[View from BadaGuan (German Housing Area) to the old part of Qingdao City]
Qingdao is a famous open harbor city with an expansive ocean research program, foreign trade, and tourist industry. Qingdao is the home of the famous Qingdao Beer Company, the most popular brand of beer in China. Qingdao beer has an excellent reputation both domestically and internationally. Qingdao beer factory was established in 1908 when Qingdao was occupied by Germany. One of the city breweries has been completely restored and displays the rich history of beer in Qingdao and makes for a wonderful day of sightseeing.
Qingdao's tourism is a rapidly growing industry with a coast line that stretches from Yantai in the north to Rizhao in the south of the Shandong province. Qingdao is smack in the middle and lined with golden sand beaches. Shandong whose name means “East Mountains” is also the home town of Confucius, about a three hour drive from Qingdao you can visit the historical town of Qufu where Confucius was born and lived in 500 BC. Shandong is also home to some of the top Chinese temples like Mount Tai in Taian City and several beautiful temples in the local Qingdao area of Laoshan.
Qingdao's Wikipedia Page is quite extensive for facts and figures on this beautiful China City. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingdao]
China Central Television (CCTV) Video Introduction of Qingdao [Qingdao-An-exceptional-city-CCTV-English] MP4 6 minutes
[Drone view of Rio Carnival Theme Resort, Huangdao District, Qingdao City]
Huangdao now called the "West Coast New Zone" pictured above has become a major Tourism Area boasting land area of about 2127 square kilometers with over 150 kilometers of golden and silver sand beaches stretching from Qingdao to Rizhao. Huangdao is now the home of the brand new Wanda Movie Metropolis [www.wandastudios.com] with World Class Movie Studios with an investment of $8.17 Billion USD containing the country’s largest film museum, the largest celebrity wax museum, a 3000 seat IMAX theatre and research center and the world’s largest indoor water theme park with indoor water roller-coaster. Huangdao is home to the 7-Star Lalu Hotel [qd.thelalu.com/cn] many 5-Star Hotel Theme Resorts including the [Rio Carnival Resort] pictured above and the [Mangrove Tree Resort] along with dozens of major colleges and universities.
Industrial Strength: Qingdao's output value reaches over one hundred billion from such sectors as automotive, shipbuilding & marine engineering and household electrical appliances, and massive agriculture throughout the province. Qingdao's 6 Pillar Industries include shipping and logistics, marine and shipbuilding, household, automotive, petrochemical, and high-tech robotic mechanical equipment.
See my [Investment] page for more details on the investment climate in Qingdao, Qingdao facts and figures, industrial parks and more on investing in this area.
About Shandong
Shandong has a long and rich history of at least 5000 years of Chinese civilization and a much longer history with a recent find of one of the world’s largest collection of dinosaur bones from any one area. Shandong also has some important geological formations with the second longest river in China, the Yellow River (黄河) with a length of 5,464 kilometers, the Grand Canal as well as some significant mountain ranges that were significant for the development of many religions in the country including Chinese Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. This province is loaded with history which you can read more about on our MyHuangdao website. >>>>> more on Historical Shandong
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Shandong Wikipedia Page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shandong]
Tourist Map of Shandong [4-meg detailed tourist map of Shandong] compliments of the Shandong International Tourism Development Center in Jinan. (0531-82676418)
Address: #17386 Jingshi Road, Jinan, Shandong, China Shandong Tourism Service Hot Line: 12301 GPS Coordinates: 36.648623,117.034818 Shandong Tourism Information website: www.sdta.cn Shandong Tourism Government Policy website: www.sdta.gov.cn
Shandong Museum Address: #129 Jingshi Rd, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong, China (2KM away from the east of Yanshan Bridge) Consulting phone: 0531 – 85058202 GPS Coordinates: 36.649243,116.973232 Website: www.sdmuseum.com
