Glancing over the cocklike map of the People's Republic of China, you will find the bright "north pearl" in beak that is the city under the rapid construction hailed as Northeast Asian International Shipping Centre-Dalian

Dalian, a famous tourism city integrates port, industry and trade, guarded the entrance to the Beijing and Tianjin, is the lead city in Bohai Coastal Economic Zone. It is the commercial trade, financial, information and tourist center in Northeast Asia, known as "Hong Kong of the North."