If
comparing the Great Wall to
a dragon then Qinhuangdao is located at the head facing the sea.
This wonderful summer resort is laurelled as the back garden of
Beijing and Tianjin, boasting a beautiful coastline and perfect
ecological environment.
Qinhuangdao is a time-honored city named
after the first emperor in Chinese History Qin
Shi Huang who once made his east inspection tour to Qinhuangdao
and sent people to the sea to looking for the immortals. It is
also an important harbor city in North China with the Port of
Qinhuangdao having more than a hundred years of history. Located
in the center of the economic region circling the Bohai Sea,
it is also a new rising industrial city having the largest glass
industrial base and bridge manufacturing group, most important
aluminum processing base and gas turbine producing base, largest
hub factory for vehicle wheel as well as a distinguished dry
and red wine producing base in China.
However,
most people talk about it as a fascinating summer resort. Famous
for the beautiful coast and attractions relevant to the Great
Wall, Qinhuangdao is a hot tourist city laden with history and
endowed with refreshing air. Tourist resources are paralleled
in two concentrated lines. In the coastal region, there are Laolongtou, Shanhaiguan
Pass and several theme parks. While most spots related
to the Great wall scatters around the hilly area in central and
northern Qinhuangdao, such as the Longevity
Hill, Jiaoshan Hill (Hornberg Hill) and Yansai Lake.
The first-class summer resort Beidaihe is also one of the four
finest bird watching resorts in the world.
This passionate
city is well equipped with sports and cultural facilities.
Today, Qinhuangdao is striving to be a green, harmonious, vigorous
and charming arena of the 2008
Beijing Olympics Games.
There are well developed service facilities, good urban infrastructure
and convenient traffic that greatly promote the further development
of the city.
Qinhuangdao is located at the junction
of northeastern and northern China, being an important influx
of inland China into the sea. There is the only national economic
and technological development zone of Hebei Province, large processing
base for export and technological park zone based on universities.
Not only a top tourist city in China, but also an attractive
place favored by many foreign investors worldwide.