A date with old quarries-turned-ecological park in Weihai

The 370-meter-long glass bridge at the Huaxiacheng Scenic Area in Weihai, East China's Shandong province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Opened to the public in 2010, Huaxiacheng has kept fine-tuning the tourist experience by blending natural beauty with museums, exhibitions, and theater performances that showcase Chinese traditional culture, marine culture and Jiaodong folk culture.

In 2018, more than 2.3 million people visited Huaxiacheng, generating around 200 million yuan.

Local communities have been the first beneficiaries of the improved ecological environment. The tourism project has provided jobs to more than 1,130 villagers nearby, with average annual incomes exceeding 40,000 yuan, according to the Huaxiacheng management office.