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- One of the most international and beautiful city in China
______ Dalian
Everything in Dalian is beautiful, including its mountains, sea, especially the people.
Dalian was one of the first coastal cities
opened to the outside world. 
It was the first to be officially recognized
as a Clean City and a Tourist City
of China.
It is the largest grain distribution center
in Asia....
The principle of "Not seeking the biggest,
but seeking the best" makes it well-known
both at home and abroad. Many international well-known figures have come here visited Dalian out of admiration.
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In September, 1999, Mr. Bo Xilai, Mayor of the Dalian City was rewarded "the UN Human Residence Prize"
because of his brilliant contributions to
the housing construction and the
city's sustainable
development.
In July 2000, Dalian became the only national electronic business model city in China.
In June, 2000, Dalian became in Chinese history
the first city rewarded the title of "the Global Top
500 of Environment" by the UN.
It is
the only city that was granted this
honor
in 2001. And Dalian has been thought
of as
a model in China even in the world
for its
outstanding achievements on improving
the
city’s environment and the implementation
of the strategy of sustainable development
over the past 10 years. So it well
deserves
this honor naturally.
There are more than forty plazas in Dalian, which are the most in China. The beautiful view and modern city culture make Dalian the “Capital of Romance ” in China.
After China’s entry into the WTO, Dalian
became the first city that financial
business
and insurance were opened at the
same time
in China today. And the proposal
“constructing
a city in knowledge type ” was first put forward in Dalian.
As you know, people in Dalian are very fond of football. Being the first football special zone in China, Dalian is called “City of Soccer”. It is just as important as the annual rowing race held in Oxford University and Cambridge University,
Dalian is also the source of WBSA (World Business Strategist Association) in China. Now there are 19 registered World Business Strategists are legalized, and they disseminate concepts of WBSA both at home and abroad with other 60 business strategists in China. Everything they do serves the business strategies in China.
Dalian University of Technology is the first university since the founding
of the People Republic of China.
Prof. Z.F. Cui
(Cui Zhanfeng), the first Chinese professor
(from Mainland) in University of Oxford and one of youngest professor in history(Oct 2000 - Donald Pollock Professor of Chemical Engineering), took an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the Dalian University of Technology, China (1982–7).“The Cradle of Navigation”, as people often say, refers to Dalian Maritime University.
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Dalian and Dalian people are just as what Mr. Bo Xilai, the former mayor, present governor of Liaoning Province, said: “Dalian people are open-minded, straightforward but not conservative, of modern temperament and forging ahead. ……the world is small, we share the same planet; people live harmoniously, we love this fruitful land!”.
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Harbors
The construction of the Dalian harbor started in 1899, and is now the third largest in China, and the largest export harbor of the country. There are 65 berths specially for crude oil, oil products, coal, steel, timber, grain, containers and general cargo. Among them, 35 are berths for ships above 10,000 dead weight tons. The annual handl ing capacity of the Dalian harbor is over 80 million dead weight tons and it has established shipping relationship with over 150 countries and territories worldwide. The Dayaowan Bay Harbor now under construction is going to be the largest deep water international transit port with 100 deep water berths to be built for a designed handling capability of 80 million tons. Now in the first phase of construction, 4 container berths and 2 generally purposed berths are already in use, and the remaining berths are under construction.
Airport
The Dalian International Airport at Zhoushuizi in the northwestern part of the city can accommodate large aircraft such as Being 747. Forty-nine air routes have been established connecting Dalian in the air with 47 cities in China and around the world.
Railway
Railway from Dalian joins the rail network of Northeast China and North China. The Changchun-Dalian railway line is the main trunk in the railway system of the region. It branches out to the east and west coasts along Lushun, Jinzhuang, Nangan, Tianwu, and Bailao Lines, connecting themselves with marine transportation. The total length of these railway lines is 1,383.7 km, and the Dalian part of the Changchun-Dalian line is 162 km, with 43 stations for freight and passenger transportation. The Dalian Jinzhou central marshalling yard which is now under construction will further improve the capacity of Dalian's railway transportation. The electrification of the railway line from Dalian to Harbin currently being planned will usher in a new era of bullet trains and fast main tracks.
Road
The total length of roads and highways in Dalian is now 4,091 km, of which 4,089 km are above grade 4, crossing 1,710 bridges. The highway density is 32.5km/100km2.137km throughout Dalian region. There are 62 public bus lines operating in the city, with a total length of 625.3km.. On average, 18.8 standard buses are available for every 10.000 people, and the daily passenger flow volume is 2.973 million.
Post & Telecommunications
Dalian's international postal and telecommunication
services (international correspondence,
telephones,
and telegraphs) reach over 190 countries
and regions. Over 50 kinds of services,
including
mobile communications, wireless paging,
panel
exchanging, DDN, CHINANET, voice
information,
express delivery, etc. are provided.
Program-controlled
telephones, transmitting information
digitally
are available in all the urban and
rural
areas. By the year 2000, the number
of installed
program-controlled telephones will
reach
of 1.5 million.
Power Supply
Dalian now has five power plants installed whose generating capacity exceeds 50,000 kW, with totally twelve generating units. The total installed capacity is 1.05 million kW. There are 172 power transmission lines of over 35 KV capacity, extending 2,692.8 kilometer. The number of transformer substations with a capacity of over 35 KV in the entire area has amounted to 128. The second phase of the Dalian Huaneng Power Plant, which has two sets of 350,000 kW coal-burning gas turbine generating units, has been integrated into supply network and generated power.
Water Supply
The fresh water resource in the entire Dalian region totals 4.94 billion cubic meters per year, of
which 3.61 billion cubic meters is surface
water and 1.33 billion cubic meters is groundwater.
The biggest river the Biliuhe River is the
source for the cross-region water diversion
project. There are at the moment 10 reservoirs
in Dalian supplying water, with a total reserve
volume of one billion cubic meters. There
are nine water purifying plants, 51 high-positioned
water supply towers, and 3,343 km long water
pipelines. Everywhere in Dalian has access
to tap water supply.
Gas Supply
There are two gas production plants in Dalian, with a combined daily production capacity of 660,000 cubic meters. The total length of gas pipeline is 1,627 Km. Liquefied gas supply capacity to the city is totaling 21,000 ton/year. Cooking gas was supplied to 94.7% of the households by the end of 1998.
Heat Supply
The central heating is now available in 42.56 million square meters, which means that 88.19% of urban residents now have central heating. Throughout the city there are 32 large boilers of
seven megawatt or over, which together supply
central heating to 15.42 million square
meters
of urban areas. The Xianghai Heat and
Power
Plant and the Taishan Heat and Power
Plant
are now under construction, and they
are
expected to be put into use in the
year 2000.
Accommodation Facilities
There are more than 30 hotels at different star levels in Dalian, including Furama Hotel, Regent Hotel, International Hotel, Holiday Inn, Dalian Guesthouse, Shangri-La hotel, Swiss Hotel etc. Residential quarters for expatriates such as the Taoyuan Villa in the old urban district and the Seaside Park Villa in the Development Zone are new facilities to make the life and work of expatriates in Dalian more convenient.
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