Dalian, also known as Bincheng, is a sub-provincial city in Liaoning Province and a city under separate state planning.

Dalian has a long history. As early as 6,000 years ago, our ancestors developed Dalian, and it was called Dalian in 1899.

During the First Opium War and the Second Opium War, the British army invaded the Dalian area.

As the main battlefield of the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, Dalian suffered two major war disasters in modern history.

It became a colony of Russia and Japan for nearly half a century.

Dalian has an excellent environment, with a climate that is neither too cold in winter nor too hot in summer. It is known as the "Window to the Northeast", "Pearl of the North" and "Romantic City".

It is Northeast China’s window to the outside world and the largest port city; it has successively won honors such as the International Garden City?, China’s Best Tourism City, and the National Environmental Protection Model City.

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Dalian is the permanent host city of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Summer Davos. It has China’s largest agricultural product futures exchange and the world’s second largest soybean futures market: Dalian Commodity Exchange.

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 the gateway to Beijing and Tianjin.

It borders the vast hinterland of Liaoning Province, Jilin Province, Heilongjiang Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in Northeast China to the north, 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.

With the square as the center, streets radiate in all directions. There are more than 80 squares in the city.

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Origin of the name:

The place name of Dalian is the pronunciation of "Dariin".

"Dariin" is Russian and means "far away".

The origin of "Dariin" is that after Dalian became a Russian leased area, the place was named Darien according to the order of Tsar Nicholas and it was opened as a free trade port.

The back sound changes to Dalian.

It is said that the name Dalian originated from Dalian Bay and began in modern times.

In the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1880), Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang mentioned "Dalian Bay" in his memorial on the construction plan of the Dalian Bay military port.

During the Japanese imperialist occupation, it was first called Dalian in February 1905.

After liberation, on April 1, 1949, Dalian and Lushun were jointly called Luda City.

In February 1981, it was renamed Dalian City with the approval of the State Council.

Historical introduction:

Human society in Dalian has a history of at least 17,000 years.

From the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, it belonged to Liaodong County.

Han Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty belonged to the Andong Protectorate.

Liao established Su and Fuzhou.

Jin changed Suzhou to Jinzhou.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Jin Fuzhou Wanhu Mansion was established.

The Jinzhou Guard was established.

The Jinzhou Hall was established.

In the 19th century, this was still a small fishing village called Qingniwa.

100 years ago, the Russians built this city and named it "Dalini" Special City.

It means a distant city, a place far away from Moscow and St. Petersburg.

During the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, the Dalian area was the main battlefield and was occupied by Russian and Japanese imperialists for nearly fifty years.

Starting in 1898, Russia and Japan established Dalian City in the Qingniwa area on the south coast of Dalian Bay.

In 1905, Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.

The Japanese occupied the city instead of the Russians.

The transliteration of "Dalini" became "Dalian" in Chinese, and he ruled Dalian for 40 years.

In 1945, Japan surrendered, returned to the motherland, and established Luda City.

Luda City is the collective name of Lushun and Dalian.

Lushun and Dalian have had a very close relationship since ancient times. A long time ago, people used Lushun to refer to this area at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Historically, Dalian City and Lushun were collectively known as Luda City.

At the end of 1949, the Luda Administrative Office administered Dalian City, Dalian County, Lushun City, Jin County and Changshan County.

In April 1950, the People's Government of Dalian City and the People's Government of Dalian County jointly signed the name of Dalian People's Government.

In October of the same year, the Dalian Municipal People's Government and the Luda Administrative Office jointly operated. In December 1951, they merged to establish the Luda Municipal People's Government, canceling the establishment of Dalian City and Dalian County.

In February 1981, Luda City was renamed Dalian City, and then renamed Dalian City in 1981.

Today, Dalian has developed into an important port, industrial, trade and tourism city in northern China.

From 1984 to 1985, the Chinese Communist Party approved Dalian as an open coastal city and a city with separate planned status, and granted provincial-level economic management authority.