Qingdao, known as the "Oriental Switzerland", is located in the southeast of Shandong Peninsula, beside Jiaozhou Bay. It is one of the important coastal open cities in China and the second largest economic center city in East China after Shanghai, with a total area of 10654 square kilometers. The total population is 6.95 million, and the urban population is 2.27 million.
Qingdao is surrounded by mountains and seas, with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. Red tiles, green trees, blue sea and blue sky set off the beautiful figure of Qingdao; Red reef, fine waves, colorful sails and golden beaches constitute the beautiful scenery line of Qingdao; History, religion, folk customs, customs and festivals endow Qingdao with rich cultural connotations. Former residence of celebrities who condensed modern history and culture; Buildings of various countries with typical European styles have formed the characteristics of combining Chinese and Western styles.
The western part of Qingdao will bring you a kind of classical beauty, while the eastern part will present you modern and even advanced beauty. The sea broadens your mind, and Laoshan makes you feel empty. This combination of static and dynamic resorts is rare in China. It is really a great pleasure for mainland friends to travel to Qingdao. Every year in July and August, it is the time of Qingdao Beer Festival and Ocean Festival, and various activities are waiting for your participation. The tall Qingdao Xiaoman (called a girl in dialect) and the bold Qingdao guy will let you appreciate the humanistic charm of northerners.
Qingdao's unique seafood diet, characterized by freshness and lightness, is very popular. Laoshan green stone, natural pearls and exquisite grass crafts are more popular with tourists. Qingdao is also the origin of the famous Tsingtao beer at home and abroad. Visitors can taste authentic and fresh Tsingtao beer here.
As a national historical and cultural city, a famous seaside tourist resort and one of the first outstanding tourist cities in China, Qingdao has complete tourist facilities, and the three-dimensional transportation network of land, sea and air reaches all major cities at home and abroad. Visitors to Qingdao will have a pleasant holiday.
Qingdao is a coastal hilly city, with high terrain in the east and low terrain in the west, rising on the north and south sides and low depression in the middle. Among them, mountains account for about 15.5% of the total area, hills for about 25. 1%, plains for about 37.7%, and depressions for about 2 1.7%. Cities generally have three mountain systems. In the southeast is the Laoshan Mountains, which are rocky and steep. The elevation of the main peak is 1 132.7 meters, which is the highest peak on the coastline of China 18000 kilometers. It can be said that the whole urban area of Qingdao is an extension of Laoshan Branch to the north. In the north is Daze Mountain, 736.7 meters above sea level. In the south, Jiaonan Mountain Group consists of Dazhu Mountain (486.4m above sea level) and Xiaozhu Mountain.
Qingdao coastline starts from T-Bay in the north (36 36 ′17 ″ north latitude and120 46 ′ 03 ″ east longitude) and ends at Zhanggezhuang Village, Hongshiya Town, Jiaonan. The coastline is 730.64 kilometers long, and the coast is basically divided into three basic types: bedrock headland, stable coast and silting growth coast. Among them, soft is 342.55km, accounting for 91.3%; Hard 32.80 kilometers, accounting for 8.7%. The coastal beach area is 375.35 square kilometers. There are 69 islands, with a total area of 2 1. 1 km2 and a total coastline of132km. Most of these islands are less than 20 kilometers away from the mainland, and the farthest Qianliyan Island is about 64 kilometers away from the land. Of these 69 islands, only 10 has permanent residents. The island's natural landscape features are remarkable. First, the island's landform is rich and colorful. There are 56 peaks in Lingshan Island, which are steep and difficult to climb. Its slanting head is 513.6m above sea level, making it the third highest island in China. The island is rich in vegetation and has distinctive features. Nagato Rock, Daguan Island and other naturally propagated evergreen broad-leaved plants, such as cold-resistant, Runnan, etc., some of which have been in existence for hundreds of years.
Qingdao's coastline is long and tortuous, surrounded by islands, and there are many bays with different shapes and characteristics between mountains and shore angles. There are 35 large ones, with a total area of 1369.53 square kilometers. Mostly sediments and rock bottoms, mostly beaches. Rich in natural resources, good conditions for berthing and sheltering from the wind. In shallow water, there are underwater shoals, modern underwater deltas and marine erosion plains. It is the base of seafood and aquaculture in Qingdao.
Qingdao has a natural land and sea environment and many excellent ports. Historically, Langya Bay has been developed since the Qin Dynasty. Later, the development of Jingkou in T-Bay, Banqiao in Jiaozhou Bay, Tabutou and Qingdao, as well as the development of Dagang and Qianwan in modern times, made Qingdao, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin and Dalian the five major foreign trade ports in China. Qingdao is not only the main distribution center of import and export materials in southern North China, northern East China and northwest China, but also the link between Pacific countries and Eurasian countries.
Qingdao is one of the important textile, light industry and chemical production bases in China, with strong strength in household appliances, electronics, rubber, locomotive manufacturing and food processing. Comprehensive economic strength ranks 1 1 among cities in China, and ranks fifth among 15 sub-provincial cities.
Qingdao is striving to build a large industrial system, including three characteristic economies of port, ocean and tourism, and four industrial bases of electronic appliances, shipbuilding, automobile, locomotive and container manufacturing, petrochemical industry and new materials.
Qingdao is striving to build a "quality" metropolis. The framework of Greater Qingdao includes the zigzag layout of Qingdao, Huangdao and Hongdao, including the construction of Binhai Avenue from Langyatai to Tian Heng Island and the construction of satellite city along this avenue.
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.
Qingdao has a number of well-known enterprises in China, such as Haier Group, Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd., Hisense Group, Aucma Group, Double Star Group, Rubber Group and Zhong Yi Group. Qingdao has 6 kinds of famous brand products/kloc-0 in China and 6 well-known trademarks in China. Four enterprises won the National Quality Management Award, 1 1 enterprises were selected as the top 500 enterprises in China, and there were * * * 125 kinds of famous brand products above the municipal level.
Qingdao's financial industry has developed rapidly. Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank, Bank of Communications, CITIC Industrial Bank, China Everbright Bank, Huaxia Bank, Commercial Bank, China Merchants Bank, Hong Kong Baosheng Bank, Yamaguchi Bank, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Standard Chartered Bank, Overseas Chinese Bank of Singapore and Bank of East Asia have all set up branches or representative offices in Qingdao.
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.