenyang-Dalian Expressway, the earliest of its kind in China; Dalian-Zhuanghe and Dalian-Lushun highways. In the city proper, there are many convenient public transportation lines with light rail wagons, trolley buses and buses; and the most advanced urban traffic controlling system in the world. Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport can be landed with Boeing 747 and has opened 86 domestic or international air routes.
    Dalian is the famous summer resort and hot-spot of the tourists of China with its beautiful scenery and pleasant environment. The city is backed by mountains and facing the sea. It is neither extremely cold in winter, nor utterly hot in summer. The average temperature of a year is 10 Co; the annual average rainfall is about 700 mm; and the frost-free period is six months. Dalian won the "Habitant of Scroll of Homour Award" issued by the UN in 1999, and Global 500 in Environment issued by the UNEP in 2001 and many national awards in landscaping, environment improvement, sanitation and garden, etc. It was also identified as a "leading city in environmental improvement in Asian-Pacific Region" by the UN.
    Dalian has rich natural resources and has long been reputed as the "Apple Land" and the "Aquatic Product Base". There are many kinds of quality fruits produced here such as apples, peaches, cherries and grapes. There are also great deal of delicious seafood produced and exported from here such as abalone, prawns, trepangs, scallops and crab; and its seafood such as comb shell, urchin, stichopus and wakame account for above 90% of the country's total.
   With fast development in its finance industry, Dalian has become the largest host city of foreign banks in Northern China. Trading is flourishing in Dalian, which is covered by well-developed commercial networks. The modern forms of trading have mushroomed. The modern forms of trading have mushroomed. The state-owned, private and foreign capital businesses coexisted through competition; the shopping malls, supermarkets and chain stores co-developed with different features. Educational, scientific and cultural undertakings are booming in Dalian. There are 18 universities or colleges, over 100 research institutions and 18 state academicians of natural science or engineering in Dalian, turning over a lot of professional of high-level and research findings.