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12 Sept 2011
Dalian ( Liaoning ) City Information

Major Economic Indicators (2010)

Land Area (km2) 12,574
Population (million) 6.17
GDP (RMB billion) 515.8
GDP Composition
Primary Industry 6.7%
Secondary Industry
(Industry & Contruction)		 51.3%
Tertiary Industry (Service) 42%
GDP Per Capita (RMB) 83,599
Unemployment Rate 2.8%
Fixed Asset Investment (RMB billion) 508.43
Utilized FDI (USD million) 10,030
Total Import & Export (USD million) 52,110
Export (USD million) 27,390
Import (USD million) 24,720
Sales of Consumer Goods (RMB billion) 163.98
Source Source: Dalian Economic and Social Development Report 2010

 
Introduction
 

Facing the Shandong peninsular, Dalian is located at the southern tip of the Liaodong peninsular, and borders the Bohai Sea to the west, and the Huanghai Sea to the east. In terms of population, it is the second largest city of Liaoning Province, and is also an important port city for trade, industry and tourism. Temperatures in Dalian are not as extreme as in other inland cities, and tend to be warm and temperate, experiencing a continental monsoon climate. The average temperature is 10.5°C, and rainfall is measured at 550-950 mm.

Dalian provides advantageous location and transport conditions. Located between China’s north-east economic region and the Bohai bay economic region, the Dalian port was the nation’s sixth-largest port in terms of throughput volume in 2009. Ships setting sail from Dalian can reach international cities as well as domestic locations around Bohai Bay and eastern coastal cities of China.
 
Economic Features
 
The pillar industries of Dalian are petrochemicals, equipment manufacturing, shipbuilding, electronics and information technology. In 2010, the value-added industrial output of these four sectors reached RMB 154.41 billion, up 25.3% over 2010, which accounted for 66.95% of the city's total value-added industrial output. Major companies include PetroChina's Dalian Corp, Dalian Locomotive & Roll Stock Works, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corp, and Dalian Port Corp.

Being the International Model City for the Software Industry, Dalian was established by the Ministry of Commerce as the service-outsourcing base of China, aiming at target markets in Japan and South Korea. In 2009, total industrial output of software industry in Dalian exceeded RMB 400 billion, and export value of service outsourcing industry amounted to US$1.4billion.

Dalian is the financial center of north-east China, being the location for the largest number of foreign banks, as well as being home to the only foreign exchange center in the region. Dalian is also a locale for foreign insurance companies from Japan looking to set up their headquarters in China.

Dalian has one of China's four commodity exchanges. Corn, soybeans, soybean-meal, soybean oil, palm oil and polyethylene are its major exchange commodities. In 2009, its trade volume and trading value reached 830 million and RMB 37.6 trillion, ranking second among all the agricultural product exchanges of the world.

In 2010, Dalian's total foreign trade value reached US$52.11 billion, up 23.5% from 2010, which accounted for 64.1% of the whole province's total. Among the export products, the export of mechanical and electric products accounted for 50% of the total export.

Dalian is one of the major destinations for foreign investors to invest in Liaoning. Within the same year, the city's utilized FDI amounted to US$10.03 billion, which accounted for 66.07% of the province's total FDI. Japan and South Korea were, and currently are, the major countries for investment.

Dalian facilitates excellent education in engineering at the Dalian Maritime University, and the well-known Dalian University of Technology. The former is recognized by the International Maritime Organization as one of the foremost maritime universities of the
world.
 
Cultural Highlights
 

Dalian is known as “Football City”, owing to its citizens’ great enjoyment of the game. Since the commencement of China’s professional football league in 1994, the Dalian team has won the championship eight times..

Dalian has also been known as “Garment City” since the 1970s. Citizens in Dalian have a greater awareness of clothing fashion than citizens in other Chinese cities, especially women, and an international fashion festival is held in Dalian each year. Dalian has formed its own unique garment culture, gathering ideas, styles and features from elsewhere in China, Japan, Europe and America.
 
Tourist Attraction
 

Dalian is a popular vacation destination in summer, and is famous for its high latitude, unique landform, and a green rate of 42.3%. Surrounded by sea on three sides, Dalian has many beaches, including Tiger Beach, Xinghai Beach, Golden Pebble Beach and Fujiazhuang Beach. Another drawcard for Dalian is its many squares in its downtown area, due to the actions of some Russian architects a century previously in their attempt to include Dalian in the concept of “Oriental Paris”. Etched on the squares, there are pigeons, fountains, statuaries, waltz, and the nation's unique female-mounted police.

Strong lines of descent from the Shandong Chinese through the Dalian population has resulted in excellent cuisine. Known as China’s Lu Cuisine, the Dalian cuisine focuses heavily on seafood, and can be quite salty. Eating seafood is a wonderful experience in Dalian.
 
Major Development Zones
 

Name
Area (km²)
Pillar Industries
GDP in 2010
(RMB billion)
Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone
20.00
 Petrochemicals, electronics and communications equipment, electrical machinery, fabricated metal products
100.2 (2009)
Dalian Free Trade Area
1.25
 General equipment, fabricated metal products, chemicals, raw materials processing
N.A.
Dalian Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone
13.00
 Software and information services, biotechnology and medicine, new materials
N.A.
Dalian Export Processing Zone
2.95
 Electronics, machinery, plastics, home appliances, warehousing and logistics
10.1 (2008)
Dalian Pebble Beach National Tourist Resort
13.60
 Water sports, entertainment, tourism
N.A.

Source: National Development and Reform Commission
 
Honors
 

Best Tourism City (2007)
-National Tourism Administration

China Service Outsourcing Base (2006)
-Ministry of Commerce

Best Chinese City for Business (2005)
-Fortune

Living Environment Award (2003)
-Ministry of Construction

National Garden City (2003))
-Ministry of Construction

World Top 500 City for Environment (2001)
-United Nations

National Environmental Protection Model City (1997))
-Ministry of Environment Protection, PRC

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