The seaside city abundant in opportunities
Located on the coast of the Yellow Sea and the southern part of Shandong Peninsula, Qingdao is an important central city along the coast of China. In 2019, Qingdao launched initiatives to seek breakthroughs in the marine sector, resulted in an increase of 11.2% of value added in the marine sector. In addition, Qingdao also has profound industrial foundations in such sectors as household appliances, electronic information, and automobiles and locomotives.
Having Haier, Hisense, Tsingtao Brewery and other internationally known brand enterprises, Qingdao is known as the "City of Brand in China".
In such a strong commercial atmosphere, Qingdao has 1.44 million market operators, numerous research institutions of 25 universities and various platforms for entrepreneurship and innovation. It has been selected as "The Most Attractive Chinese City in the Eyes of Foreign Talents" for 8 consecutive years.
Excellent location and developed port
Qingdao is an international port city. Qingdao port is an important international trade port and transit hub in northern China, open to navigation with 177 ports globally.
Qingdao is an important aviation hub. Currently the airport operates 203 routes, and the 4F-level Jiaodong International Airport will be put into operation by 2020.
Qingdao, boasting about its natural conditions for international multi-modal transport logistics hub, has land corridors across Asian-European continent with the coverage of multiple countries.
Famous city for history and tourism
As a coastal resort and tourism city, Qingdao has been selected as one of the most livable cities by the United Nations. In 2019, Qingdao received 109 million visitors.
As a famous national historical and cultural city, Qingdao not only has a series of ancient cultural sites like Beixin culture and historical sites like the Great Wall of Qi, but also has the Eight Great Passes, known as the "World Architecture Expo" hidden in the beautiful scenery of mountain and sea. In addition, it has 100 museums all over the city, creating cultural atmosphere for it.
As a city immersed in modern cultural atmosphere, Qingdao is the "World's Beer City", "World's Sails City" and China's First "City of Movies".
Highly open city coordinated internationally
As a highly open city, Qingdao has cooperated and exchanged with other countries extensively in economy, trade, culture, sports, education and other fields.
Qingdao is implementing the international city strategy in-depth, and has gained approval for the 144-hour free-visa transit policy for foreigners.
Qingdao has trade with 228 countries and regions, and established friendship relationship with 76 foreign cities, and economic partnerships with 111 cities.
Nowadays, Qingdao has become a strong magnetic field in China to attract foreign investment. It is one of the cities with most dense investment from Fortune Global 500, for 156 enterprises of Fortune Global 500 have invested 298 projects here.
