Geography and History

An important coastal city in eastern China

Qingdao is an important economic center and port city in China, a national historical and cultural city and a scenic tourist attraction. .

Qingdao is one of the top ten most economically dynamic cities in China and one of the top ten business cities in China, and won the "Entrepreneur Satisfaction Award".

Qingdao is among the first batch of national civilized cities.

Qingdao is one of the two “Chinese Brand Capitals” in the country.

Qingdao is a national environmental protection model city, a national sanitary city and a national garden city, and has won the "China Human Settlements Environment Award".

Qingdao won the first place in 2005 as “the most desirable city in China”.

Qingdao is the host city for the sailing competition of the 29th Olympic Games in 2008 and is China's "Sailing Capital".

Qingdao is one of China’s 14 coastal open cities and 8 international conference cities.

Qingdao is one of China’s important foreign trade ports.

Qingdao is an important marine scientific research base in China.

Geographic location and natural environment

Qingdao is located at the southern end of the Shandong Peninsula (35°35'-37°09' north latitude, 119°30'-121°00' east longitude), between the Yellow Sea and coast. Qingdao is surrounded by mountains and sea, with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. It is a unique coastal city. The total length of the city's coastline (including the coastline of its islands) is 870 kilometers, of which 730 kilometers are mainland coastline, accounting for 1/4 of the coastline of Shandong Province. The coast is winding and interspersed with headlands and bays. Qingdao currently governs seven districts and five cities, with a total area of ??10,654 square kilometers and a total population of 7.409 million, of which the urban area is 1,159 square kilometers and has a population of 2.6543 million.

Qingdao is located in the north temperate monsoon area and has a temperate monsoon climate. Due to the direct regulation of the marine environment and the influence of the southeast monsoon, ocean currents and water masses from the ocean, the urban area has significant maritime climate characteristics. The air is humid, the temperature is moderate, and the four seasons are distinct. The temperature rises slowly in spring, one month later than inland; the summer is humid, hot and rainy, but there is no severe heat; in autumn, the weather is high and cool, with little precipitation; in winter, the wind is strong and the temperature is low, lasting for a long time, but there is no severe cold.

Historical evolution

Qingdao is a famous historical and cultural city and one of the birthplaces of Taoism in China. 6,000 years ago, humans lived and multiplied here. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Jimo, the second largest town in Shandong at that time, was established. After Qin Shihuang unified China, he visited Langyatai, now located in Jiaonan City, Qingdao, three times. In the Qin Dynasty, Xu Fu once led a fleet that set sail from Langya Mountain and crossed eastward to Korea and Japan. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once "worshiped gods and men in Jiaomen Palace" at Buqi Mountain, now located in Chengyang District, Qingdao City, and set up nine Mingtang halls to worship heaven and ancestors at Nugu Mountain on the bank of Jiaozhou Bay. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Qingdao had developed into a prosperous town, formerly known as Jiao'ao.

On June 14, 1891 (the seventeenth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), the Qing government set up fortifications in Jiaoao, marking the beginning of the construction of Qingdao. In November 1897, Germany used the "Juye Mission Case" as an excuse to send troops to occupy Qingdao. The First World War broke out in 1914. In November, Japan invaded and occupied Qingdao, replacing Germany's military colonial rule of Qingdao. In 1919, the famous "May 4th Movement" in modern Chinese history was caused by the "recovery of Qingdao". On December 10, 1922, China took back Qingdao and established the Jiaoao Commercial Port Supervisory Office, directly under the Beiyang Government. In July 1929, Qingdao Special City was established. In 1930, it was renamed Qingdao City. In January 1938, Japan invaded Qingdao again. In September 1945, the Kuomintang government took over Qingdao and it remained a special city. On June 2, 1949, Qingdao was liberated. In 1986, Qingdao City was listed separately in the national plan and granted considerable provincial-level economic management authority. In 1994, it was listed as one of the 15 sub-provincial cities in the country.

Economy and Development

After more than 20 years of reform and opening up and continuous adjustment of industrial industrial structure, Qingdao has now formed electronic communications, information appliances, chemical rubber, beverages and foods, automobiles The six pillar industries are shipping and apparel. According to preliminary calculations, the city's gross product (GDP) in 2005 was 269.55 billion yuan, an increase of 16.9%, the highest growth rate since 1994. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 17.464 billion yuan, an increase of 0.4%; the added value of the secondary industry was 139.975 billion yuan, an increase of 20%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 112.111 billion yuan, an increase of 16%.

The ratio of the three industries is 6.5:51.9:41.6. The comprehensive economic strength ranks 10th among cities nationwide and 4th among 15 sub-provincial cities.

In 2005, the city achieved local general budget revenue of 17.634 billion yuan, an increase of 35.1%, and local general budget expenditures of 20.306 billion yuan, an increase of 23.4%.

The income of urban and rural residents has increased steadily, and the urban and rural consumer goods markets are active. In 2005, retail sales of consumer goods exceeded the 80 billion mark, reaching 86.591 billion yuan, an increase of 15.8%. In 2005, the Qingdao region (including central and provincial companies) achieved a total foreign trade import and export volume of US$33.022 billion, an increase of 22.4%, of which the export volume was US$19.422 billion, an increase of 23.1%, and the import volume was US$13.6 billion, an increase of 21.4%.

In 2005, 2,530 foreign investment projects were approved, an increase of 4.4%, and contracted foreign investment was US$9.545 billion, an increase of 42.1%. Foreign direct investment amounted to US$3.656 billion, an increase of 13.1%.

Qingdao has trade relations with 192 countries and regions. As of the end of 2005, 77 Fortune 500 companies had invested in 142 projects in Qingdao.

Qingdao is rich in agricultural resources, rich in grains, oils, forest fruits, livestock, and aquatic products. Pingdu Dazeshan grapes are well-known at home and abroad. The Qingdao sea area has many harbors, vast tidal flats, fertile soil, and abundant food. A variety of aquatic organisms live and breed there, such as snapper, yellow croaker, perch, abalone, oysters, walled fish, prawns, scallops, sea cucumbers, crabs, conches, etc.

Output of major agricultural and livestock products in 2005 (10,000 tons)

Grain 315.02

Among them: wheat 153.55

Corn 147.86

Peanuts 50.39

Vegetables 579.21

Fruits 73.73

Meat 81.94

Among them: pork 28.07

Cattle and goat milk 50.82

Poultry eggs 38.63

Qingdao, as one of the ten most economically dynamic cities in China, relies on its fair market The good investment and living environment including order, good social security, comfortable living conditions, efficient government work, complete infrastructure and guaranteed personal and property safety won the "Entrepreneur Satisfaction Award".

Qingdao has a number of well-known Chinese enterprises, such as Haier Group, Hisense Group, Qingdao Iron and Steel Holding Group, Tsingtao Beer Co., Ltd., Aucma Group, Yizhong Tobacco (Group), Double Star Group, Qingdao Guangyuanfa Group, Liqun Group, Qingdao Port (Group), Qingdao Construction Group, Shandong Qili Group, etc. Tsingtao Beer has a century-old production history; Haier Group is an enterprise that has risen rapidly after the reform and opening up, achieving global turnover of 103.9 billion yuan in 2005; Hisense Group, Double Star Group, Aucma Group, etc. have all become famous brand companies in China.

Qingdao, won the title of "China's Brand Capital", has the only top 100 most influential brand in the world - Haier in mainland China. It also has 44 types of Chinese famous brand products and 15 Chinese well-known trademarks. Five companies won the National Quality Management Award.

Qingdao has a rapidly growing financial and insurance industry. By the end of 2005, there were more than 35,000 financial practitioners in the city. There are 20 Chinese-funded financial institutions in the city, with 1,180 business institutions and savings outlets; 9 foreign-funded financial institutions in the banking category, including 6 operating institutions and 3 representative offices; asset management companies and trust investment companies and one financial company each. The balance of deposits in local and foreign currencies was 284.924 billion yuan, an increase of 42.815 billion yuan from the beginning of the year. The balance of loans in local and foreign currencies was 223.28 billion yuan, an increase of 31.906 billion yuan from the beginning of the year. The city has 1 legal person securities company, 39 securities business departments, and 3 securities service departments; 2 futures brokerage companies and 5 futures brokerage business departments.

There are 10 domestic listed companies (11 stocks issued) and 2 overseas listed companies; the 12 listed companies have raised a total of 12.4 billion yuan, and the stock fund transaction volume is 56.36 billion yuan;

The city has the most domestic capital There are 18 insurance branches, 64 insurance branches (sales departments), 82 marketing service departments; 21 insurance brokerage companies, 45 insurance agency companies, 12 insurance adjustment companies, 2 foreign-funded insurance branches and representative offices 3 homes. The cumulative premium income for the whole year was 4.957 billion yuan, an increase of 4.2% over the previous year.

Qingdao has 25 marine scientific research, education and management institutions. Ocean University of China, a national key comprehensive marine institution of higher learning, is located here. It is home to more than half of China’s domestic marine science and technology talents. The Oriental Marine Science City integrates scientific research, international academic exchanges and talent training. It has 40 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Carefully create an efficient intelligence introduction model that integrates "talents, intelligence, and financing", and the role of intelligence introduction in assisting navigation is unique. In the past two years, *** has implemented 119 projects to introduce foreign technical and management talents, introduced 237 foreign experts of various types, and organized overseas training for 298 people. As of the end of 2005, Qingdao University Software Control Co., Ltd. and Qingdao Tianren Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. were awarded national-level talent introduction demonstration bases respectively. Our city also has 3 provincial-level intelligence introduction demonstration bases and 6 municipal-level industrial intelligence introduction demonstration bases. ;*** 5 foreign experts have won the national “Friendship Award”, 6 experts have won the Shandong Province “Qilu Friendship Award”, and 90 experts have won the Qingdao “Qindao Award”. The China Qingdao·International Talent Entrepreneurship Project Fair, which has been held for 4 consecutive years, promotes investment attraction by recruiting talents and intelligence, and accelerates the construction of an efficient "talent (talent)-project (intelligent)-funding (financing)" international talent entrepreneurship With the integrated entrepreneurial mechanism, a total of 989 cooperation intentions have been reached, and 116 contracts have been formally signed, including 14 investment projects with a total foreign investment of US$90.85 million.

National Key Development Area

Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone

Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone is one of the first batch of national economic and technological development zones under the State Council. Located on the coast of the Yellow Sea, the west coast of Jiaozhou Bay, and backed by the Bohai Rim Economic Circle, it is the core area of ??the "Greater Qingdao" strategy and an investment hotspot with great development potential.

Since the establishment of the development zone, it has followed international practices, scientific planning, and high-standard construction of the regional environment. It has invested a total of nearly 30 billion yuan and built a complete infrastructure supporting system. Qianwan New Port, the world's largest 100-million-ton port located in the area, has China's largest modern container deep-water terminal and more than 100 ocean routes connecting all parts of the world.

The development zone strives to create a beautiful environment suitable for modern people to work and live. At present, the green coverage rate of the whole zone reaches 44%, and the per capita public green space is 32 square meters. It has won titles such as "China Human Settlements Environment Model Award", became an ISO14000 national demonstration area in 2004, and successfully passed the acceptance of the national ecological demonstration area in 2005.

The good investment environment has attracted the attention of domestic and foreign investors. Up to now, businessmen from more than 20 provinces and cities and more than 50 countries and regions have come to invest, with a total investment of more than 9 billion US dollars. More than 30 of the world's top 500 companies have invested in more than 50 projects here.

Revolving around the construction of Qingdao's new industrialization center, the development zone has based on its own advantages and grasped the laws of industrial development, and has initially formed "six major industries" including home appliances and electronics, petrochemicals, machinery manufacturing, new materials, warehousing and logistics, and high-tech. Cluster", the main economic indicators have been growing at a rate of about 30% for many years. In the latest comprehensive evaluation of the investment environment of 54 national development zones organized by the Ministry of Commerce, Qingdao Development Zone’s comprehensive economic strength and investment environment comprehensive evaluation index ranked among the top four in the country. Among classified indicators, its social and environmental status index It ranks first in the country, and its human resources, supply level and technological innovation environment index all rank among the top three in the country.

As an emerging tourist destination in Qingdao, Qingdao Development Zone has a pleasant climate and beautiful natural scenery. The incomparably beautiful seaside scenery and charming landscapes make people forget to leave. The Xuejia Island Provincial Tourism Resort has charming seaside scenery and scenic spots such as Golden Beach, Silver Beach, Liansan Island, and Zhucha Island. The comprehensive tourism development here with the theme of film and television culture and media industry has been officially launched.

Qingdao Free Trade Zone

Qingdao Free Trade Zone was established with the approval of the State Council on November 19, 1992, and was officially put into operation on March 29, 1993 after passing the inspection and acceptance by the General Administration of Customs and other ministries and commissions. It is located along the Yellow River Basin It is the only bonded zone with the characteristics of "domestic and external customs" and implements special policies of "license-free, tax-free and bonded". It mainly develops and cultivates functions such as international logistics, international procurement, international trade exhibitions, international trade, export processing, and bonded warehousing.

Since 2000, Qingdao Free Trade Zone has continuously innovated mechanisms, comprehensively implemented a people-oriented enterprise management model, implemented "small government, big service", continuously optimized the investment environment, and built an "investment-free zone" and a "full-process Free Agent Service Zone", and was the first to obtain ISO9001 and ISO14001 dual certification among the 15 bonded zones in the country. The economic strength has been continuously enhanced, moving from the last place among the nation's bonded zones to the advanced ranks. It has attracted 3,400 companies from more than 40 countries and regions to operate in the zone, including 24 of the world's top 500 companies.

In 2005, Qingdao Free Trade Zone took the opportunity of the State Council’s approval of Qingdao’s pilot program of “district-port linkage” to create and implement a new development model of “district-port linkage” and build an international trading market for rubber, mineral rights, and minerals. , cotton, pulp, building materials and other comprehensive market industrial systems, giving full play to its economic radiation and demonstration role in opening up to the outside world; on November 11, 2005, the "District-Port Linkage" pilot - Qingdao Bonded Logistics Park successfully passed the national acceptance and was officially closed. Operations, Qingdao Free Trade Zone has taken a solid step towards transforming into a free trade port area. In the future, the Qingdao Free Trade Zone will take linkage between the district and ports as the main body, with port international logistics as the core, and export processing and international trade exhibitions and market system construction as the driving force. It will develop into an international logistics center, an international trade exhibition center, an international market trading center and As a high-tech industrial center, strive to establish a bonded port, accelerate the move towards a free trade port area, and build a bridgehead for opening up along the Yellow River Basin.

Qingdao High-tech Industrial Development Zone

Qingdao High-tech Industrial Development Zone was established in May 1992 and was approved by the State Council as a national-level high-tech zone in November of the same year. In 2000, it became one of the first batch of national high-tech product export bases; in 2001, it was rated as an advanced national high-tech industrial development zone; in 2002, it passed the certification of the National University Science and Technology Park and the National Torch Plan Software Industry Base; in 2003, it won the National Science and Technology Award The honorary title of "Advanced National High-tech Industrial Development Zone for the 15th Anniversary of the Implementation of the Torch Plan" and "National Advanced Torch Plan Software Industry Base"; the Entrepreneurship Service Center has passed the certification of the National Entrepreneurship Service Center, and the software park has passed the "National 863 Software Incubator", in 2004 the Entrepreneurship Service Center was rated as a national outstanding Entrepreneurship Service Center; in 2005, the National Communications Industrial Park and the National Intellectual Property Pilot Park were settled in the area.

Qingdao High-tech Zone follows the principle of "differentiated competition and misaligned development", establishes the electronic information industry with software as the core and the marine biomedicine industry as its industrial focus, and accelerates the advancement of high-tech industries into characteristics and scale. development in the direction of globalization and clustering. It has attracted a number of key enterprises such as Haier, Lucent, Hexagon, Tsinghua Unigroup, Shandong Neusoft, Ericsson Inspur, Kent Biotech, Aohai Biotech, Huanghai Pharmaceutical, Jingu Magnesium, Dike LCD, and Han Cable Group. It has newly introduced 39 large enterprise R&D centers, including Lucent Global Technical Support Center, Caterpillar China R&D Center, IBM Software Evaluation Center, Diendi R&D Pilot Production Base, University Software Control R&D Center, and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation 725 Institute, plus With universities and institutions such as Qingdao University, Ocean University of China, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, and the National Oceanic Administration established in the area, Qingdao High-tech Zone has become an area with relatively concentrated scientific and technological resources, independent innovation capabilities, and a better innovation and entrepreneurship environment in Qingdao.

Relying on its good location advantages, Qingdao High-tech Zone has continuously accelerated the pace of opening up to the outside world, and has established friendly cooperative relations with the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions, and strengthened its ties with Brest High-Tech in France. exchanges and cooperation with international high-tech parks such as the Park and Gyeonggi-do Science and Technology Park in South Korea. On the other hand, the regional innovation and entrepreneurship environment has been continuously optimized, and 8 comprehensive and professional incubators have been built, including Entrepreneurship Building, Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park, Entrepreneurship Park for Overseas Students, School of Life Sciences, and Software Park, with a total incubation area of ??more than 150,000 square meters. A relatively complete innovation and entrepreneurship system has been established.

Qingdao Export Processing Zone

Qingdao Export Processing Zone is located in Chengyang District, the forefront of Qingdao’s opening up to the outside world.

Chengyang District is Qingdao's aviation and land transportation hub, an important modern manufacturing base and foreign trade export processing base. It is a national ecological demonstration zone, scientific and technological progress demonstration zone and new materials industry base.

Qingdao Export Processing Zone was established with the approval of the State Council in 2003. In December of the same year, it passed the joint acceptance inspection by 8 ministries and commissions including the General Administration of Customs. The core area has a planned area of ??2.8 square kilometers and focuses on the development of precision machinery, electronic information, and new materials. , fine chemicals and other "large, high-tech and foreign" projects. This processing zone implements a special policy of "domestic customs and outbound customs" and adopts a customs clearance model of "one declaration, one inspection, one release". Customs clearance of goods is convenient and fast, and is very suitable for export-oriented processing enterprises with "big in, big out, fast in and fast out" Come and develop in the area.

Since the establishment of Qingdao Processing Zone, it has adhered to high starting point planning and high standards to promote development and construction. It has completed an investment of 800 million yuan, and the infrastructure facilities have reached "nine connections and one level". A standard factory building of 100,000 square meters has been built. The introduction of It has won a number of large projects such as Tyco Electronics in the United States and Stihl Power Tools in Germany. In 2005, the investment scale of Qingdao Export Processing Zone reached US$300 million, ranking second among 13 processing zones of the same batch in the country and ranking among the top 57 export processing zones in the country. More than 10 enterprises have started production.

With a view to giving full play to the radiating and leading role of Qingdao Export Processing Zone and accelerating the development of the Hongdao Group in Qingdao’s “three-point layout” urban framework, Chengyang District has established supporting industries based on the core area planning of the Export Processing Zone District, radiation driving area and living service area, implement a four-in-one development model, supporting linkage, key breakthroughs, and comprehensive start-up, and strive to build it into a first-class export processing zone in the country in 3-5 years, and gradually build it into an environmentally friendly The Jiaozhou Bay Industrial Belt, the core area of ??the Shandong Peninsula manufacturing base and an important base carrying world industrial transfer.

Qingdao Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Pilot Zone

Qingdao Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Pilot Zone was approved by the Ministry of Commerce (formerly the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation), the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council in March 1999. Established, it is the only cross-strait economic cooperation pilot zone located at the county level in the country.

The total area of ??the pilot area is 3,166 square kilometers, and the planned area of ??the central area of ??the pilot area is 22.4 square kilometers. The processing area is within the "1-hour economic circle" of Qingdao City, 30 kilometers away from Qingdao Liuting International Airport, and 30 kilometers away from Qingdao Qianqian. It is 70 kilometers away from Wangang and 10 kilometers away from Jiaoji Railway. Qingdao-Yinchuan Expressway and Tongjiang-Sanya Expressway have entrances and exits in the area, making transportation accessible in all directions.

The pilot zone adheres to the orientation of export food processing, is supported by science and technology, and focuses on the introduction of domestic and foreign intensive processing enterprises of agricultural and sideline products such as grains, oils, fruits, vegetables, and animal husbandry, forming a gathering place for intensive processing enterprises of agricultural and sideline products. and a center for the absorption and digestion of advanced technological achievements. The area is planned to include two major subdivisions: a food processing zone and a comprehensive industrial zone. Among them, the comprehensive industrial zone has project areas for electronic engineering, textile and clothing, machinery manufacturing, and bioengineering, which are suitable for various types of projects.

Since its establishment, the pilot zone has invested 260 million yuan to improve the roads, water supply, sewage, electricity, communications and other infrastructure in the 9.8-square-kilometer central start-up area, and built a 220,000-volt substation and daily power supply. The sewage treatment plant, which can process 20,000 tons, has the ability to undertake various projects. At present, businessmen from South Korea, Japan, the United States, Belgium, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries and regions, as well as various parts of the country, have invested in more than 60 projects in the zone, with contracted foreign investment of 360 million US dollars and actual utilized foreign investment of 240 million US dollars. Utilized domestic capital of 660 million yuan. Industries such as food processing, textiles and clothing, biotechnology, mechanical electronics, and furniture manufacturing are beginning to take shape.

Provincial Economic and Technological Development Zones

With the approval of the Shandong Provincial People's Government, Qingdao City has established 6 provincial economic and technological development zones, namely Huanhai Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jimo Economic and Technological Development Zone Technology Development Zone, Laixi Economic and Technological Development Zone, Pingdu Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiaonan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiaozhou Economic and Technological Development Zone. At present, the six development zones have basic facilities, a beautiful investment environment, and convenient transportation, attracting many foreign investors to invest and set up factories.

Transportation and Communications

Qingdao Port is a famous natural port. It is an important international trade port and maritime transportation hub along the Yellow River Basin in China and the west coast of the Pacific Rim. It has containers, ore, crude oil and coal terminals, with 97 international routes to more than 450 ports and 419 international flights per month to around the world.

In 2005, the annual throughput of Qingdao Port exceeded the 180 million tons mark, reaching 187 million tons, ranking fifth in China. Among them, the ore throughput was 64 million tons, ranking first in China; the imported crude oil throughput was 23.8 million tons, ranking first in China; the foreign trade throughput was 140 million tons, ranking second in China; the container throughput exceeded 6 million TEUs , reaching 6.31 million TEUs, ranking third in China, and continuing to remain among the top 15 in the world; the port's export-oriented degree is 75%, ranking first in China.

Qingdao air transportation maintains rapid growth. In 2005, air passenger throughput was 5.55 million, an increase of 15.43%; air cargo and mail throughput was 123,000 tons, an increase of 18.1%. It has opened direct flights to 19 international (regional) passenger and cargo routes including Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Paris (via Shanghai), 7 European countries (via Beijing), Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Macau, and Frankfurt flights It will be opened soon. It has opened routes to 50 major domestic cities including Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, with 610 flights per week.

Qingdao’s highway transportation is very developed. So far, Qingdao City has built Jiqing, Jiaozhou Bay, Xiliu, Xiliu, Xiashuang, Weilai, Tongsan, Qingyin, 206 National Highway, Qianwan Port There are 9 expressways including Shugang Expressway and Shugang Expressway, with a total expressway mileage of 525 kilometers, accounting for one-sixtieth of the country’s total expressway mileage and one-sixth of the province’s total. At present, Qingdao ranks first among similar cities in the country in terms of the number, length, density and proportion of expressways in all highways, and has initially reached the level of developed countries.

The coastal highway is one of the main frameworks of Qingdao’s transportation system. The project starts from the east end of Fengcheng Kaolao Dam in Jimo City, Qingdao in the north, and passes through Jimo City, Laoshan District, Shinan District, Huangdao District, and Jiaonan City, ending at National Highway 204 near Liushudi Village, Boli Town, Jiaonan City. The total length of the coastal highway is about 169 kilometers, the total project investment is about 3.7 billion yuan, and the construction period is 2 years. It is planned to be completed and opened to traffic by the end of 2006.

Qingdao’s postal and telecommunications business has grown rapidly. The total volume of postal and telecommunications business completed throughout the year was 9.702 billion yuan, an increase of 32.4%. Network information technology continues to popularize and improve. In 2005, the total number of Internet users reached 843,000, an increase of 27.7%, and the usage time reached 27.56 billion minutes. Communication capabilities have been further enhanced. The total capacity of local telephone exchanges in the city has reached 3.2016 million, an increase of 6.28%; the number of local telephone users has reached 2.2748 million, and the number of mobile phone users has increased to 3.8364 million.

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Travel and Sightseeing

Qingdao is one of the first batch of outstanding tourist cities in China. It is an important transportation hub in the eastern coastal area of ??China and the main gateway for overseas tourists entering and leaving China. port.

Qingdao is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with mountains and seas, beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, and special historical accumulation, which made Qingdao become a famous tourist destination in China as early as the early 20th century. The beautiful seaside scenery, the ups and downs of the fairy mountain on the sea - Laoshan, the urban scenery of red tiles, green trees, blue sea and blue sky, the multinational buildings with typical European style, the former residences of celebrities that condense modern history and culture, modern vacation and exhibition conditions, Qingdao, a city that combines Chinese and Western elements, with mountains, sea, and city, has become the most beautiful coastal scenery in China and a famous destination for vacation, leisure, sightseeing, business, and exhibitions at home and abroad.

Historical Culture and European Style Reserve

The numerous cultural heritages hidden in the beautiful scenery carry the rich connotation of Qingdao’s vicissitudes over the past century and the blending of Eastern and Western cultures. The city's diversified historical and cultural heritage, well-preserved century-old streets, European-style villa areas, and many bays, beaches, and bathing beaches full of sea sentiment, charm, and romance form a unique European-style area.

Qingdao has left over buildings of different styles from more than 20 countries in its history, forming a European-style cityscape. Representative buildings include the former German Governor's Residence, Admiral's Building, Catholic Church, Christian Church and Badaguan Villa Area. Every building writes a piece of history and interprets a story. Many Chinese and foreign films and television films have been shot here. In spring, autumn, winter and summer, pairs of newlyweds dressed in wedding dresses wander around Badaguan and the seaside promenade, taking photos, making their "eachother" vows, and leaving behind the romantic and warm aftertaste of their honeymoon.

The rapidly changing eastern urban tourist area

The eastern new city is the political, economic and cultural center of Qingdao.

Qingdao's municipal government building, May Wind, a landmark building in the new urban area, and the 2008 Olympic sailing competition venue are all in this area. The tourist coastal promenade, Donghai Road, Hong Kong Road and Macau Road that run across the east and west connect a series of scenic spots such as Huiquan Square, Chinese Civilization Sculpture Street, May Fourth Square, Music Square, Sculpture Garden and other scenic spots, forming a beautiful landscape. Coastal urban tourist landscape.

Shilaoren National Tourism Resort

A well-proportioned group of holiday villas, a beach with gentle sandy slopes, a seaside sculpture garden, a dolphin performance hall, an international beer city, a golf course, A large number of modern cultural, sports, entertainment and leisure facilities such as the International Convention and Exhibition Center, Cultural Expo Center, Century Square, and Sports Center, as well as Qingdao Polar Ocean World, Modern Art Center, Yacht and Sailing Club and other projects that have already started construction, make Shilaoren National Tourism Resort It will become a comprehensive resort integrating sightseeing, vacation, festivals and sports.

Laoshan National Scenic Area

Laoshan Scenic Area is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea in the east of Qingdao. It consists of 9 scenic tourist areas, 5 scenic restoration areas and outer land and sea scenic spots. The main peak, the giant peak, is 1,133 meters above sea level. It is the highest mountain on the coastline of mainland China. It is known as "the most famous mountain on the sea" and "the famous Taoist mountain". It is a national key scenic spot approved and announced by the State Council. It is also a national civilized scenic spot, a national 4A tourist area and a national civilized scenic tourist area demonstration site.

Laoshan Mountain has a mild and humid climate, with no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer. It has a long history and a collection of historical sites. It was once an important place for the spread of Taoism in China and was known as the "Second Jungle in the World for the Complete Taoism". The rocks have unique shapes. It is a "natural sculpture park" with various shapes and forms; the trees are lush and full of vitality, and there are many ancient trees and famous flowers; it is rich in natural resources, and its mineral water, submarine jade, etc. are famous at home and abroad.

Qingdao’s suburban tourism resources

Qingdao’s suburbs are rich in natural ecological landscapes, cultural landscapes, and historical sites. Langyatai, an ancient scenic spot, where you can watch the moon and watch the waves at Longwan Bay. The First Emperor came to the east three times and was so happy that he never returned. King Gou Jian of Yue established a platform here to meet all the princes, and Xu Fu set sail eastward to Japan. Tianheng Island, the five hundred martyrs of the Western Han Dynasty. There are also the Tianzhu Mountain cliff carvings, a national key cultural relic protection unit known as stone carving treasures, the Mashan Stone Forest, a national nature reserve, and the Qi Great Wall ruins in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

In 2005, Qingdao received 684,400 overseas tourists and achieved tourism foreign exchange income of 415 million US dollars; 24,490,300 domestic tourists and domestic tourism income of 22.26 billion yuan; the total tourism revenue was 25.66 billion yuan.

Life and Environment

The Qingdao New District developed in the 1990s has become the political, economic, financial and cultural center of Qingdao. The shabby houses of the past have been replaced by elegant residential areas and row upon row of high-rise buildings.

As a coastal open city, a national historical and cultural city, and a nationally protected city designated by the State Council, Qingdao adheres to the concept of “creating a beautiful environment and building a pleasant place to live” in urban planning, ecological environment, and residential buildings. and other aspects have been comprehensively developed, creating a living environment with coordinated development of economy and society, harmony between man and nature, outstanding urban personality, beautiful mountains and seas, clean environment, complete functions, and comfortable life. It has been rated as a National Sanitary City, China's Excellent Tourism City, a National Garden City, a National Environmental Protection Model City, and a National Water-saving City. It has successively won the United Nations and National Human Settlements Environment Model Award, the China Human Settlements Environment Award, and the National Civilized City. Honorary title. Qingdao has become one of the most suitable cities for human beings to start a business and live in.

The income of urban and rural residents continued to grow, and their living standards further improved. In 2005, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 12,920 yuan, an increase of 16.5%; the per capita consumer expenditure was 9,883 yuan, an increase of 9.8%, and the Engel coefficient was 37.6%. The per capita net income of farmers was 5,806 yuan, an increase of 14.3%, and the per capita living consumption expenditure was 3,737 yuan, an increase of 11.4%. The average salary of social workers was 15,616 yuan, an increase of 16.1%. The per capita housing construction area in cities is 22.96 square meters, and the per capita housing area in farmers is 29.54 square meters.