Dalian City
Area code: 0411
Postal code: 116000
Location: Located at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, facing the Yellow Sea in the east and the Yellow Sea in the west It is adjacent to the Bohai Sea and faces the Shandong Peninsula across the sea to the south.
District: It governs 6 districts (Zhongshan, Xigang, Shahekou, Ganjingzi, Lushunkou, Jinzhou), 3 county-level cities (Wafangdian, Pulandian, Zhuanghe) and 1 Haidao County (Changhai).
City tree: locust tree
If you look at the territory of the Republic of China, which is shaped like a rooster, you will find China in the position of the rooster's beak. Dalian is the "Pearl of the North" and the international shipping center city in Northeast Asia that is accelerating its construction.
Dalian, a famous port, industrial, trade and tourism city in northern China, is the gateway to Beijing and Tianjin, the head of the Bohai Rim Economic Zone, and the hub of Northeast Asia's commerce, finance, information and tourism. Center, known as "Hong Kong in the North".
Human society in Dalian has a history of at least 17,000 years. In the 19th century, this was still a small fishing village called Qingniwa. 100 years ago, the Russians founded this city and named it "Dalini", which means a distant city, a place far away from Moscow and St. Petersburg. 70 years ago, the Japanese occupied this city and transliterated "Dalini" to become "Dalian" in Chinese. Today, Dalian has developed into an important port, industrial, trade and tourism city in northern China. From 1984 to 1985, the Chinese government successively approved Dalian as an open coastal city and a city with separate planned status, and granted provincial-level economic management authority. The city currently governs 10 districts, cities and counties: Zhongshan District, Xigang District, Shahekou District, Ganjingzi District, Lushunkou District, Jinzhou District, Wafangdian City, Pulandian City, Zhuanghe City, and Changhai County. The total area is 13,800 square kilometers and the population is 5.9 million.
In recent years, Dalian's national economy has maintained a momentum of healthy, rapid and stable development, its comprehensive economic strength has continued to increase, and people's living standards have improved year by year. Since 1992, GDP has maintained double-digit growth every year. In 2004, per capita GDP exceeded US$4,000. In November 2004, the China Bureau of Statistics announced the results of the national comprehensive strength city evaluation. Dalian ranked sixth in terms of economic strength and seventh in comprehensive strength.
Dalian is strategically located at the southernmost tip of China's Liaodong Peninsula, bordering the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west. It is at the head of the Bohai Rim region and is the gateway to Beijing and Tianjin. It is bordered by Liaoning Province and Jilin in Northeast China to the north. It has a vast hinterland of Heilongjiang Province, Heilongjiang Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, faces China's Shandong Peninsula across the sea to the south, and is adjacent to Japan, South Korea, North Korea and the Russian Far East.
Dalian has convenient transportation and communications, with sea, land and air transportation extending in all directions, and has formed a modern three-dimensional transportation network with strong transportation capacity. Dalian Port is a world-famous natural port with deep water, wide water and no freezing or siltation. It currently has more than 70 berths, including 40 berths above 10,000 tons. It has trade and transportation with more than 300 ports in more than 160 countries and regions around the world. contacts. Dalian Port is China's largest grain and oil transshipment port, responsible for more than 70% of the maritime cargo and more than 90% of the container transportation in Northeast China. A 300,000-ton crude oil terminal and a 300,000-ton ore terminal have been put into use, adding new port throughput capacity. 33 million tons. In 2004, the cargo throughput was 145 million tons and the container throughput was 2.211 million TEUs. The maritime transportation network is dense, with not only passenger routes to cities such as Shanghai, Tianjin, Yantai, Weihai and Incheon, South Korea, but also more than 40 international freight routes to the United States, Japan, India and other countries and regions; Dalian to Yantai The Yantai-Dalian Railway Ferry Project has greatly shortened the cargo transportation distance between Liaodong Peninsula and Shandong Peninsula. Dalian's land transportation is very convenient. The railway is connected to the railway network of North China and Northeast China; the highway lines extend in all directions, such as the Shenyang-Dalian Expressway known as the "No. 1 Road in China", the high-grade highway "Huanghai Avenue" from Dalian to Dandong, and the "Lvshun South Road" from Dalian to Lushun, etc. It has become a transportation artery that activates Dalian's economy; public transportation in the city is convenient, with dense rail transit, trolleybuses, and bus routes, and it has a world-leading traffic command system.
Dalian Airport - Zhoushuizi International Airport can take off and land large aircraft such as Boeing 747, and has opened hundreds of international and domestic routes. It is the largest cargo air transport base in Northeast China.
Dalian is rich in natural resources and is known as the "Hometown of Apples" and "Aquatic Products Base". High-quality apples, peaches, cherries, grapes and other fruits, as well as delicious abalone, prawns, sea cucumbers, scallops, crabs and other seafood treasures are exported overseas. The output of Ezo scallops, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and wakame accounts for China's total output. of 90 and above. Agriculture focuses on grain, aquatic products, and fruit production and implements diversified operations, forming five major advantageous industries including aquatic products, fruits, vegetables, animal husbandry, and flowers. Dalian is also rich in limestone and other mineral resources. Its diamond ore is of excellent quality and its reserves rank first in the country.
Dalian has a solid industrial foundation, complete industrial categories, strong comprehensive supporting capabilities, and a strong ability to carry the transfer of the world's manufacturing industry. At present, an industrial system has been formed mainly in petrochemical, electronics, machinery, textile and clothing, metallurgical building materials, food and medicine and other industries. There are many industrial enterprises that are the backbone enterprises of the same industry in China: Dalian Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (formerly Dalian Shipyard ) has a century-old history and is China's largest comprehensive shipbuilding enterprise; Dalian New Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. (formerly Dalian Shipbuilding New Plant) is China's largest modern ship assembly plant, with a 300,000-ton large-scale shipyard, and is known at home and abroad as China's largest shipbuilding complex. The "flagship" of the shipbuilding industry; Dalian is China's largest export ship base, with the largest export ship built of 300,000 tons; Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Factory is a manufacturer of high-power internal combustion engines in China. More than 50 of the diesel locomotives currently used in China come from this Factory, some products are also exported abroad; Dalian Crane Factory, one of the predecessors of Dalian Heavy Industry Crane Co., Ltd., is China's longest-standing and largest professional factory in the production of lifting and transportation machinery. In addition, there are large petrochemical companies, Western Pacific Famous companies such as petrochemicals, ZWZ, and large steel companies