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Location:
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Northeastern China
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Area:
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12,547 sq km
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Population:
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5.453 million
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Weather:
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Weather in Dalian
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Climate:
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a warm temperate continental monsoon climate
with maritime climatic features
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GDP:
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100,300 million RMB
real growth rate: 11.1%
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Geographical Location
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| The city of Dalian is located on the eastern
bank of the Eurasian Continent and the southernmost
point of the Liaodong Peninsula in the northeastern
part of China. It is washed by the Yellow
Sea on the east and the Bohai Sea on the
west, overlooking the Shandong Peninsula
across the sea to the south and bordering
the great span of the Northeast Plain to
the north. It serves as the marine gateway
for northeast China and Inner Mongolia to
have access to North China and East China. |
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Administrative Area
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 The Dalian Municipality now have six districts
(Zhongshan, Xigang, Shahekou, Ganjingzi, Lushunkou, and Jinzhou Districts), three county-level cities (Wafangdian,
Pulandian, and Zhuanghe cities) and one county (the Changhai county)
under its jurisdiction. Its total area is
12,573.85 km2, and its total population by
the end of 2000 was 5.515 million.
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Natural Resources
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Climate
Dalian lies in the warm temperate zone of
the North Hemisphere, and so enjoys a warm
temperate continental monsoon climate with
maritime climatic features. It has no extremely
cold weather in winter, no utterly hot days
in summer, but still with four distinctive
seasons. The total annual sunshine in the
region is 2,500-2,800 hours, and the average
temperature of the year is 8.4 C-10.5C, with
an annual average rainfall ranging from 600
mm to 790 mm;
Land
Dalian covers a total area of 1.34 million
hectares, in which 444,000 hectares are arable
land, 366,700 hectares are forests, 93,000
hectares are orchards and garden land, and
another 59,000 hectares are barren land suitable
for agriculture or forestry. The soil in
the region is mainly brown earth, which covers
an area of 907,000 hectares, counting for
81.47% of the land area of Dalian.
Sea and Islands
Dalian claims spacious sea surface of over
30,000 square kilometers and the coastline
stretches 1,906 kilometer. The area is blessed
with numerous bays and islands, the number
of which amounts to as much as 30, with a
total area of over 100,000 hectares. Most
important among them are the Dalian Bay,
the Dayaowan Bay, the Pulandian Bay, the
Jinzhou Bay, and the Fuzhouwan Bay. Sheltered
from wind and waves from outer seas, they
never freeze nor silt all year round. There
are as many as 705 islands of different sizes,
covering a total area of 30,000 hectares.
The largest among them are the Changshan
Island, Guanglu Island, and the River Deer
Island. Islands closest to the continent
include the Changxing Island, the Xizhong
Island and the Fengming Island.
Mineral Resources
Over 40 different kinds of mineral resources,
which are scattered in over 500 sites, have
already been verified in the entire Dalian
region. Mineral resources mainly fall into
three categories: metal, non-metal and building
material, the latter two of which are rich
in reserve. The reserve of diamond ranks
the first in the country, and the quality
of diamond here is among the top in the world.
And there are rich reserves for non-metal
mines including limestone, silica, marble,
asbestos and granite.
Natural Scenery
Dalian is a place where you can find natural
scenes of stunning beauty, amiable climate,
stylish architecture, comfortable beaches
and summer tourist resorts. The gardens and
circuses everywhere are good decorations
of the city. Along the southern coast, a
road like a jade ribbon runs among the mountains
and along the sea, threading through the
scenic spots of Bangchui Island, Tiger Beach,
Fujia Village, Baiyunshan Park, and Xinghai
Park. To the southwest of the city, there
are worldly famous Lushunkou. Taiyanggou
(Sun Valley), and Baiyu Mount (White Jade
Mount) and natural wonders such as the Snake
Island and the Sea Cat Island. To the north
of the city, there is the Golden Pebble Beach
Holiday Resort, where one can see typical
sea-corroded landscape and landform of coastal
cast, and the Almighty's master piece----the
unique "turtle-shell rocks." In
Dalian there is also the Bingyu Valley's
scenery attractions in the north of the Zhuanghe
city, which boasts soothing green mountains
and clear rivers.
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Infrastructure
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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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Labor Resources
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Dalian has a well-trained work force, and
it is rich in supply. There are about 1.312
million staff and workers, including 250,000
technical personnel of various disciplines.
200,000 people are now working in foreign-invested
enterprises. Each year, 13,000 more graduates
from colleges and specialized schools join
the work force, plus 12,000 occupational
trainees and another 62,000 other labors
joining the labor market, and so the needs
of foreign-invested enterprises for skilled
workers and management staff can always be
met.
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Dalian is an important city in the north of China
with the natural harbors, well-established
industry, and it is also active
in trade
and tourism. Dalian enjoys the
provincial
level of economic decision-making
authority.
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