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."

Dalian covers an area of 12574 square kilometers, among which 2415 square kilometers of area is the old city. This area is abounding with mountains and hills, while plains and lowlands are rarely seen. The terrain, high and broad on the north, low and narrow on the south, tilts to the Yellow Sea on the southeast and the Bohai Sea on the northwest from the center. The region which faces the Yellow Sea is long and gentle. The Qianshan Mountain range of Chang Baishan Mountain system passes through the whole region from north to south. Mountain regions and long eroded foothills are widely dispersed within the region. Plains and lowlands are only interspersed near the confluence and in some valleys. Kast topography and sea erosion topography are everywhere.