City of Dalian
Located on the east coast of the Eurasia continent and the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in Northeast China, Dalian is a city with independent planning status and provincial-level economic administration approval rights. The city has a permanent population of 7.544 million, a land area of 13,700 square kilometres, and a coastline stretching 2,211 kilometres, including 1,371 kilometres of continental coastline—the longest among all Chinese coastal cities.
Dalian is an open and inclusive harbour city with the port as its foundation and economic pillar for development and prosperity. As the International Shipping Centre and International Logistics Centre in Northern China, Dalian established shipping routes connecting over 160 countries and regions in the world. Dalian is home to 3 national-level pilot zones for opening up, and has attracted 124 enterprises from the list of Global 500 and Top 100 enterprises of the industry. Many international conferences and events, including the Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum, were or will be held in Dalian.
Dalian is a romantic coastal city surrounded by sea on three sides, dotted with islands and has the longest continental coastline in China. The city has a pleasant climate with neither severe cold in winter nor scorching heat in summer. You can not only enjoy the beaches or visit the mountains, but also taste seafood such as sea cucumber, purple sea urchin and fresh fruits such as cherries and blueberries from 39 degrees north latitude and other delicacies from all over the world. Being an international tourist destination with significant influence, Dalian also holds many festival celebration activities including Acacia Flower Festival, the International Walking Festival and Dalian International Marathon, and was awarded the “The Best Tourism City of China” by the World Tourism Organisation.
The temperature in Dalian on September ranges from 18.2℃ (average minimum temperature) to 24.5℃ (average maximum temperature), with an average of 21.1℃.
Dalian is an international city where different cultures enrich each other. The city has not only modern skyscrapers but also buildings in Chinese classical style, Baroque style, Byzantine style and etc. You can learn about the traditional Chinese culture such as martial arts, acrobatics, Peking Opera, paper-cutting and shadow puppets, as well as appreciate wonderful performing art from all over the world. Dalian was successfully elected as the “2024 Cultural Capital of East Asia” and was granted the title of the National Civilised City for 6 consecutive years.
Dalian is a modern city full of vitality. It has a complete range of industrial categories with obvious advantages in equipment manufacturing, shipbuilding and the petrochemical industry and has witnessed more than 80 first-time breakthroughs in the Chinese shipbuilding history. The software and information services industry has been booming in Dalian, with about 200,000 people working in the industry, and the industrial cluster scale exceeded 100 billion yuan. Dalian Commodity Exchange is a globally important futures market for agricultural products, plastics, coal and iron ore, ranking the 9th in the world in terms of trading volume. Dalian has a solid foundation for science and education, boasting 31 colleges and universities and more than 400,000 university students, 15 scientific research institutes and 115 national-level science and technology innovation platforms.
The football elements were rooted in the city as early as the end of the 19th century. “Making an Appointment for Football” has become a part of daily life in Dalian as people get together with friends and play football on holidays. Youth football has been developing vigorously and more than 30,000 various youth football tournaments are held every year with nearly 150,000 participants. We hereby sincerely “Make an Appointment for Football” with you!
The Youth Shine in Dalian!