Population: 7,450,785 (2020)
Area: 12,574 square kilometers
Location: southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula and southeast of Liaoning province.
Administrative divisions:
Dalian administers Wafangdian and Zhuanghe county-level cities, Changhai county and seven districts — Zhongshan, Xigang, Shahekou, Ganjingzi, Lvshunkou, Jinzhou and Pulandian. The city also has three national-level pilot zones, which are Jinpu New Area, a bonded zone and a high-tech industrial park. It also boasts many industrial zones with different focused industries, including the Huayuankou economic zone and Changxing Island Economic and Technological Development Zone.
Economy:
One of the nation's 14 first coastal cities to open up to the outside world, Dalian serves as an important port in the province of Liaoning. As an international center for airlines, logistics and regional finance in Northeast Asia, it is also northeast China's largest port. In 2018, Dalian recorded GDP of 782.5 billion yuan ($115.44 billion), a growth rate of 7.1 percent.
Dalian also has taken many measures to establish solid trade ties with other countries, the total number of newly approved overseas investment projects in the city reached 108 in 2016, which benefits each other and sees more extensive cooperation.
Sister Cites:
International Sister Cities |
Date Signed |
International Sister Cities |
Date Signed |
International Sister Cities |
Date Signed |
Incheon, Korea |
Apr 2, 1994 |
Kitakyushu, Japan |
May 1, 1979 |
Dallas, the United States |
Apr 29, 2008 |
Houston, theUnited States |
Jun 6, 1994 |
Auckland, theUnited States |
Feb 30, 1982 |
Surin, Thailand |
May 25, 2008 |
Kwangyang, Korea |
Sept 17, 1999 |
Maizuru, Japan |
May 8, 1982 |
Pohang, Korea |
Sept 29, 2008 |
Jeju-do, Korea |
Mar 24, 2000 |
Bremen state, Germany |
Apr 17, 1985 |
Tomsk, Russia |
Sept 30, 2008 |
Pyeongtaek, Korea |
Apr 17, 2000 |
Le Havre, France |
Nov 23, 1985 |
Enschede, Netherlands |
May 15, 2009 |
Adelaide, Australia |
Jun 2, 2001 |
Glasgow, Britain |
Oct 27, 1987 |
Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Oct 28, 2009 |
Ohrid, Macedonia |
Apr 17, 2002 |
Rostock, Germany |
May 16, 1988 |
Bergen, Norway |
May 23, 2010 |
Genoa, Italy |
Oct 23, 2002 |
Vladivostok, Russia |
Sept 10, 1992 |
Wolfsburg, Germany |
Jul 13, 2010 |
Cienfuegos, Cuba |
Nov 22, 2002 |
Pointe-Noire, Congo |
Jun 19, 2000 |
Kwangju, Korea |
Feb 23, 2011 |
Bahía Blanca, Argentina |
Oct 28, 2003 |
Rijeka, Croatia |
Apr 27, 2006 |
Los Angeles, the United States |
Aug 20, 2004 |
Suncheon, Korea |
Dec 12, 2003 |
Imari, Japan |
May 26, 2007 |
Milan, Italy |
Sept 6, 2007 |
La Paz, Bolivia |
Aug 6, 2004 |