Friday, August 8, 2008

Yantai Tax policies

The applicable tax levied on foreign-funded enterprises, foreign enterprises and individual foreigners is categorized as income tax on foreign-funded enterprises and foreign enterprises, value-added tax, consumption tax, business tax, land appreciation tax, resource tax, stamp tax, animal slaughter tax, urban real estate tax, driving license tax on vehicles and boats and individual income tax. Preferential tax policies for foreign-funded enterprises, foreign enterprises and individual foreigners, which the new tax system provides, are introduced as follows:




Tax Reimbursement on China-produced equipment purchased by foreign funded enterprises
  Ever since 09/01/1999, China-produced equipment purchased by foreign-funded enterprises within the scope of drawback investment total appraised by a tax authority and in agreement with Encouragement and restriction of the ?Industrial Catalogue Guiding Foreign Investment? of ?The State Council Notice About Regulating Import Equipment Tax Policy? and ?Current Industries, Products and Technology Catalogue Specially Encouraged by State? shall, with the approval of tax authority in charge of tax reimbursement, 40% of the investment for purchasing China-produced equipment can be exempted from the newly added volume of enterprise income tax over the previous year when the foreign-invested enterprise purchases the equipment; If additional capital excluded from the total investment is used for purchasing China-produced equipment, 40% can also be exempted from the newly added volume of enterprise income tax over the previous year when the foreign-invested enterprise purchases the equipment. The China produced equipment herein does not include the equipment that investors contribute as registered capital.

Yantai Foreign exchange administration

Preferential treatments to foreign exchanges remitted in for investment and obtained by offshore borrowings, bond or stock issues make by foreign legal persons or natural persons, and to foreign exchange returns made by foreign-funded enterprises will remain valid. They may not settle their foreign exchange accounts at the designated banks to open accounts, to retain foreign exchanges of to make normal payments in foreign exchange.

Foreign-funded enterprises may make normal business payments in foreign exchange and foreign investors profit, stock and bonus can be remitted from the balance of their cash accounts directly without being examined and approved in advance. Payments in excess of the balance of their cash accounts made to cover expenses in production and management, to repay capital with interest and to remit abroad bonus and capital foreign exchange transfers, upon examination and approval by the state Bureau of the Exchange Control, may be executed.

China will stick to it that foreign-funded enterprises should keep a balance between their foreign exchange income and expenditure. In case of failure, they may go to foreign exchange swap centers to buy foreign exchange at the market exchange rate published by people bank of China.

Foreign investors may, upon approval, reinvest their Renminbi profits earned from foreign-funded enterprises which can not keep a balance between their foreign exchange income and expenditure into inland enterprises that can earn foreign exchange or increase their foreign exchange earnings. In this case, foreign investors may enjoy the right of getting back part of their income tax handed over to the state and of obtaining foreign exchanges from the newly earned exchanges by the beneficiary enterprise so as to remit abroad their legal profits. When applying for reinvesting their Renminbi profits, foreigners are required to produce the profit distribution decision by the board of directors of the original enterprise and the certificate by the local exchange control department.

Yantai Tariff policies

All foreign-funded projects transferring technology within the scope of classifications of Encouragement of the “Industrial Catalogue Guiding Foreign Investment? the equipment to be imported within the projects?total investment in terms of values and for internal use will be exempted tariffs and value-added tax related with import, but the equipment should be excluded in the “Catalogue of Imported Commodities to be Used in Foreign-invested projects and be Exclusively Tax Exempted?
The equipment to be imported of the projects funded by loans from foreign governments and international financial institutions and for its own use, and the unappraised equipment imported by foreign investors in their processing items, shall be granted with preferential treatment in terms of tax exemption as that of the above-mentioned item.

. For those established foreign-funded enterprises, foreign-funded research and development center, foreign-funded enterprise engaging in advanced technology and products export within the scope of classifications of encouragement and restriction , the equipment and its relative technology accessories, spare ports to be imported within the approved operation scope, which cannot be produced in China or whose demand exceeds its supply and for internal use, will be exempted tariffs and other tax related with import, and for internal use, according to “The State Council Notice about Regulating Imported Equipment Tax Policy?

. For those foreign-funded research and development center, the equipment and its relative technology, accessories, and spare parts to be imported within the projects?total investment in terms of value and for internal use, which cannot be produced in China or whose demand exceeds its supply, will be exempted tariffs and other tax related with import.

. Any raw materials, fuel, unassembled parts, spare parts, components and elements, components in set, auxiliary materials and packing materials required for contracts of exporting products imported by foreign-funded enterprises shall be placed in bond. Customs formalities of verification and cancellation shall be completed by the enterprise after process into finished products and re-exporting.

. Catalysts, catalytic agents, abrasives and fuel, etc, imported by enterprises in reasonable quantities consumed directly in the course of processing products for export shall be exempted from import duties and VAT.

. Exception from export duties shall be granted to the exported goods produced by the enterprises of its own, except for those restricted by the states or otherwise provided for.

Yantai Land Administration

Acquisition of Land Use Rights

  Land Supplied generally in the form of sales
  For those engaging in the development of such projects as infrastructure facilities without seeking profits, public welfare services, communications and water conservancy energy sources of state, with approval of government, land can be supplied in the form of allotment.
  For those engaging in development projects of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries, land can be supplied in the form of lease.
  Land belong to state-owned land, and land use rights are adopted in the form of sales and lease, for cooperation with township and village collective enterprises on non-agriculture construction. For shareholding enterprises which list stocks abroad, their land use rights can be sold by the State to enterprises, or provided in the form of buying shares at a fixed price, or leased.

Yantai Foreign Investment

  From 1984 to 2002, the newly approved projects were 6,999, with the contractual foreign capital of Us$ 11.09 billion, actually used capital of Us$ 6.58 billion. All companies which had put into production were 1,900, ranked in the second place in Shandong province. Of which, the companies of foreign direct investment were 5,874, with contractual foreign capital of Us$ 10.3 billion, the actually used Us$ 5.94 billion; other projects were 997, with contractual foreign capital of Us$ 0.3 billion, actually used foreign capital of Us$ 0.19 billion; international lease were 61, with the contractual foreign capital of Us$ 52.94 million, actually used foreign capital 55.68 million; overseas loan projects were 67, with contractual foreign capital of Us$0.41 billion, the actually used foreign capital 0.36 billion; the contractual foreign capital by issuing stock in foreign countries was Us$ 36.93 million, so was actually used foreign capital. The projects with the total investment over Us$ 10 million were 312, with contractual foreign capital of Us$ 51.68 billion. 1046 foreign funded companies increased their investment, with contractual foreign capital of Us$ 13.56 billion. 61 organizations and companies set up their resident offices in overseas countries., also 345 overseas resident offices.

Yantai Public utilities

Water Supply
There are 9 water plants in Yantai with supply power of 0.629 million cubic meter/day. The popularization rate of water supply is 99.91% and the qualification rate is 99.2%. In recent years the Austria Loan has been utilized to enlarge the capacity of Gongjiadao Water Plant, and the water supply capacity has been increased 50000 cubic meters.
sewage disposal
The total length of drainpipe in the downtown of Yantai City is 699 kilometers and the density of the drainpipe in the constructed area reaches 6.23 kilometers per square kilometer. In recent years, the draining facilities have been successively reconstructed by separating the drainage of rain and sewage and completing the network of drainage step by step, mainly in the important roads and parts of the lanes. In order to improve the water environment, Yantai has made a great investment in the construction of the wastewater treatment project. The project of Yantai Taozi Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant started its construction in 1994. The total investment is RMB 447 million Yuan, including the grant-in-aid of 23 million mark from German Government. The designed processing capability for long-term use is 500 thousand tons per day and for short-term use is 250 thousand tons per day. Its phase I went into operation of Class A water in October, 1998. The II bio-treatment and depth treatment systems went into operation in June 2000. The project of Yantai Xi’an River Wastewater Treatment Plant started its construction in July 2002 and went into operation in December 2002. The total investment is RMB 89 million Yuan. The designed processing capability for long-term use is 80 thousand tons per day and for short-term use is 40 thousand tons per day. This project makes a quality treatment of the wastewater in south suburb of Yantai and the wastewater draining into the sea in east. It greatly improves the water quality and promotes the biological environment, seawater resource and the development of tourism in Yantai.
Electricity Supply
Yantai power grid has the following features: 220 KV as the mainstay; 110 KV as the power grid for second transmission of power ; It has a closer connection with the Weihai power grid to the east of Yantai and a weaker connection with the provincial power grid; the regional
stronger power grid is connected with the provincial power grid via the 220 KV Changye and Guxi power transmission line and with the Weihai power grid via the 220 KV Zhulao, Taoche No. 1 and No.2 power transmission lines.By the end of 2002, the total installed capacity of Yantai power grid had reached 1741.9MW, among which the installed capacity for Longkou Power Plant is 1080MW, Yantai Power plant 330MW; There are 8 local public power plants with an installed capacity of 111.9MW; There are 10 enterprise owned power plants with an installed capacity of 46.75MW; There are 5 village owned power plants with an installed capacity of 173.25MSW.
The first 500KV substation of YanWei power grid-Laiyang Substaion will be put into operation by 2004 which will reinforce the connection between the Yantai power grid and the provincial power grid and improve the ability for power supply.
In 2002, the annual power consumption is 10.9 billion kwh, the reliability rate of power consumption reaches 99.99% in urban area of Yantai.

Yantai Mushi Demesene

Mushi Demesene

Mushi Demesne was firstly constructed during the Yongzheng Period of Qing Dynasty. After one hundred-year? expansion, now it covers an area of 20,000 square meters with over 480 rooms. It refects historic culture, architectural culture and social culture of ancient China. It is the largest yard buildings with residence feature of the north China which is protected well currently. It is also the key culture relic institute protected by the state, and reputed as the history memory of 600-year social cultures and the " civil imperial palace ". The annual culture festival is the most attractive civil activity. The specialist of the international organization made high evaluation on it and proposed to apply for the title of international culture relics. In 2000 defined this project was defined as the preferential development project Shandong Province..

Yantai Huanghai Recreation Center

Huanghai Recreation Center, situated in the east of Yantaim bordering the gloden beach, covers an area of 24 hectares, among which water area occupies 1000 mu, greenbelt 20 mu, lawn 30 mu and construction area 45,500 square meters. Huanghai Recreation Center was brouhgt in the list of key projects for city construction of the eighth five-year plan in 1992. The construction began on April 20, 1993 and finished on August 8, 1993. With the constant perfection of the auxiliary facilities and the service functioning soundly, Huanghai Recreation Center has become one of the most important scenic spots of Yantai.

Yantai Industrial Development Trends

1. Machinery Manufacturing
To facilitate the development of Yantai Economy Car Project, to activate Shandong Daewoo Motoers and other components projects, to build up Yantai as car producing base. To develop and manufacture large-size ships, super-size sea facilities and luxury cruise vessels based on Yantai Raffles Shipyard Co., and support the development of North Ship Building Co., Bohai Ship Building Co., Changdao Ship Building Co. and other important enterprises, to build up Yantai as a national fishing ship maintaining and producing base, and ship complementary products producing base. To update the important products like excavator, air conditioner, refrigeritering machine, engine, agricultural machines and machinery parts, to explore international markets.
2. Foodstuff Processing Industry
In comply to international standard, to facilitate the development of green, safety, healthy and
Nutritious food. To expand and strengthen the famous names like Changyu, Longda, Luhua, Jiufa, Andrew, Fruit Village, Xiwang, Jilong and Lanbai, which will pull up the development of the related businesses like planting, animal feeding, storing, packing and food processing machines manufacturing, to build up Yantai as an important food supply base towards Japan, South Korea and Domestic markets.
3. Textile and Garment Industry
Update the traditional textile products and actively develop refined wool, silk, reflex, elastic corduroy, especially develop the chemical fiber products like spandex, nylon and aromatic polyamide fiber, to operate well the construction of projects like Aromatic Polyamide 1313 and PolyTHF, and keep the leading position in the fields of special fibers in China.
4. Gold Industry
Taking the advantage of Yantai gold resources, to strengthen the scientific innovation, and explore gold processing field, to improve the added value and market occupation of gold products.
5. Electronic & IT Industry
To develop the two consumable communication products of LG and Telson rapidly, to operate carefully of the projects of high articulation mask, FR4 coated copper plate, low-radian super thin gold line, new style plastic fiber, Xinmu high speed digital transmission cable, to improve the manufacturing capacity of information industry. Taking the building of software yard as key point, to form complete software business combine researching, producing, and marketing and system integration together.
6. New Material Industry
To enlarge the production scale of polyurethane chemical raw material, nanometer material, high property magnetic material, high grade fiber material, to continuously develop new applying flied and value-added space for the new material products, to develop strongly new style structural material and functional material, major efforts should be put into developing the complex materials heavily like multifunctional material, nanometer material, intelligent material and bionic material.
7. Biological Pharmaceutical Industry
Taking the companies like Rongchang, Luye, Daxing, Zhichu as leading roles, to strengthen the development of YH-16 anti-cancer medicine, artificial skin, anti-flu medicine. Meanwhile, focusing on the important fields like plant medicine, ocean medicine, antibiotics and bio-chemical medicine, to develop and introduce in some new medicines, which can supply the gap in Shandong Province.

Yantai Mayor Address

  Located in the middle of Shandong province and close to the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, Yantai faces Japan, South Korea and North Korea across the sea. Being one of the first batch of coastal opening cities, Yantai governs 4 districts, 1 county and 7 county-level cities with the total population of 6.47 million and total area of 13.7 thousand square meters. Yantai is famous for Yantai apple, Laiyang pear, Changyu wine and Polaris clock. Moreover, Yantai’s reserves and output of the gold occupy the first place in China.
  Being an important commercial town and port in ancient China, Yantai has the history of over 600 years and advanced economy and culture. In the Spring and Autumn period, Yantai was one of the major 5 ports; in the Tang Dynasty, the city became the beginning place of Maritime Silk Road; in 1861, the city opened to the outside world, over 10 foreign countries set embassies and established factories here making Yantai one of the modern openging ports in China.
  Yantai has beautiful environment and complete infrastructure. There 9 ports within the city including 5 national top grade opening ports; Yantai Airport is the national top grade opening airport which has over 50 flight courses; Railway, expressway and telecommunication are all convenient. The municipal government has been making efforts to improve the city’s image and build an excellent investment climate, living environment and ecological environment. Yantai is listed as the National Leading City in Investment Environment, National Sanitary City, National Environmental Protection Model City, National Garden City and so on.
  Yantai is one of the first batch of National Excellent Tourist Cities. Here the average temperature is 12℃,winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot. The city has many beautiful spots such as ten golden beaches lying along the over 900 kilometers coastline, the fairyland of human world—Penglai Pavilion, fairy mountain on the sea—Changdao Island, Mushi Demesne, Chinese calligraphy rarity—Engravings of Wenfeng Mountain, modern country--Longkou Nanshan Group and so on. These spots attract hundreds and thousands of tourists.
  Yantai has seven backbone industries, they are mechanic manufacture, textile, foodstuff, gold processing, e-information, bio-pharmacy and new meterials. There are 3 national level and 10 provincial level ecomony and technology development zones and industry parks within the city. Having hosted several sessions of APEC Investment Mart and International Fruit/Vegetable Exposition, Yantai has become an important host city of APEC and Interantional Fruit/Vegetable Expositon has become an important national commercial regular meeting.
  Today, Yantai has already set foot on the great journey of building a well-off society and realizing the modernizations. Facing the scarce opportunities and austere challenges, we will open up and advance courageously to build Yantai a regional central city as well as an important opening base and coastal ecology tourist city.
  In the future, Yantai will become more open and energetic. We welcome friends from all walks of life at home and abroad to travel and invest in Yantai.

Yantai Transporation and telecommunication

Harbor
As early as in the Spring & Autumn Period ,Yantai was a very important port on the shipping lines between the Southeast Asia including Malaysia Peninsula and the coastal provinces of Northeast China. It was also one of the earliest trading ports of China opened to the outside world in modern time.
There are 9 large/medium ports including four first-class ones opening to outside world and 31 berths, each with a handling capacity of over 10,000 tons. Total exchange capacity of the ports reaches 27.71 million tons every year.
Situated at Shandong Peninsula and in Zhifu Bay, Yantai Port is a key port of the state water transportation, an opening port along the coastline and an important hub of the great south-north highway between Sanya and Tongjiang, which is now under building by our country. The are of Yantai Port is 4.03 square kilometers and the coastline of Yantai port is 7,263 meters. It has 38 berths including 33 productive berths, among which 19 berths in deepwater own a handling capacity of over 10,000 tons respectively. The designed annual exchange capacity is 14.01 million tons and in 2002, the actual exchange volume is 22.89 million tons including container exchange volume of 160,000 TEU. The third phase of the construction of seven deepwater berths with expected annual handling capacity of 3,900,000 tons has started in August 1997. Two berths of 100,000 tons used for bulk cargo and two berths of 50,000 tons engaged in container freights were listed in the first phase of this construction and has been put into operation in 2002. Passenger liners go to Tianjin and Dalian directly, and the liner named “Zi Yu Lan?comes and goes between Yantai and Pusan, Kunsan of Korea. Cargo ships offer freight services to more than 100 ports in scores of over 70 countries and regions thoughout the world. Container freighters sail regularly between Yantai and Japan, the United States, Canada, Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. Every year there are over 800 foreign ships enter Yantai Port for the first time. There will be 58 berths, including 43 deepwater berths, and the annual exchange capacity is expected to be more than 45 million tons in 2020.


Railway
Railway between Yantai and Lancun joins up with the country’s main line and contacts Yantai and many other cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Jinan, Qingdao, etc. Yantai is also a key point on the Nation-designed Railway line from Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province to Huangpu Port of Shanghai along the eastern coastline. This line crosses the Bohai Bay via Dalian to Yantai by ferryboat and then connects to Lan-Yan line.
Highway
A complete highway network extends to every town in Yantai Region. The highway length is 6161 km in the area, and highway density has reached 44.8km/sq. km by the end of year 2002.100% of all the towns are connected by the blacktop driveway in the Area. At present, the highway network of Yantai, which can be kept using in both sunny days and rainy day, mainly consists of the center point of downtown, and the framework of Yan-Wei Road, Yan-Qing Road, Raocheng Road, No.206 National Highway and Tong-San Expressway, etc.

Airport
The air transportation has achieved a great development. The under-construction Laishan Airport of 4D Standard has been officially certified as an international airport opening to the outside world by State Council.Over 20 regular airlines with over 140 flights per week have linked most of the domestic big and



medium cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Harbin, Shenzhen, Dalian, Xian, Xiamen, Wuhan, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Chengdu, etc. Meanwhile, liners to Hong Kong, Seoul, Inchon and Daegu of Korea have also been opened, among which there are 2 passenger liners between Yantai and Daegu and 14 ones between Yantai and Inchon.
Telecommunication Service
Yantai has excellent postal service and advanced telecommunication networks. By 2002, the telephone-installed capacity of the whole city has come up to over 2.27 million; the city has built up a digital C3 local telephone exchange net with reasonable structure. With world level technology, the optical fiber transmission net covers all the city and links
to the state and world; The high speed transmission net has been built up with the speed of 320 G, which ranks in the first class among China; the speed of internet outlet is 7.5G, which has created the net conditions to assure ?000M to neibourhood, 100M to apartment building, 10M to the desk? to meet the different requirements of the customers. By March 2003, the customers of telephone has reached to 1.71 million, ranks No.2 in Shandong Province; the customers of wireless city telephone reached 130, 000 sets, ranks No.2 in the Province; The internet customers reached 270,000, ranks No.3 in Shandong. All kinds of Internet engineering develop rapidly, like Government on Internet, Enterprise on Internet, School on Internet, Family on Internet as well as E-Commerce flourishing. Many companies and government departments set up their own information appliance system. Net business like paying tax, enrolling students, banking, stocking, ticket booking, biding has been accomplished widely. The communication of the city has realized new structure with digitized transmission, various patterns, safety net and advanced service.

Yantai Social undertakings

Education
Yantai is one of the regional cities where the educational popularization degree is very high. The University entrance rate ranks the first in Shandong Province. There are 7 senior universities and colleges such as Yantai University,Yantai Normal Institute with 87.3 thousand students and 66 middle level special training schools with 69.1 thousand students.
Science and Technology
The science-technology is advanced and strong in Yantai which is one of “National Technology Innovation model Cities?and “National Science and Education advanced Cities? Nine counties and districts have entered into “National Top 100 Counties in terms of Science & Technology Power? There are 30 science and research institutions, 1150 private-owned science-
technology enterprises. There are 4 technology centers at national-level and 15 at provincial-level. 301 hi-tech enterprises were approved by the government of Shandong Province. There are 350,000 professionals and technicians in Yantai. In 2002, 224 items of science-technology achievements were achieved, which include 1 item of national science-technology progress award and 48 items of provincial science-technology progress award. 943 items of patent were applied, 702 of which were authorized. In 2002, the output value of Hi-tech industry reaches US $2.7 billion.


Culture
Yantai is called “Beijing Opera Town?with a good culture and art atmosphere.In Yantai there are 12 artistic performance units, 8 artistic performance places, 12 public libraries, 15 mass artistic cultural center, 191 cultural club, 1 artistic education organization, 8 palace museums, 6 cultural relic management organization, 1 antique shop, 14 movie projection companies.
Radio and TV
The public media industry is well developed in Yantai, the population covering rate for the radio broadcasting is 96.3%, for TV is 95.1%.
Healthcare
In Yantai there are 1490 public health organizations, 28400 public health workers. There are 17,000 beds in 103 hospitals.
Sports
Five Yantai athletes were in the Chinese Olympic teams of the 27th Olympic Games and one of them won a gold medal.

Yantai Industry

Survey
Yantai has built up a solid industrial base, which is one of the most important industrial bases in Shandong Province with more than 2700 industrial enterprises, including some rural township ones. The main industrial products amount to over 2000 varieties and more than 450 of them are sold abroad. The Changyu wines, Polaris wooden-frame clocks and Tri-circle pad-locks are the three traditional industrial products of Yantai.
Industrial System
* Machinery * Electronic and IT Industry
* Food Processing Industry * Biological Pharmaceutical Industry
* Textile and Garment Industry * New Material Industry
* Gold Industry

Traditional Famous Products
* Traditional Famous-brand Industrial Products
* Changyu wine
* Tri-circle pad-locks
* Polaris wooden-frame clocks



Newly Booming Industrial Products
* Automobiles * Air-conditioner used in automobiles
* Electronic mask * Electronic spare parts
* Freezers * Engineering machinery
* Power machinery * Conductive coated glass
* Polyamide fiber * Spandex fiber
* Computer

Yantai Service industry

  In 2002, the third industry accounted for 36.3% of the total GDP. Tourism industry has received tourists of 10.79 million person-times from home and aboard, in which there are 135.8 thousand person-times from overseas, the total turnover of tourism industry reached 7.162 billion RMB yuan. Trade and business, transportation and communication,finance and insurance have got wholly development. The retailing sale

reached 32.06 billion RMB yuan. Cargo transportation reached 10045.3 ten thousand tons, passenger transportation reached 78.76 million; the city has 614 different kinds of markets with annual transaction of 18.4 million RMB yuan. The Tri-station Market has reached business amount of 3.5 billion RMB yuan. Qixia Fruit Market has 400 million kg of fruit traded. It is the biggest fruit distribution center in North China.

Yantai Foreign economy and trade

  Yantai is one of the exportation bases of various commodities in China with a comprehensive foreign trade system. More than 300 companies have been licensed to import and export commodities. And it also has over 1000 foreign-funded enterprises in the whole city. 17 major categories with over 600 varieties of commodities and products are sold to over 100 countries and regions in the world. In 2002, the annual volume of import and export is 3.42 billion U.S. dollars of which 2.57 billion U.S. dollars came from exports. All means of economic and technical cooperation in current practice in the world have been started with nearly 60 countries and regions such as U.S.A., Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Hongkong and Macao, etc. since its further opening to the outside world in 1984. Till the end of 2002, 6999 contracts have been signed for using foreign investment through which introducing US$ 11.1 billion contracted foreign investment and US$ 6.58 billion utilized foreign funds. 5874 foreign-funded enterprises have been set up. Now foreign cooperation relation with over 30 famous large firms, multinational companies and financial groups such as MITSUI CO., LTD.,

MITSUBISHI, NISSHO IWAI CIOPORATION, TOYOTA, NIPPON EDNSO CO., LTD., TOMEN CORPORATION, DAEWOO, RALSTON-PUSINA INTERNATIONAL HOLDING CO., LTD., THE TIMKEN COMPANY, ELF, TOTAL RAFFINAGE &DISTRIBUTION S.A., GBCORP., LIEMHWAINDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, NEW WORLD INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED, BANK OF CHINA GROUP

INVESTMENT LIMITED, CHINA MERCHANTS HOLDINGS CO., LTD., CHINA RESOURCES CO., LTD., etc. has been set up. Yantai actively participates in the international exchanges and cooperation of foreign economy, techniques and trade, through successfully hosting the Second APEC International Trade Exposition, the Second APEC Techniques Exchange & Exhibition of Small and Medium Enterprises, the Second APEC Investment Mart, etc. Also the International Symposium and Exhibition on Fruit/Vegetable Processing Technology and Industrialization, which is one of the four existing nation-leveleconomic and trade fairs, will be held during October 19-25 in Yantai. The annual gross of labor service contracts on foreign projects account for 0.119 billion US dollars and the turnover is 9.2 million US dollars. The number of local labors that have worked in the foreign countries amount to 4860 person-times and 6983 persons are still working in the outside world.

Yantai Agriculture

  Yantai has a vast rural hinterland and the area of under cultivation exceeds 450,000 hectares.
The total agricultural machinery power is 5.949 million kilowatts. Farming level in Yantai has reached a high position, and five main industries including grain, fruit, vegetable, animal husbandry and aquatic products have been formed. Enterprises engaged in the processing of agricultural products are more than 1500.
Vegetable
Yantai has built many large-scale and top-grade vegetable planting bases and exportation bases. More than 30 special sorts such as burdocks, beans from Holland, cherry-like tomatoes, colorful peppers have been introduced and developed. In2002 the total plant area is 6.03 ten thousand hectares with annual output of 2.66 million tons, annual exportation volume of 0.25 million tons, ranking the first in Shandong province.

Fruit
Yantai, ?Home of Fruits in China? is famous for its fruits and is one of the most important exportation bases of fruits in North China. It is teeming with fruits such as apples, Laiyang pears, long-stem pears, grapes, hawthorns, giant cherries and chestnuts. The total orchard area is 213,000 hectares of which the apple plant area is 186,700 hectares. Red Fuji apple in Yantai
accounts for 9% of the total output in our country and their exports accounts for 1/4 of the total exports in China. In 2002, the yields of fruits was decreased because of the heavy frost. As a result, the total output of fruits is 1.91 million tons including 1.26 million tons apples.

  Cereals and Oil
   Wheat, corn, yarn bean and peanut are the main grain and oil crops in  Yantai. Among them, special wheat and corn are of high quality and high  efficiency, and Yantai peanut is famous both at home and abroad. The  total planting area is 413 thousand hectares in2002.

Animal husbandry
Yantai has made lots of efforts to raise the quality of our marine products, improve efficiency of it and expand offshore fishing farm and increase deep-sea fishing. The annual output of marine products has reached 1.6 million tons.
Aquaculture
The total output of meat is 0.25 million tons, egg is 0.279 million tons and diary production is 16.36 ten thousand tons.
Introduction and reproduction of new varieties of fine quality, high-yield crops such as special grain and oil crops, fruit trees, vegetables, flowers and plants, forage grass and so on
Breeding of improved strains of domestic animals and fowls, and aquatic fingerlings
Technologies for producing green foods
Biological engineering technologies
Industrial planting and breeding technologies
De-virus and quick breeding technologies
Serial production in soilless cultivation of vegetables, flowers and plants
Intensive or deep processing of agricultural products
Reclamation and development of barren hills, wastelands, beaches, and improvement of medium and low-yield fields
Development of planting, processing and exporting bases for fruits and vegetables of fine quality and high efficiency
Storage, preservation, desiccation, intensive or deep processing and packaging of agricultural products
Development of medicines for animals, animal feed additives and feed protein resources
Development and manufacture of high-tech equipment for water-saving irrigation and mechanical cultivation
Intensive or deep processing industries of agricultural products such as cereals, vegetables, fruits, livestock products and so on
Development of bases for fine quality agricultural products

Yantai Tourism

  Construction of three tourism and holiday resorts in Yantai and other tourism spots such as Mount Yunfeng, Mount Kunyu and Mount Luo, etc.

Yantai Natural resources and products

  With mountains guarding the back and seawater right in the front, Yantai abounds in gifts of natural resources and products. The fishery, agriculture and mineral products of Yantai play an important role in China. Its 11 counties and districts are situated by the Sea. In Yantai there are more than 900 kilometers of coastline and over 600,000 hectares of waters are within 15 meters of isobath. There are 200 kinds of sea products, 100 of which are worthy of being caught, especially prawns, sea cucumbers, abalones and scallops etc.
  In 2002 the total quantity of the aquatic products was 1.625 million tons.
  Yantai is a famous fruit-producing place in North China and is well known for its native products. Yantai apple, Laiyang pear, strawberry, big cherry, big peanut, longkou vermicelli and tussah silk are well known all over the world.
  In 2002 in Yantai the fruit quantity was 1.909 million tons, while the vegetable quantity was 2.66 million tons, the vegetable export quantity ranks No.1 in Shandong province.
  It has a large quantities of mineral deposits and 30 kinds of them can be tapped, such as gold, copper, zinc, lead molybdenum, magnesium, coal, talc, marble, silver, iron and graphite, etc. The mineral deposit of gold and talc is among the top 5 in China. The deposit of gold ranks the 1st in China and the marble ranks the 2nd. Oil and natural gas in the sea continental shelf is "abundant type"one.

Yantai Energy Industry Infrastructure Facilities

Clean coal burning technology for power generating
Technological update of old power stations
Construction of local railway of Dezhou-Longkou-Yantai
Clean, high efficient energies without any environmental pollution
Bajiao port
Highways
Wharves

The Golden Beach Park

The Golden Beach Park lies in the north of the development zone and extends along the seashore, featuring bule sea, soft sand , flourishing forests and fresh air. It has grown into a comprehensive park combining swimming, sightseeing, entertaining and delicious food. Blessed with gifts both natural and manmade, the Golden Beach Park welcomes the world.

Nanshan Scenic Spot Zone

Nanshan Scenic Spot Zone is situated in Longkou City which is on the coastal line of the Bohai Sea. The zone takes the hotel, recreation palace and international golf course as center and it can meet the need of consumers at all levels. The Nanshan Hotel is the three-star international hotel which has relaxation, meeting and amusenent facilities. Occuping an area of 36,000 square meters, the Nanshan Recreation Palace is the Asian largest recreation center, which is the ideal place for relaxation. The biggest figure of Buddha in the world is also in the Nanshan Scenic Spot Zone, whose height is 28.66 meters and weight is 380 tons. The main scenic spots include Jimu Island, the General Stone, Hu Dahai Square, Sang Island, Yi Island, the Home Village of XuFu, the Former Residence of the Ding Family, Karts Cave of Small Laishan Hill and Nanshan Scenic Area. Nanshan Scenic Spot Zone is a perfect tourist and summer resort.

Dings' Former Domicile

Dings' Former Domicile, located in Longkou City, is the luxurious house of Baiwan Ding, a millionair of Qing Dynasty. The building consists of several large yards and each yard has several ccompound yards. Till now, it is the biggest and best protected "Compound Yard" in China.

Mountain Kunyu

Kunyu Mountain is located in the eastern end of Jiaodong Peninsular. It lies across Yantai and Weihai. It has good communication facilities and is 50 kilometers away from the railway station, port and airport. As a national forest park and the birthplace of Quan Zhen Tao, it is rich in tourist resources. Mountain Kunyu ranges rise and fall, with high and precipitous terrain. With its peaks rising one higher than another, its scenery is very magnificent. It has 72 distinguished peaks of various shapes. The main mountaion is called the " ancestor of wonder mountaions " of the East Sea.The forest coverage of Mountain Kunyu is up to 80%. There are 60 families and 340 species of wood plants, over 600 species of herbaceous plants, and 348 species of ornament flowers. Among them, 14 species are listed in the key plants specially protected by the state. With the beautiful scenery of hills and waters, Mountain Kunyu is the best tourist attraction and summer resort. The development fo Mountain Kunyu has been listed in the general planning of Yantai Urban Tourist Development. At preasant, there are already 5 large scenic spots, such as Taibo Summit, Yanxia Cave, Nine--dragon Pond, Yuegu Hall, Wuran Temple, which attract large number of tourists each year.

Yantai Hill

Yantai Hill: It is the symbol of Yantai City, which is famous for the Smoke Platform, the lighthouse and the western-style buildings of foreign consulates built before the 1940s.

A Tour To Yantai

Yantai City lies in the northeastern part of Shandong peninsula, bordering on the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. It is situated at the foot of the hill and beside the sea with beautiful scenery. There are many interesting places which attract thousands of tourists from all over the world, such as the Penglai Pavilion, the stone Tablet Inscriptions of the North Wei Dynasty on Mt. Yunfen, Changdao Island-the fairy land on the sea, Horse Raising Isle, National Forest Parks, natural preservation areas, provincial tourist and holiday resorts. The graceful islands, fascinating gulf and blue water with golden sands make Yantai one of the tourist sites and summer resorts in northern China. The simple and honest life style, fresh and opening culture, rich tourist resources and colorful touring activities of Yantai will bring you a new sense of recreation.

Yantai Tourism
Yantai Hill
The Golden Beach Park
Mountain Kunyu
Mushi Demesene
Dings' Former Domicile
Fujian Guildhall
Nanshan Scenic Spot Zone
Huanghai Recreation Center

Yantai Foreign Affairs Organs

  Yantai Municipal Electric Industry Bureau
  Yantai Tap-Water Corporation

   
   
   
   

  Yantai Municipal Financial Bureau
  
State Administration of Taxation, Yantai Branch
  
Yantai Municipal Administration of Taxation, Foreign Branch
  State Administration of Foreign Exchange Bureau, Yantai Branch

  Yantai Municipal Price Administrative Bureau

   

  Yantai Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation
  
Yantai Municipal Economy& Trade Commission
  Yantai Municipal Development & Planning Commission

  Yantai Customs of the People's Republic of China
  
Yantai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People's Republic of China

   

 Yantai Municipal Environment Protection Bureau
  Yantai Municipal Construction Bureau
  Yantai Municipal Communication Bureau
  Yantai Land &Resources Administration Bureau
  Yantai Municipal Bureau of Quality &Technology Supervision

  Yantai Foreign Business Dispute Mediation Agency
  
Yantai Municipal Bureau of Labor &Social Security
  Yantai Municipal Public Security Bureau
  Yantai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office
  Yantai Municipal Industrial and Commercial Administrative Bureau

Yantai Enterprises

Name
Dunham- Bush (USA)

Business scope

    Producing a wide range of equipment including air-cooled and water cooled chillers, heat pumps and air side equipment such as fan coils and AHU, Dunham-Bush equipment capacity also ranges from very low to very high tonnage. These products can be used in very large buildings as well as very small buildings.
Address
  North of Gas Station, Gonjiadao, Zhifu District, Yantai
Tel
  6534241
Website
http://www.duhnam-bush.com.cn/

Name
Michael Weinig (Germany)

Business scope

    Produce and sell woodworking machinery.
Address
  No.8,Nenjiang Rd, YTETDZ, Yantai
Tel
  6383535
Website
 

Name
Yantex (Germany)

Business scope

    Produce and sell textile accessories Marcus Reichardt.
Address
  No.10,Songhuajiang Rd, YTETDZ, Yantai
Tel
  6370040
Website
 

Name
Timken (USA)

Business scope

    Design, manufacture, assemble and sell rolling bearing and the accessories
Address
  No.7 Qingnian Rd, Zhifu District, Yantai
Tel
  6242411
Website
 

Name
VMI (the Netherlands)

Business scope

    Specializing in state-of-the-art machinery for the tire and rubber industries.
Address
  No.886 Yongfuyuan Road, Fushan District, Yantai
Tel
  6300139
Website
 

Name
Huf Automotive Lock Co., Ltd. (Germany)

Business scope

    Produce various automotive keys and locks.
Address
  No.9, Wuzhishan Rd, YTETDZ, Yantai
Tel
  6378608
Website
 

Yantai Hotels

Hotels
Name
Phone Number
Address

Marina Hotel

0535--6669999
North Seashore Road, Zhifu District
Golden Gulf Hotel
0535--6224491
No.34, Beach Road, Zhifu District
Center Hotel
0535--6261888
No.81, Nandajie Road, Zhifu District
Overseas Hotel
0535--6208888
No.30, Huanshan Road, Zhifu District
Asia Hotel
0535--6588888
No.116, Nandajie Road, Zhifu District
The Pacific Hotel
0535--6206888
No.74, Shifu Road, Zhifu District
Bihai Hotel
0535?6219999
No.236, Nandajie Road, Zhifu District

Yantai Entertainment

Golf
Name
Phone Number
Address

 Nanshan International Golf Club

8616626
Nanshan Group, Longkou, Yantai
Haiyang Xubao Golf Course
3311127
Fengcheng Tourism Zone, Haiyang, Yantai
Muping Golf Club
4658497
Dayao Town, Muping, Yantai

Swimming Pools
Name Phone Number Address

 Yantai Swim Training Center

6642033 No.2 Henanya Road, Yantai
Yantai Pacific Hotel Swimming Pool 6206888 FNo.74 Shifu Street, Yantai
Yantai Hotel Swimming Pool 6888488 No.1 Huanshan Road, Yantai

Sports Centers
Name Phone Number Address

Yantai Gymnasium

6708606 Laishan District, Yantai

Disco
Name
Phone Number
Address

 Xinzhongguo Disco

Chaoyang Street, Zhifu District, Yantai

Yantai Restaurants

Western Food
Name
Phone Number
Address

  U.B.C. Coffee & Restaurant

6204748
No.170 Jiefang Road, Yantai
Jackie?s Cafe
6151252
No. 2-7 Fulaili Road, Yantai
Fatz Pizza
6652690
No.6 Lifeng Street, Yantai

Chinese Food
Name
Phone Number
Address

 Double Happiness Restaurant

6201177
No.20 Haian Road, Yantai
Moon Gulf Restaurant
6583586
Binhai North Road, Yantai
Shunfeng Beef Hot Pot
6226062
No.210 Shengli Road, Yantai
Jin Haiju Restaurant
6883399
No.33 Binhai Road, Yantai

Bar
Name Phone Number Address

 Cape of Storms Bar

13054535374 No.16 Chaoyang Road,Yantai
Beatles Bar 7086179 No.122 Xinanhe Road,Yantai

Yantai Shopping

Name Phone Number Address

Zhenhua Department Store

6584277 No.8 Xidajie Road, Yantai
Hualian Department Store 6631088 No.261 Nandajie Road,Yantai
Rt-Mart 6248899 No.166 Nandajie Road, Yantai
Good-Friend Supermarket 6692296 No.88 Xidajie Road, Yantai

China Yantai Export Processing Zone

Background
Yantai Export Processing Zone, approved by the State Council on April 27, 2000, is one of the first 15 export processing zones in China and is the only one that combines the harbor with the zone. It carries out the system of within the boundary but out of the Customs operated in accordance with the international practices. All these have set up flexible and convenient business environment for the export processing enterprises.

Part 1 Location of YTEPZ
Situated in the north of Yantai City, Yantai Export Processing Zone is adjacent to Yantai Railway Station to the south, linked with Yantai Tongsan Expressway to the north, connected to Yantai Harbor to the east and urban residential area to the west, facing Japan and Korea across the sea. The zone has a total area of 3 K㎡, in which the initial one is 1.1km2 . The zone has a favorable location, convenient transportation, vast hinterland and great development potential.

Part 2 Present situation of development and planning
The zone has been focusing on the construction of the investment environment since its foundation. After preparation in the first phase, the zone has finished the construction of all infrastructure facilities. So far, over 200,000 m2 of workshop, including 50,000 m2 of electronics building, 40,000 m2 of bonded warehouse, 4 new transformer rooms that can add another 2730KVA electricity load, 20,000 m2 of main road, and 5,000m of sewage piping have all been completed according to the international high standard. 
At present, the Administrative Committee of Yantai Export Processing zone is allowed to approve the economic project and processing trade business up to US$30 million. The service mechanisms of The Customs, Commodity Inspection Bureau, Tax Bureau, Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the related enterprises of Bank, Insurance and Transportation have all been set up and put into operation. Now the perfect infrastructure facilities, efficient Supervision, convenient Customs procedures and high-quality management have made the zone attractive enough to bring many investors to be here. At present there are enterprises invested by businessmen from Korea, Japan, USA, Sweden, Israel, Taiwan and Hong Kong, etc. which cover the fields of electronics, automobile parts and components, fine chemical, instruments and meters, noble metal processing, sports articles and stationery, network software and food processing, etc with the total contractual foreign capital of over USD80 million.

Part 3 The difference between export processing zones and tax-bonded areas
The tax-bonded area is mainly engaged in processing, trade, storage and exhibition. While the export processing zone focus to support export processing enterprises, standardize the processing trade management, encourage establishing the enterprises who make fully use of domestic and overseas resources, develop the lines of high-technology, high added value and no-pollution as well as the storage and transportation enterprises matched for the production enterprises.
Part 4 Preferential policies
The investors can enjoy many preferential policies in Yantai export processing zone. It can be described as the following.
Customs Policies
1) The zone carries out the management of 24-hour enclosed Customs supervision. All the Customs procedures of file keeping, declaration, examination and releasing are handled in the zone.
2) For the enterprises in the zone, the usual customs registration brochure are cancelled, the commodities flowing in and out of the zone are only 
required to put on records, and no bank guarantee deposit account is required.
3) Raw materials, spare parts and components, packing materials and consumption goods imported for the enterprises own use are treated as bonded goods.
4) Machines and equipments, construction materials and reasonable quantity of office appliance imported by the enterprises in the zone are exempted from tariffs and import-related value-added tax.
5) Domestic Machines and equipments, raw materials, spare parts and components entering the zone are treated as exports and can enjoy tax-refund for export.
6) The commodities flowing between the zone and abroad, except those who need passive quota, are not required to have import license and quota.
7) The enterprise in the zone is allowed to transfer its semi-finished products and modules to companies outside the zone for further processing and entrusted processing.
Foreign exchange control and other policies 
1) The enterprises of the zone are allowed to open foreign exchange account freely, in which the enterprises can reserve the foreign exchange at a quota of 100% and withdraw the money freely.
2) The enterprises in the zone are not required to go through the canceling after verification procedures while receiving and paying foreign currency.
Tax reduction, exemption and bonded policies 
1) For foreign-funded enterprises, whose business term is over 10 years, the income tax is reduced to 15%. It will be exempted for the first 2 years and levied at half rate during the 3rd to 5th year from the year of showing profits. 
2) For the export-oriented enterprises whose export volume account for 70% of the year’s total output, the income tax will be reduced to 10% after the reduction and exemption period.
3) For the approved advanced technology enterprises the income tax will continuously be levied at half rate if they are still the advanced technology enterprises after the reduction and exemption period.
4) The export processing products and taxable labor service of the zone are exempted from value-added tax and consumption tax.
5) The value-added tax of the water, electricity and gas used for production by the processing enterprises in the zone can be returned at the rate of 13%.
6) If the foreign investor, who has already set up the enterprise in the zone, puts the profits gained in China to the original company as the added registration capital and or to a new foreign-invested company of no less than 5-year business term, 40% of the enterprise income tax based on the re-investment value will be returned upon the approval of tax authorities. If the profit is used to enlarge the export-oriented or advanced technology enterprises, the enterprise income tax of the re-investment value will be totally returned.
7) The newly opened construction projects are exempted from urban development utilities and facilities fee. 
8) Anyone and organizations who bring the projects to the zone can get the rewards according to the investment promotion policies set by the Municipal Government of Yantai and the Administrative Committee of Yantai Export Processing Zone.

Yantai Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone

Yantai Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone is situated in the cantonal eastern part of Yantai City. It was started out into construction in 1994.It was approved by State Council as APEC China Yantai Science & Technology Industry Park in April 1998, and became a internationalized science & technology industry park opened to APEC, together with other four hi-tech zones in Beijing, Xi'an, Suzhou and Hefei. In December 1998, it was authourized by Ministry of Science and Technology to set up the only Sino-Russia Hi-Tech Industry Cooperative Example Base of China. Yantai Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone has the planned land area of 75 square kilometers. Here are excellent infrastructure and facilities, many universities and colleges including Yantai University, China Coal Economy College and so on and over 10 scientific research institutes. A batch of hi-tech projects including Luye Pharmacy, Jinlong DVD Electronics ,etc have been initiated here. Yantai Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone has the advantaged conditions of developing Hi-Tech industry, and is one of the most active areas with greatest economic development potential in Yantai. The Hi-Tech projects of biological engineering, new materials, fine chemical, electronic information industry and so on are encouraged to be initiated in Yantai Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone.

Fushan Hi-tech Industrial Park is founded in 10,1993, is an important integral part of Yantai economic & Technology Development Zone and Yaitai Hi-tech Industrial Zone ,YaiTai Fushan Hi-tech Industrial Park is opening to APEC organization members,approved by the state. At the same time ,FHIP enjoy the favourable policy of the Economic &Technology Development Zone and Hi-tech Industrial Zone of the state .
FHIP has an area of 8 square kilometers,including an area of 3.8 square kilometers and Developed area of 4.2 square kilometers .FHIP put emphasiz on the development of electronic information technology , biological engineering ,new material technology ,and electro-mechanical industry .

Yantai Industrial Parks

 The Abstract of Yantai Information Industrial Area

  Yantai Resource Regenerating and Processing Demonstration Area

  Introducing Enterprises

  Enterprises Introduction

  An Introduction to Yantai Returned Scholars Pioneering Park

  Yantai Logistics Park

  China Resources Industrial Park

  Introduction of Shanghai GM Dong Yue Motors Co.,Ltd.

  Yantai Shougang Dongxing industrial

  Daewoo Industrial Area

  Entering Development Zone

  Profile of GuXian Industrial Park

  Profile of DaJiJia Industrial Park

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Yantai Twin Cities

  San Diego in USA Phuket in Thailand
  Beppu in Japan Angus in UK
  Tauranga in New Zealand Orebro in Sweden
  Kunsan in Korea  
 Foreign Cooperative cities  
  Miyako in Japan Wonju in Korea
  Vladivostok in Russia Ulsan in Korea

Yantai Opening Up History

  Abou t 17 countries setup their consulates in Yantai from 1862 to 1930.Banks, ch urches, schools, and even t he first post office in China were s et up to serve the increasing foreign institutions. Now most of the relics are preserved and renovated and are open to public.

Yantai Honorary Titles

One of "China Top 50 Comprehensively Powerful Cities" 
 One of "China Top 40 Cities for Business Climate" 
 State-level Clean City 
 China Leading City for Civilization 
 Model City for Environmental Protection 
 China Top City for Tourist Attraction 
 International vine/wine city 
 The Leading City for Science and Education 
 State-level Garden City

Yantai Economic Situation

  In 2002, Yantai’s GDP reaches US$ 111.5 billion; the primary, secondary and tertiary idustry realize added value US$ 13.603 billion, 57.45 billion and 40.447 billion respectively, which is the third among 17 cities of Shandong Province. The proportion of three industies is 12.2 : 51.5 : 36.3. The tertiary industry keeps increasing and achieves thehistorical highest level. The number of individual and private business of the whole city is up to 13.560000 and the tax revenue reaches RMB¥1.088 billion.
   The social security system has initially formed, which includes endowment insurance, unemployment insurance, medical treatment insurance, industrial injury insurance and birth insurance. Altogether 554,000 enterprise employees have participated in endowment insurance; 120,000 enterprise retirees receive pension on time; the total ammount of insurance premium is RMB¥1.64 billion, among which endoment insurance is RMB¥1.05 billion, medical treatment insurance is RMB¥473 million, unemployment insurance is RMB¥100 million, birth insurance is RMB¥14.263 million and industrial injury insurance is RMB¥4.22 million. 
  The market price remains stable. Consumption price rises 0.4% than the year of 2000 and drops 0.6% than the same period of last year. Price index of industrial products is 98.8%.

Yantai Administrative Divisions

Yantai governs 4 districts, 1 county, 7 county cities and 1 national level economic & technology development area, 1 national level import & export processing area and 97 towns. The whole area of Yantai is 13,7000 square kilometers and the urban area is 2,436 square kilometers; The total population is 6.485 million and the urban population is 1.614 million.

Yantai Geographic Position

Yantai, located on the east tip of Shandong Peninsular(36°16′—38°23N, 119°34′—121°67′E), bordering on the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Bay, lies to Japan and Korea across the sea. It is one of the 14 coastal cities opening up to the outside world, and plays an important role among the cities along the Bohai Bay economic circle, where the state gives priority to its development. Geographically, Yantai is on hilly land except for the central area, which is mountainous. The plains scattered along the coast covering 23% of its total area. It is crisscrossed by 7 river systems, each with a drainage area of over 300 square kilometers; Yantai has a temperate climate with mild winters and moderate summers. The annual average temperature is about 12.9 degrees centigrade and the average annual rainfall is about 700 millimeters. Over 200 frost-free days can be expected in a year. And it is considered as a well-known summer resort in China.

Yantai Brief Introduction

Infiltrating into a long history, Yantai was called Zhifu in the ancient times. In 200 B.C. the first emperor of China once shot fish here with bows drawn and arrows set, formingafterwards “the fish shooting platform”. For fighting against the sea rovers, the Ming Dynasty set up the beacon-fire stand in the year of 1398 and Chinese “Yantai” hereby achieved her nomenclature. And Yantai became one of the first ports that opened up to the outside in 1861.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

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