Qingdao is a beautiful coastal city that is famous with bright sea, blue sky, red roof and green trees everywhere , and lies at the southern tip of Shandong Peninsula. Located in Jiaozhou Bay facing the Yellow Sea. Qingdao is also a well-known tourist resort in China.

The city has five urban districts and seven county-level cities under its jurisdiction with an area of 10654 square kilometers and a population of 6.95 million. The annual average temperature is 12.2¡æ.

Today, QingDao is one of the most important open coastal cities and one of the independent cities with state planning and budgeting powers and one of the firstly awarded Excellent Tourist Cities of China. It has provincial power in economic management. Its major industries include trade, light industry, tourism and oceanography research.

The uniqueness of the city consists in its architecture and an attractive urban landscape. With its wealth of natural and human resources, its year-round schedule of tourist festivals and events, coupled with many tourist facilities and an extensive transportation network, Qingdao has become an ideal tourist destination both at home and abroad.