Human geography of Qingdao?

An important coastal city in eastern China.

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

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

Qingdao is one of the first civilized cities in China.

Qingdao is one of the two "China brand capitals" in China.

Qingdao is a national environmental protection model city, a national health city and a national garden city, and won the "China Habitat Environment Award".

In 2005, Qingdao won the first place in "The Most Popular China City".

Qingdao is the host city of sailing competition in the 29th Olympic Games in 2008, and also the "sailing capital" of China.

Qingdao is an open coastal city of China 14 and one of the eight international conference cities.

Qingdao is one of the important foreign trade ports in China.

Qingdao is an important marine scientific research base in China.

Geographical location and natural environment

Qingdao is located at the southern tip of Shandong Peninsula (35 35'-37 09' north latitude and119 30'-12100' east longitude), on the coast of the Yellow Sea. Qingdao is a unique coastal city with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. The total length of the city's coastline (including island coastline) is 870 kilometers, of which the mainland coastline is 730 kilometers, accounting for 1/4 of the coastline of Shandong Province. The coast twists and turns, and the headland intersects with the bay. Qingdao now governs seven districts and five cities, with a total area of 10654 square kilometers and a total population of 7.409 million, of which the urban area 1 159 square kilometers has a population of 2.6543 million.

Qingdao is located in the north temperate monsoon region and belongs to the temperate monsoon climate. Due to the direct regulation of the marine environment and the influence of southeast monsoon, ocean current and water mass from the ocean surface, the urban area has obvious maritime climate characteristics. The air is humid, the temperature is moderate, and the four seasons are distinct. The temperature rises slowly in spring, which is later than inland 1 month. Summer is hot and humid and rainy, but there is no heating; In autumn, the weather is refreshing and there is little precipitation; In winter, the wind is strong and the temperature is low, which lasts for a long time, but there is no severe cold.

The development of history

Qingdao is a famous historical and cultural city and one of the cradles of Taoism in China. 6000 years ago, there were human beings here. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Jimo, the second great history of Shandong Province at that time, was established. After Qin Shihuang unified China, he visited Langyatai, now located in Jiaonan, Qingdao, three times. Xu Fu of Qin Dynasty led a fleet to cross Korea and Japan from Langya Mountain. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once worshipped the gods at the Jiaomen Palace in Buqi Mountain, which is now located in Chengyang District, Qingdao, and set up Jiuming Hall to worship the ancestors at Nvgu Mountain on the coast of Jiaozhou Bay. At the end of Qing Dynasty, Qingdao had developed into a prosperous town, which used to be called Jiaoao.

189 1 14 June (the 17th year of Guangxu reign), the Qing government fortified Jiaoao, which was the beginning of the construction of Qingdao. 1897165438+10 In October, Germany used the "Juye religious plan" as an excuse to send troops to occupy Qingdao. 19 14 World War I broke out. 1 1 In June, Japan invaded Qingdao and replaced Germany in military colonial rule of Qingdao. 19 19, the famous May 4th Movement in China's modern history was caused by "recovering Qingdao". 1922 12 10 China recovered Qingdao and set up Jiaoao commercial port supervision office, which was directly under the Beiyang government. 1929 July, Qingdao Special City was established. 1930, renamed Qingdao. 1938 65438+ 10, Japan invaded Qingdao again. 1945 In September, the Kuomintang government took over Qingdao, which was still a special city. 1June 2, 949, Qingdao was liberated. 1986, Qingdao was listed separately in the national plan, giving considerable provincial economic management authority. 1994 is listed as one of the national 15 sub-provincial cities.

Economy and development

After more than 20 years of reform and opening up and continuous adjustment of industrial structure, Qingdao has now formed six pillar industries: electronic communication, information household appliances, chemical rubber, beverages and food, automobiles and ships, and clothing. According to preliminary accounting, the city's GDP reached 269.55 billion yuan in 2005, up by 16.9% year-on-year, the highest increase since 1994. Among them, the added value of the primary industry17.464 billion yuan, an increase of 0.4%; The added value of the secondary industry139.975 billion yuan, an increase of 20%; The added value of the tertiary industry1121.10/100 million yuan, with an increase of 16%. The ratio of the three industries is 6.5: 5 1.9: 4 1.6. The comprehensive economic strength ranks 10 among cities in China and fourth among 15 sub-provincial cities.

In 2005, the city realized the general budget revenue of local finance17.634 billion yuan, up by 3.5 1%, and the general budget expenditure of local finance was 20.306 billion yuan, up by 23.4%.

The income of urban and rural residents has increased steadily, and the urban and rural consumer goods market is active. In 2005, the retail sales of social consumer goods exceeded 80 billion yuan, reaching 8655438+0 billion yuan, an increase of 65.438+05.8%. In 2005, Qingdao's total import and export volume (including central and provincial companies) reached US$ 33.022 billion, up by 22.4%, including exports of US$ 654.38+09.422 billion, up by 23. 1%, and imports of US$ 654.38+03.6 billion, up by 2654.38+0.4%.

In 2005, * * * approved 2530 foreign investment projects, an increase of 4.4%. The contracted foreign investment amounted to US$ 9.545 billion, up by 4.2 1%. Foreign direct investment was US$ 3.656 billion, up by 13 1%.

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

Qingdao is rich in agricultural resources, rich in grain, oil, fruit, animal husbandry and aquatic products. Pingdu Dazeshan grapes are well-known at home and abroad. Qingdao has many harbors, vast beaches, fertile soil and rich bait. There are many kinds of aquatic organisms, including soft-shelled turtle, yellow croaker, perch, abalone, oyster, stockade fish, prawn, scallop, sea cucumber, crab and conch.

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

Grain 3 15.02

In which: wheat 153.55.

Corn 147.86

Peanut 50.39

Vegetables 579.438+0

Fruit 73.73

Meat 8 1.94

Among them: pork 28.07.

Poultry 45.55

Milk and goat milk 50.82

Eggs 38.63

As one of the top ten most economically dynamic cities in China, Qingdao won the "Entrepreneur Satisfaction Award" for its fair market order, good social order, comfortable living conditions, efficient government work, perfect infrastructure and guaranteed personal and property safety.

Qingdao has a number of well-known domestic enterprises such as Haier Group, Hisense Group, Qingdao Iron and Steel Holding Group, Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd., Aucma Group, Zhong Yi Tobacco (Group), Double Star Group, Qingdao Guangyuan Fa Group, Liqun Group, Qingdao Port (Group), Qingdao Construction Group and Shandong Qi Li Group. Tsingtao beer has a history of one hundred years. Haier group is a rapidly rising enterprise after the reform and opening up. In 2005, its global turnover reached 654.38+0039 billion yuan. Hisense Group, Double Star Group and Aucma Group have become well-known brands in China.

Qingdao, which won the title of "Brand Capital of China", has the only global 100 most influential brand Haier in Chinese mainland, 44 kinds of famous brand products in China, 15 well-known trademarks in China, and five enterprises won the national quality management award.

The financial and insurance industry in Qingdao has developed rapidly. By the end of 2005, there were more than 35,000 financial employees in the city. There are 20 Chinese-funded banking institutions and 1 180 business institutions and savings outlets in the city. 9 foreign-funded financial institutions such as banks, including 6 operating institutions and 3 representative offices; Asset management companies, trust and investment companies and finance companies 1. The balance of local and foreign currency deposits was 284.924 billion yuan, an increase of 428 15 billion yuan compared with the beginning of the year, and the balance of local and foreign currency loans was 223.28 billion yuan, an increase of 3 19.06 billion yuan compared with the beginning of the year. There are 1 corporate securities companies, 39 securities business departments and 3 securities service departments in the city. There are 2 futures brokerage companies and 5 futures brokerage business departments. Domestic listed companies 10 (issued shares 1 1 0) and 2 overseas listed companies; 12 the accumulated financing of listed companies12.4 billion yuan, and the transaction volume of stock funds was 56.36 billion yuan;

There are 18 domestic insurance branches, 64 insurance branches (sales departments) and 82 marketing service departments in the city. There are 2 insurance brokerage companies1,45 insurance agencies, 2 insurance assessment companies1,2 foreign insurance branches and 3 representative offices. The accumulated premium income for the whole year was 4.957 billion yuan, up by 4.2% over the previous year.

Qingdao has 25 institutions of marine scientific research, education and management, and China Ocean University, a national key comprehensive marine institution of higher learning, is located here. With more than half of China's domestic marine scientific and technological talents, it is an Oriental Marine Science City integrating marine scientific research, international academic exchange and personnel training. It has 40 academicians from China Academy of Sciences and China Academy of Engineering.

Carefully create an efficient integration model of "talent, talent and financing integration", which has a unique role in attracting intelligence and aiding navigation. In the past two years, * * * has implemented a total of nine projects 1 19, introduced 237 foreign experts and organized 298 overseas trainings. At the end of 2005, Qingdao University Soft Control Co., Ltd. and Qingdao Rentian Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. were awarded national demonstration bases for introducing talents respectively. There are also 3 provincial demonstration bases for introducing talents and 6 municipal demonstration bases for introducing talents. * * * Five foreign experts won the National Friendship Award, six experts won the Qilu Friendship Award in Shandong Province, and 90 experts won the Qingdao Qindao Award. The China Qingdao International Talent Entrepreneurship Project Fair has been held for four consecutive years, with the aim of attracting talents and talents to promote investment attraction, and accelerating the establishment of an entrepreneurial mechanism in which international talents (talents), projects (talents) and funds (financing) are efficiently integrated. A total of 989 cooperation intentions were reached, and contracts 1 16 were formally signed, including 65438+ investment projects.

National key development areas

tsingtao economy & technology development area

Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone is one of the first national economic and technological development zones in the State Council. Located on the coast of the Yellow Sea and the west bank of Jiaozhou Bay, backed by the Bohai Economic Circle. It is the core area of the strategy of building "Great Qingdao" and a hot spot for investment with great development potential.

Since the establishment of the Development Zone, the regional environment has been built according to international practice, scientific planning and high standards, with an accumulated investment of nearly 30 billion yuan, and a complete infrastructure supporting system has been built. Qianwan New Port is a 100-million-ton port in this region, with the largest modern container deep-water wharf in China at present, and more than 100 ocean routes connecting all over the world.

The development zone strives to create a beautiful environment suitable for modern people's work and life. At present, the green coverage rate in the whole region is 44%, and the per capita public green space is 32 square meters. He has won the title of "China's Human Settlements Model Award". In 2004, it became the ISO 14000 National Demonstration Zone, and passed the acceptance of the National Ecological Demonstration Zone in 2005.

A good investment environment has attracted the attention of domestic and foreign investors. Up to now, merchants 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 Fortune 500 companies have invested and set up more than 50 projects here.

Focusing on the construction of Qingdao's new industrialized central area, the development zone has initially formed "six industrial clusters" such as household appliances and electronics, petrochemical industry, machinery manufacturing, new materials, warehousing and logistics, and high technology, based on its own advantages and grasping the law of industrial development, and its main economic indicators have increased at a rate of about 30% for many years. In the latest comprehensive evaluation of the investment environment of 54 state-level development zones organized by the Ministry of Commerce, the comprehensive economic strength and comprehensive evaluation index of the investment environment of Qingdao Development Zone rank among the top four in China. Among the classified indicators, its social and environmental status index ranks 1 in China, and its human resources, supply level and technological innovation environment index rank among the top three in China.

As a new tourist attraction in Qingdao, Qingdao Development Zone has a pleasant climate and beautiful natural scenery. The beautiful seaside scenery and charming landscape make people linger. Xuejiadao provincial tourist resort has charming seaside scenery and scenic spots such as Golden Beach, Silver Beach, Lianshan Island and Bamboo Tea Island. The comprehensive development of tourism with the theme of film, television, culture and media industry was officially launched.

Qingdao Free Trade Zone

Qingdao Bonded Zone was established with the approval of the State Council on June 5438+0992165438+10/9, and officially closed for operation on March 29 1993. It is the only bonded area along the Yellow River basin, which has the characteristics of "domestic customs clearance" and implements the special policy of "certificate-free, tax-free and bonded".

Since 2000, Qingdao Free Trade Zone has continuously innovated its mechanism, fully implemented the people-oriented enterprise management mode, implemented "small government, big service", continuously optimized the investment environment, and built "investment tax-free zone" and "full-time free agency service zone", thus taking the lead in obtaining ISO900 1 and ISO1among the five free trade zones in China. The economic strength has been continuously enhanced, and it has entered the advanced ranks from the bottom of the national bonded area, attracting 3,400 enterprises from more than 40 countries and regions to operate in the area, including 24 of the world's top 500 enterprises.

In 2005, Qingdao Free Trade Zone took the opportunity of the State Council's approval of Qingdao's pilot project of "District-Port Linkage" to create and implement a new development model of "District-Port Linkage", build an industrial system of rubber, mineral rights, minerals, cotton, pulp and building materials with the international trading market as the main body, and give full play to the demonstration role of economic radiation and opening up; On June165438+1October1KLOC-0/day, 2005, Qingdao Bonded Logistics Park, a pilot project of "District-Port Linkage", successfully passed the national acceptance and was officially closed for operation, and Qingdao Bonded Zone took a solid step to transform into a free trade port area. In the future, Qingdao Free Trade Zone will focus on the linkage between districts and ports, take port international logistics as the core, take export processing, international trade exhibition and market system construction as the driving force, develop and form an international logistics center, an international trade exhibition center, an international market trading center and a high-tech industrial center, strive to establish a bonded port area, accelerate the progress to a free trade port area, and build a bridgehead for opening to the outside world 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 as a national high-tech zone by the State Council in May 10 of the same year. In 2000, it became one of the first national export bases of high-tech products; 200 1 was rated as advanced in the national high-tech industrial development zone; In 2002, it was recognized by National University Science Park and National Torch Program Software Industry Base; In 2003, it was awarded the honorary titles of "Advanced National High-tech Industrial Development Zone in the 5th Anniversary of Torch Program Implementation/KLOC-"and "National Advanced Torch Program Software Industry Base" by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The innovation service center was certified by the National Innovation Service Center, and the software park was certified by the National 863 Software Incubator. In 2004, the Innovation Service Center was rated as the National Excellent Innovation Service Center. In 2005, the National Telecommunication Industrial Park and the National Intellectual Property Pilot Park settled in this area.

Following the principle of "differentiated competition and misplaced development", Qingdao High-tech Zone has established the electronic information industry and marine biomedical industry with software as the core industries, and accelerated the development of high-tech industries in the direction of characteristics, scale and clustering. It has attracted and gathered a number of key enterprises such as Haier, Lucent, Heicks Kang, thunis, Shandong Neusoft, Ericsson Wave, Jiante Bio, Aohai Bio, Huanghai Pharmaceutical, Jingu Magnesium, Tyco LCD and Hanergy Group. Newly introduced 39 R&D centers of large enterprises such as Lucent Global Technical Support Center, Caterpillar China R&D Center, IBM Software Evaluation Center, Didion R&D Pilot Production Base, University Soft Control R&D Center and 725 CSIC. In addition, universities such as Qingdao University, China Ocean University, Qingdao University of Science and Technology and No.1 State Oceanic Administration have settled in one after another, and Qingdao High-tech Zone has become a region with relatively concentrated scientific and technological resources, independent innovation capability and good environment for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Relying on its good geographical advantages, Qingdao High-tech Zone has continuously accelerated the pace of opening up to the outside world, established friendly and cooperative relations with the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions, and strengthened exchanges and cooperation with international high-tech parks such as Brest High-tech Park in South Korea and Gyeonggi-do Science Park. On the other hand, the regional innovation and entrepreneurship environment has been continuously optimized, and eight comprehensive and professional incubators have been built, including Entrepreneurship Building, Science and Technology Pioneer Park, Overseas Students Pioneer Park, Academy of Life Sciences and Software Park, with a total incubation area of over 6,543.8+0.5 million square meters, and a relatively complete innovation and entrepreneurship system has been initially established.

Qingdao export processing zone

Qingdao Export Processing Zone is located in Chengyang District, the frontier of Qingdao's opening to the outside world. Chengyang District is an aviation and land transportation hub of Qingdao, an important modern manufacturing base and a foreign trade export processing base. It is also a national ecological demonstration zone, a demonstration zone of scientific and technological progress and a new material industry base.

Qingdao Export Processing Zone was established with the approval of the State Council in 2003, and passed the joint inspection and acceptance of 8 ministries including the General Administration of Customs in June 5438+February of the same year. The core area is planned to be 2.8 square kilometers, focusing on the development of "big, high and foreign" projects such as precision machinery, electronic information, new materials and fine chemicals. The special policy of "domestic customs clearance" is implemented in the processing zone, and the customs clearance mode of "one declaration, one inspection and one release" is convenient and fast, which is very suitable for the development of export-oriented processing enterprises with "big import and big export, fast forward and fast exit" in the zone.

Since its establishment, Qingdao Processing Zone has adhered to high starting point planning and high standards to promote development and construction. The investment of 800 million yuan has been completed, the infrastructure has achieved "nine connections and one leveling", a standard factory building of 6,543,800 square meters has been built, and a number of large projects such as Tyco Electronics of the United States and Steele electric tools of Germany have been introduced. In 2005, the investment scale of Qingdao Export Processing Zone reached US$ 300 million, ranking second among the same batch 13 processing zones in China, ranking among the top 57 export processing zones in China, with more than 10 enterprises put into production.

Focusing on giving full play to the radiation-driven role of Qingdao Export Processing Zone and accelerating the development of Hongdao Group in Qingdao's "three-point layout" urban framework, Chengyang District has set up supporting industrial zones, radiation-driven zones and living service zones on the basis of the planning of the core area of the export processing zone, and implemented the four-in-one development model of supporting linkage, key breakthrough and comprehensive start-up, striving to build it into a national first-class export processing zone in 3-5 years, and gradually build the industrial belt around Jiaozhou Bay and the manufacturing base of Shandong Peninsula.

Qingdao Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Experimental Zone

The Qingdao Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Experimental Zone was established in March 1999 with the approval of the Ministry of Commerce (formerly the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation), the Ministry of Agriculture and the Taiwan Province Affairs Office of the State Council. It is the only county-level experimental zone in the national cross-strait economic cooperation experimental zone.

The total area of the experimental area is 3 166 square kilometers, and the planned area of the central area of the experimental area is 22.4 square kilometers. The processing zone is located in Qingdao "1 hour economic circle", 30km away from Qingdao Liuting International Airport, 70km away from Qingdao Qianwan Port and10km away from Ji Jiao Railway. Qingdao-Yinchuan Expressway and Tongjiang-Sanya Expressway have entrances and exits in this area.

The experimental area adheres to the direction of export food processing, with the support of science and technology, focusing on the introduction of domestic and foreign deep-processing enterprises of agricultural and sideline products such as grain and oil, fruits, vegetables and animal husbandry, forming a gathering place for deep-processing enterprises of agricultural and sideline products and a center for absorbing and digesting advanced technological achievements. Food processing zones and comprehensive industrial zones are planned to be built in the area. Among them, the comprehensive industrial zone has electronic engineering, textile and clothing, machinery manufacturing, biological engineering and other project areas, which are suitable for all kinds of projects to settle in.

Since the establishment of the area, the experimental area has invested 260 million yuan, improved the infrastructure of roads, water supply, sewage discharge, electricity and communication in the 9.8 square kilometers central start-up area, built a 220,000-volt substation and a sewage treatment plant with a daily processing capacity of 20,000 tons, and has the ability to undertake various projects. At present, there are more than 60 investment projects in the region from South Korea, Japan, the United States, Belgium, Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province and other countries and regions, with contracted foreign capital of 360 million US dollars, actually utilized foreign capital of 240 million US dollars and domestic capital of 660 million RMB. Food processing, textile and clothing, biotechnology, machinery and electronics, furniture manufacturing and other industries have begun to take shape.

Provincial economic and technological development zone

With the approval of Shandong Provincial People's Government, Qingdao has established six provincial-level economic and technological development zones: Huanhai Economic and Technological Development Zone, jimo city Economic and Technological Development Zone, Laixi Economic and Technological Development Zone, pingdu city Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiaonan Economic and Technological Development Zone and jiaozhou city Economic and Technological Development Zone. At present, the facilities in the six development zones are basically complete, and the beautiful investment environment and convenient transportation have attracted many foreign investors to set up factories.

Traffic and communication

Qingdao Port is a famous natural port, an important international trade port and a maritime transportation hub in the Yellow River Basin of China and the west coast of the Pacific Rim. It has container, ore, crude oil and coal terminals, 97 international air routes to more than 450 ports, and 465,438+09 international flights to all parts of the world every month. In 2005, the annual throughput of Qingdao Port exceeded 65.438+0.8 billion tons, reaching 65.438+0.87 billion tons, ranking fifth in the country. Among them, the ore throughput is 64 million tons, ranking first in the country; The throughput of imported crude oil is 23.8 million tons, ranking first in the country; Foreign trade throughput10.40 billion tons, ranking second in the country; The container throughput exceeded 6 million TEUs, reaching 63 1000 TEUs, ranking third in China and remaining among the top 15 in the world. The outward orientation of the port is 75%, ranking first in the country.

Qingdao air transport maintained rapid growth. In 2005, the air passenger throughput was 5.55 million, an increase of15.43%; Air cargo and mail throughput 1.23 million tons, up 1. 1% year-on-year. 19 international (regional) passenger and cargo routes have been opened, and direct flights to Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Paris (via Shanghai), seven European countries (via Beijing), Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Macao and Frankfurt will be opened soon. It has opened flights to 50 major cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, with 6 10 flights per week.

The road traffic in Qingdao is very developed. Up to now, nine expressways have been built in Qingdao, including Qing Ji, Jiaozhou Bay, Liu Xi, Liu Xi, Xiamen-Shuangcheng, Weilai, Tongshan, Yin Qing, National Highway 206 and Qianwan Port. The total mileage of expressways reaches 525 kilometers, accounting for one-sixth of the total mileage of expressways in China and one-sixth of the whole province. At present, the number, length, density and proportion of expressways in Qingdao rank first among similar cities in China, and have initially reached the level of developed countries.

Coastal highway is one of the main skeletons of Qingdao transportation system. The project starts from the eastern end of Xielaba in Fengcheng, jimo city, Qingdao, passing through jimo city, Laoshan District, Shinan District, Huangdao District and Jiaonan City, and ends at National Highway 204 near Liushudi Village, Boli Town, Jiaonan City. The total mileage of coastal highway is about 169 km, the total investment of the project 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 post and telecommunications business grew rapidly. In 20001year, the total post and telecommunications business was 9.702 billion yuan, an increase of 32.4%. With the continuous popularization and improvement of network information technology, the total number of netizens reached 843,000 in 2005, an increase of 27.7%, and the usage time reached 27.56 billion minutes. The communication capacity was further enhanced, and the total capacity of local telephone exchanges in the city reached 3.2 million10.6 million, an increase of 6.28%; The number of local telephone users reached 2.2748 million, and the number of mobile telephone users increased to 3.8364 million.

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travel and tourism

Qingdao is the first batch of excellent tourist cities in China, an important transportation hub in the eastern coastal area of China and the main port for overseas tourists to enter and leave China.

Qingdao is surrounded by the sea on three sides, surrounded by mountains and seas, with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. Coupled with special historical accumulation, Qingdao became a famous tourist attraction in China as early as the early 20th century. The beautiful seaside scenery, the ups and downs of the sea fairy mountain-Laoshan Mountain, the city scenery with red tiles and green trees, blue sea and blue sky, the typical European-style multinational architecture, the former residence of famous people in modern history and culture, and the modern holiday exhibition conditions make Qingdao, a city with a combination of Chinese and Western, mountains, seas and cities, the most beautiful seaside scenery in China and a holiday exhibition capital renowned at home and abroad.

History, Culture and European Customs Protected Areas

Many cultural heritages hidden in the beautiful scenery bear the vicissitudes of Qingdao for a hundred years and the rich connotation of the blending of eastern and western cultures. Diversified urban historical and cultural accumulation, well-preserved century-old streets, European-style villa areas, and numerous bays, beaches and bathing beaches full of sea love, charm and romance have formed a unique European style area.

In the history of Qingdao, more than 20 countries have left different styles of buildings, forming a European-style urban landscape. Representative buildings include the official residence of the former German governor, the prefect building, the Catholic church, the Christian church and the Badaguan villa area. Every building is written with a history and a story, and many Chinese and foreign films have been shot here. In spring, summer, autumn and winter, the newlyweds in wedding dresses wandered around Badaguan and the seaside promenade, taking photos as a souvenir, setting up their "vows of eternal love" and leaving their romantic and warm honeymoon aftertaste.

The ever-changing tourist areas in eastern cities

The East New Town is the political, economic and cultural center of Qingdao. The office building of Qingdao Municipal Government, the landmark building of the new city-the Wind of May, and the sailing competition venue of the 2008 Olympic Games are all in this area. Binhai Pedestrian Street, Donghai Road, Hong Kong Road and Macau Road, which cross the east and west, string together a series of scenic spots such as Huiquan Square, Sculpture Street of Chinese Civilization, May 4th Square, Music Square and Sculpture Garden, forming a beautiful tourist landscape of coastal cities.

Shilaoren National Tourism Resort

A large number of modern cultural, sports, entertainment and leisure facilities, such as holiday villas, beach gentle slopes, seashore sculpture gardens, dolphin performance halls, international beer city, golf courses, international convention and exhibition centers, cultural Expo centers, century squares, sports centers, and projects such as Qingdao Polar Ocean World, Modern Art Center, yacht and yacht club, which have already started construction, have made Shilaoren National Tourism Resort a collection of sightseeing, vacation, festivals and sports.

Laoshan national scenic spot

Laoshan Scenic Area is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea in the east of Qingdao, and consists of nine scenic spots, five scenic restoration areas and peripheral land and sea attractions. Jufeng, the main peak, is1133m above sea level, which is the highest mountain on the coastline of Chinese mainland. Known as "the first famous mountain in the sea" and "the famous Taoist mountain", it is a national key scenic spot approved by the State Council. At the same time, it is a national civilized scenic spot, a national 4A-level tourist area and a national civilized scenic spot demonstration site.

Laoshan has a mild and humid climate, with no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer. It has a long history and rich historical sites. It was once an important spreading place of Taoism in China, and was known as "the second Taoist jungle in the world". Strange rocks with different shapes are "natural sculpture parks"; Trees are lush and vibrant, and there are many ancient trees and famous flowers; Rich in natural resources, mineral water and seabed jade are famous at home and abroad.

Tourism resources in the suburbs of Qingdao

The suburbs of Qingdao are rich in natural ecological landscape, cultural landscape and historical sites. The historical scenic spot Langya Taiwan, the ancient platform to watch the moon, Longwan Canglang, the first emperor crossed the east three times and forgot to return. The King of Yue Gou Jian set up a vassal of the Taiwan League here, and Xu Fudong crossed Japan and set sail from then on; On Tian Heng Island, the 500 righteous men of the Western Han Dynasty are full of high spirits and can be moved with emotion; There are also the national key cultural relics protection unit Tianzhu Mountain Cliff Stone Carving, the national nature reserve Mashan Stone Forest and the Qi Great Wall site during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In 2005, Qingdao received 684,400 overseas tourists and realized foreign exchange income of 4150,000 USD. The number of domestic tourists was 24.4903 million, and the domestic tourism income was 22.26 billion yuan. The total tourism revenue is 25.66 billion yuan.

Life and environment

Qingdao New District, which developed in 1990s, has become the political, economic, financial and cultural center of Qingdao. The former shanty towns have been replaced by elegant residential quarters and rows of high-rise buildings.

As an open coastal city, a national historical and cultural city and a national key protected city in the State Council, Qingdao adheres to the concept of "creating a beautiful environment and building a pleasant residence", and has achieved all-round development in urban planning, ecological environment and residential buildings, creating a living environment with coordinated economic and social development, harmonious coexistence between man and nature, outstanding urban personality, beautiful mountains and seas, clean environment, perfect functions and comfortable life. It has successively been rated as a national health city, an excellent tourist city in China, a national garden city, a national environmental protection model city and a national water-saving city, and has successively won the honorary titles of the United Nations and the National Model Award for Human Settlements, the China Award for Human Settlements and the National Civilized City. Qingdao has become one of the most suitable cities for human entrepreneurship and life.

The income and expenditure 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 12920 yuan, an increase of16.5%; The per capita consumption expenditure was 9883 yuan, an increase of 9.8%, and the Engel coefficient was 37.6%. The per capita net income of farmers was 5806 yuan, up by 14.3%, and the per capita living expenditure was 3737 yuan, up by1/0.4%. Average wage of social workers 156 16 yuan, growth 16. 1%. Urban per capita housing construction area is 22.96 square meters, and rural per capita housing use area is 29.54 square meters.