So many projects on going in this city, I think it's time to open a thread dedicated exclusively to it.

Most of the renders in this thread were posted by mingxi on skyscrapers.cn :)

CBD Expansion, long term plan
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071015_2095225caa33bb960d07H4bCE2.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071015_b9688faff60179b52112UrQ8ZQ.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071015_52b0289051f441e93396G0X50N.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071015_0326739fb4d122d7881btGvmDD.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/014E854F.jpg

Dalian Eton [Yujing] Center: 1x376m, 80 floors. 1x279m, 60 floors. 3x180m+, 44 floors.

Developed by Eton Hotels, designed by NBBJ Architects.

The project is located in the golden commercial area in downtown Dalian (the original site of the animal zoo), with a floor space of 62,013.5 m2 and a total floor area around 800,000 m2.

In the first stage, plans are under way to construct 3 apartment buildings with a height between 35 to 45 floors with a total floor area of around 220,000 m2;

In the second stage, plans are under way to construct super high hotels, commercial skirt buildings, hotel apartments and office buildings with a total floor area of about 400,000 m2. The two super high buildings are to be transformed into two super 5-star hotels of 60 and 80 floors respectively.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071126100009309.gif

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071126094025701.gif

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071126094025563.gif

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071126094024229.gif

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071126094025945.gif

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070605_a9e89cd2e0313f150e83C6iX21pSLwFo.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7812/1187317596801ns7.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/183303073/QQ-28.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7459/200743012529168oj3.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/GoldenJubilee81f2.jpg

Early design
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/GoldenJubilee81f.jpg

Update, posted by mingxi
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/183303073/res03_attpic_brief.jpg

Dalian International Trade Center: 256m, 68 floors
By CDLADRI Studio

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/256m.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/0287F61C_xiP8LUbfseqN.jpg

Dalian Futures Square: 2x243m, 53 floors.
By GMP Architects.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/FuturesSquarenew243m56f.gif

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/square2.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/253m43f.jpg

Update
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg133/foglio1986/dalian/-4.jpg

Dalian World Trade Center: 2x216m, 52 floors

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/Dalianwtc.jpg

Coastal International Center: 211m, 53 floors. 3x175m, 50 floors
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/183303073/1196318809683_000-3.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/183303073/1196318269202_000-5.jpg

Financial Building: 209m, 53 floors. 100m, 33 floors
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/183303073/QQ-15.jpg

New World Center: 203m, 56 floors
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/DalianNewWorldCenter243m56f.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071014_1731dbad65bf8ee9518bEhPytP.jpg

Grand Hyatt Hotel: 200m+, 45+ floors

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071016_13028c59e6eedca9a537rMVfnPHGDU7n.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071016_9b10a61f09d2c86f6711rzTatDUImG5G.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071016_4a2b13747027e39ad3ed4FFb5OI21g7t.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071016_d1ff70ba570fafe270ecuJoWXD8AojxW.jpg

Century Park: 190m~
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071219_004074b47c6356429b62G43H1e.jpg

Wanda Plaza: 2x180m
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/wanda180m.jpg

Centennial Plaza: 180m, 47 floors
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071012_bc26ae19945d9eb0dca95nRhQS.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/20071009_6a8845e0866db2f74b14GDipwR.jpg

Jinhai Garden: 2x40+ floors
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/JinghaiGarden.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/JinghaiGarden2.jpg

Some coastal developments
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1897/1192521897390ed9862e635cu8.jpg

Jinzhou Binhai New Area
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1986/jinzhoubinhainewareart7.jpg

Songyuan Ocean Paradise
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5616/songyuanoceanparadiseab8.jpg

Dalian Heat Island
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7875/dalianheatislandms9.jpg

38 floors
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/38f.jpg

Another development
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3480/1192521898c5350d4d98cebej8.jpg

is that a ski-hall in the last pic??

^^ Looks so!

Futures Square, by vindic
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071223_111cda9daded062ee665fCnig1X4RPSo.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071223_7e9e315831c712e7f717rETM3TtZbRT4.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071223_a87ddb46b8c646cc19296F2USQNvqHji.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071223_b8024fbc3fcad0f4d1balXjSnpzWlX1u.jpg

China Petroleum Engineering Building, 198m, 48 floors
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071230_3ea1891e5897cf64aa19XBAHQafnkiqA.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071230_5c6082d44e764d9dd6ccRFEbAmnJ2Qvo.jpg

stunning!!!!!!!

Huge render of Coastal International Center: 211m, 53 floors. 3x175m, 50 floors.

http://wind.stu.edu.cn/Photo/UploadPhotos/200709/20070928163952760.jpg

Better renders of China Petroleum Engineering Building, 198m, 48 floors
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/ChinaPetroleumEngineeringBuilding19.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/ChinaPet2.jpg

Dalian Futures Square: 2x243m, 53 floors. By mingxi

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/183303073/P1010329.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/183303073/P1010331.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/183303073/P1010321.jpg

哇!!!!!! 中国万岁!!!!! woooaaa!!! Long life to China!

大连万岁!!! Long life to Da Lian

浪漫之都 romantic city

Futures Square, 2x243m, 53 floors. Mar 14 by wangjinan
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20080314_edd53f5e0a07d471dcfduhqXLB2t1xOF.jpg

Coastal International Center: 211m, 53 floors. 3x175m, 50 floors. Mar 14, by wangjian
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20080314_06a72eb57f9f5aa3d180OkmYDj1BW0nM.jpg

Dalian World Financial Center, 218m, 53 floors and 111m, 33 floors
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/QQ-15.jpg

Mar 23 by mingxi
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/QQ-19.jpg

China National Petroleum Corporation Building, 198m, 45 floors
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/QQ-24.jpg

Mar 23 by Mingxi
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/ddddddddd-2.jpg

Coastal International, 211, 53 floors and 3x175m, 50 floors
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/20080113_215c5f8b425e514a0590GZT-2.jpg

Mar 24 by Mingxi
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/ddddddddd-3.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/ffffffffff-5.jpg

Futures Square, 2x243m, 53 floors
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/183303073/1-8.jpg

Mar 23 by Mingxi
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/ffffffffff-3.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/ddddddddd-1.jpg

Dalian Eton Center, 384m, 80 floors; 279m, 60 floors; 3x175m+, 43 floors.
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071126094025563.gif

Mar 21 by Mingxi
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/cccccccc-1.jpg

Dalian New World Plaza, 243m, 56 floors and 138m, 38 floors
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/QQ-6.jpg

Mar 20
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/QQ-8.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/lolita23taya/7777777777-3.jpg

Dalian Century Garden, 46 floors, 180m~
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080507_44326fdc71860fa57af1uEZNk2.jpg

Centennial Plaza, may 13 by chenxiaohai
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/P1030930.jpg

Xiaoping Island Project
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1209387698432_000.jpg

May 5 by chenxiaohai
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1199280560116_000.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1199538607380_000.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1199544392850_000.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1200140637260_000.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1200142177774_000.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1200143455179_000.jpg

Dalian Wanda Center
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/2572145629_5957fbc4a7_o.jpg

Futures Square by chenxiaohai
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/P1040606.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/P1040472.jpg

Jinhai Garden twins look complete, by chenxiaohai
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/P1040421.jpg

Jinhai Garden, June 18 by benjaminyc
http://boxstr.com/files/2412424_e6d4p/DSC08805.JPG

Xiaoping Island Project
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1209387698432_000.jpg

May 5 by chenxiaohai
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1199280560116_000.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1199538607380_000.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1199544392850_000.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1200140637260_000.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1200142177774_000.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/1200143455179_000.jpg

wow....wow... look cool!!

Centennial Plaza: 180m, 47 floors. August 14 by chenxiaohai
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/P1050934.jpg

Jinhai Garden twins look complete, by chenxiaohai
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/P1040421.jpg

Wow, these lights consume lots of electricity! Aren't there less costly and more elegant lighting solutions?:?

wooooow I am just amazed with those projects. I didn't even know this city exist.

Some models
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/0612001-1.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/weq.jpg

Wanda East Port Project.
Six Star Hotel:
Tower 1: 49 floors, 220m
Tower 2: 38 floors, 175m+

Residential Towers:
Tower 3: 57 floors, 197.8m
Tower 4: 56 floors, 194.7m
Tower 5: 55 floors, 191.5m

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/115Dd.jpg

Dalian International Shipping Tower, 192m
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/syaraku000/2-3.jpg

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/syaraku000/1-3.jpg

I like design of Dalian skyscrapers. Lookin great :)

Dalian Shengyi Century. 185m, 2x100m+.

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/syaraku000/1-2.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/WolframPutzGRAFTDalianDailyDalianCh.jpg

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/syaraku000/2-2.jpg

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/syaraku000/3-2.jpg

Dalian Freedom Plaza, 160m, 33 floors.
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/syaraku000/aaaa/2-1.jpg

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/syaraku000/aaaa/3-1.jpg

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/syaraku000/aaaa/1-1.jpg

Dalian Times Square, 163m, 47 floors; 120m, 35 floors.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/pic08_06_25_08_54_16_388.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/RRN9ADZPP0T4BQ7Y.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/chenxiaohai/pic_08_06_26_16_59_13.jpg

September 27 by chenxiaohai.
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/14/8a/9f/90268b13b15d1296facb1c154e569a2e.jpg

Some news from http://dlskyscrapers.5d6d.com

Dalian Jinzuo Tower set to be transformed into Dalian Diamond Tower. Absolutely amazing project, wow!

Jinzuo Tower nowadays. Stopped construction in 2000, has remained like that for 9 years. Interiors aren't finished.
http://www.dlyipeng.com/images/jinzuo.jpg

Transformation project, 1 of the proposals.

Dalian Diamond Tower

210K sqm mixed use high rise refurbishment of former Golden Tower in Dalian, China

invited ideas competition 2008

The existing tower in the centre of Dalian has major design flaws and stands empty for many years. The competition was initiated to explore its adaptation and possible integration into the new World Trade Centre tower next to it.

Our proposal wraps a new skin around the existing floor plates which become partially extended to form a new morphology in balance with the context. The expanded internal volume will assist in a more functional distribution of the various programmes.

The extended floor plates are carved by a tesselated mesh of air shafts for energy-efficient climatisation and social connectivity.

The design strikes the balance between a striking visual appearance and identity on the one hand- and a subtle clean and receptive quality on the other.

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/Diamond.png

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/Diamond2.png

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_5fe29fe65842563940e9TvxhzB.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_a39b0e6cd3f0c114b9815dKKTG.jpg

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http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_a9384f78f99686f9759bjucDSU.jpg

More renders of Coastal International Center. 211m, 175mx3. Posted by dlclxy
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_1ee68b108046a65966bejb5V7P.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_55cd7d5807c34d249bd0oJe1zV.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_d058e7370a860d32a8ffOfuFJV.jpg

Dalian Insurance Building. Posted by chenxiaohay and syaraku. Unknown facts.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/1173194745-1.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_cef5335ff0b37e7f9c255Vm6D6.jpg

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http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_3c5460a3a3e6680156a4EL15SO.jpg

More proposals for Wanda Center.
1.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_7bbde20b789b777128ffGEcX9G.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_8bcd79df11a87c09be00sXxo99.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_e2184bb570a11e9a7b16vc1YpJ.jpg

2.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_41b0cf1cbeb7b2260eba4VeV55.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_c06c6f7bbb374b6e8a414IvuLC.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_e8688ff4322ce5e00388Rt1Tr3.jpg

More renders of Dalian Global Financial Center, aka Cathay Building. 218m.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090206_c6205c80b5079c2979a64aXrNX.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_fb9373f1289a540852c5hA02h2.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_6bb2b75c4d5868ba3db9E5NJWq.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_2b24185645aafa8cbdfa3N0DmM.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_d817c155b6aaa23fadaaLLk3k0.jpg

Petrochina Tower
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_998e51f549122597b382K996Kl.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_542dbcbeab42f500f4b2v066iV.jpg

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http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_2c368b6fc728abc00c41Fa98XY.jpg

New Marriott Plaza. 200m+. Developed by Hines Group. Posted by chenxiaohai.

http://companyadc.51job.com/companyads/2008/sh/hansi0917_8656/images/pic_9.jpg

It is located in #4, New Ocean Front Area, Dalian Development Area, which is 30 km from Dalian main city, 25 km from Zhoushuizi Airport, 10 minutes drive from Intel FAB 68 factory and 20 km from Golden Pebble Beach. The total GFA (above grade) is 290,000sqm, including Residential, Retail and 5-star Hotel.

Dalian Xingguang Bay Square
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_6de90b16a2c1e17e7a9e58Gf56.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_5ff6dbf3e0520fab5772o6S9LV.jpg

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http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_e44cf4a444369d56ce2a4vqOR6.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_8bb77db8c7e7034b89a2XGq7zd.jpg

Industry & Commerce Union Building
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_22b7b7293a867535c8cb3f30f3.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_2a580bca37b381e2c0d9kWK3LE.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_7bc4079e77f2cdc4b1bb9h6FT1.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_844cce8bd2b90cb3f2fekH2aQq.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_a5d2c8c465357602854bIAPTyh.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090204_fe9cd7e8afc63a7f6a06446oJz.jpg

Dalian Shipping Mansion
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Conrad Dalian
Scheduled to open in 2012, in Dalian, one of the China’s most affluent cities with a colourful past as an imperial port outpost established in the Qing Dynasty. The Conrad Dalian will feature 210 well appointed guest rooms, occupying the top floors of a 35-story tower. The tower will be located on a waterfront site in the Dalian Central Business District, featuring an international conference centre, art galleries, retail boutiques, theatre along with a cruise terminal and yacht club.

Guests will enjoy a Chinese specialty restaurant, lobby lounge and bar with skyline vistas, contemporary meeting and business facilities with the latest technology, and a health club, swimming pool and spa.


Fast Facts

210 guest rooms
Meeting Rooms
Business centre
Spa
Health Club

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Dalian Daily Towers, by Graft Architects.

Graft architects designed the ‘Dalian Daily’ residential and commercial towers located in Dalian, China. The residential towers focus on vertical volumes. Each of the towers are composed of multiple vertical panes, which break off at the peaks like glass shards. These sharp edged and twisted tower peaks will provide ever changing light and reflection sensations by the movement of the sun.

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Conference Center by Coop Himmelb(l)au.
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21st Century Monument.

sheathed 168-meter tower designed to house galleries, shops, restaurants, and an observation deck. After winning an international competition, we designed the tower and subsequently revisited the waterfront district's master plan.

location:
• Dalian, China

client:
• The City of Dalian, China

project area:
• 168 meters - monument
• 138 meters - exhibit, restaurant and retail space

http://www.tvs-design.com/planning/dalian/dalian.html

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Great updates, thank you for posting them.

The province where Dalian is located is growing fast.

Liaoning 2008 GDP 1345.5 billion yuan year-on-year by 13%

^^^Amazing updates!!

plzzz plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz build this.

fantastic proposals

absolutely astonishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great city.

Hang Lung plans big complex for Dalian
9 May 2009
South China Morning Post

Hang Lung Properties said it would invest 4.5 billion yuan (HK$5.11 billion) to develop a "world-class" shopping centre on a newly acquired commercial site in Dalian, its first land acquisition since February 2007.

The company said it plans to develop the site, currently occupied by a sports stadium, into the city's largest shopping complex, with a total gross floor area of 220,000 square metres.

Executive director Terry Ng Sze-yuen said Hang Lung won the site at an auction for 1.2 billion yuan or 5,382 yuan per square metre.

"Sky-high land values have kept us away from attending auctions for more than two years," he said. "Now is our best opportunity, as there are not many competitors."

Mr Ng said he expects the project, to be named Dalian Hang Lung Plaza, to provide an annual rental return of 5 to 8 per cent.

As the city government needed about 18 months to deliver the site, he said it would be five years before the development would be operational.

So far, Mr Ng said, Hang Lung had committed 25 billion yuan to develop six shopping complexes on the mainland, more than 60 per cent of its 40 billion yuan investment target. The other five, due to be completed between next year and 2012, are in Shenyang, Tianjin, Wuxi and Jinan.

"Frankly speaking, Hang Lung has no competitor at all, as domestic developers lack expertise in building shopping malls to international standards," said Raymond Ngai of JP Morgan Securities. "The local government prefers a landmark project to be developed in the city centre."

But he noted that developers' recent acquisitions in a variety of cities indicated a vote of confidence in the property market's prospects.

In less than two weeks, Hang Lung, Greenland Group, Gemdale Corp and Shimao Property Holdings have spent more than 3.6 billion yuan to buy land in Shanghai and Qingdao.

Greenland has secured a 186,500 sq metre residential development site on the outskirts of Shanghai for 957 million yuan in the city's biggest land deal this year.

Another mainland developer, Gemdale Corp, outbid nine competitors to win an 83,645 sq metre residential site in Shanghai's Qingpu district for 560 million yuan, about 82 per cent above the opening bid.

Shimao made its first acquisition in 15 months by securing a Qingdao commercial and residential site through a partnership for HK$920 million.

Separately, Soho China yesterday announced the company had generated 635 million yuan from sales of Zhong Guan Cun Soho commercial project on the first day of sale.

The average sales price of the office space was 33,000 yuan per square metre, while the average price of retail space was 90,000 yuan per square metre.

Amazing architecture! The conference center is extremely futuristic. :drool:

大连中心 renderings first posted by xiaojinli520 from skyscrapers.cn :

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Very nice!

Conference Center by Coop Himmelb(l)au.
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hope Dalian's CBD look like this in 5 years.

yeah even i hope so. Actually dalian already looks kind of cool :)

Dalian Grand Gateway (国泰·港汇中心), 42 floors, unknown height.
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Dalian Sports Center
Dalian, China

Selected by the City of Dalian, China, this $1.8 billion Olympic Sports Complex includes an 80,000-seat Olympic Track and Field stadium, a 20,000-seat indoor arena, an indoor swimming stadium and a tennis center. Intended to be the centerpiece in a massive sports and entertainment development in the coastal Chinese city, the complex utilizes numerous sustainability strategies and will be the world’s first LEED-certified Olympic Complex.


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Another big one approved. 193.8m above ground, 52 floors. Located at Luxun Lu, very close to Zhongshan Guangchang.
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Intel's $2.5B Dalian Plant To Use 65-Nanometer Process Tech
19 June 2009

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Intel Corp. (INTC), the world's biggest chip maker by revenue, said Friday its new chip plant in Dalian, China, will be adopting 65-nanometer process technology to make chipsets when it starts production in 2010.

In 2007, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip maker said it would invest $2.5 billion in its first plant in Asia using 300-millimeter wafers.

Plants using 300mm wafers can cut manufacturing costs by about 30% compared with plants that use older generation 200mm wafers.

The chipsets will be used in Intel's mainstream CPU platforms for laptops, desktops and such products as ultra-thin and affordable laptops, the company said.

'The construction of Fab 68 is not affected by the global economic recession, and it will be operational in 2010 as scheduled,' said Kirby Jefferson, general manager of Intel Semiconductor (Dalian), in a statement.

'Intel is confident in the economic growth in China and its northeast region, and we are committed to introducing advanced technologies to China and supporting the growth of IT ecosystem in Dalian. The cutting-edge chip sets manufactured in Fab 68 will be vital for Intel's future and strategy.'

Intel joins a growing list of global technology firms setting up a production site in China to tap rising demand for chips used in mobile devices and other consumer electronics.

China is the world's biggest market for cellphones and the second biggest for personal computers, and its factories produce many of the cellphones and PCs sold in other markets.

Lower manufacturing costs and the Chinese government's willingness to attract foreign investment in its chip sector have lured companies including chip makers Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of South Korea and STMicroelectronics NV of Switzerland.

Flash memory card maker SanDisk Corp. also opened a $170 million chip assembly and testing factory in China in 2007.

Intel said construction of the new plant is expected to be completed later this summer and it will start installing equipment afterward.

The plant already employs more than 500 local workers and it plans to have up to 1,500 workers when the plant fully ramps up.

very nice projects all of them :)

China approves new economic zone in NE coast

SHENYANG, July 1 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, the Cabinet, approved plans Wednesday to develop the coastal economic belt in the northeastern Liaoning Province in effort to rejuvenate the traditional industrial base.

The economic belt, covering about 700 square km, will focus on shipbuilding, petroleum refining, advanced equipment manufacturing, raw materials, high-tech industries and agriculture processing, according to the plan.

The zone comprises ports of Dalian, Jinzhou, Yingkou, Huludao and Dandong, which opened navigation services to more than 140 countries and regions.

"The zone will become an important engine for the rejuvenation of the the northeast industrial base," said Lin Muxi, Economics School dean of Liaoning University.

"Since the Chinese government started to develop eastern coastal cities such as Shenzhen and Shanghai, the Pearl River delta and the Yangtze River delta have seen rapid growth," he said. "Now the government is paying closer attention to the underdeveloped regions like Liaoning and Guangxi."

Previously, China gave the green light to the coastal areas in east China's Jiangsu Province, the Beibu Bay in Guangxi and the economic zone on the western side of Taiwan strains in Fujian Province.

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NBBJ’s competition entry presents a new vein of thinking for sporting venues

Enteringinto an international competition for the design of the new Shidestadium in Dalian, China, NBBJ has pulled out the stops to make itsdesign stand out, creating a new concept to bring sports back tonature.
The original masterplanned site for the new stadium was set beside theocean with the mountains to the rear. NBBJ’s design utilized thelocation to develop what they say is a ‘dramatically improved fanexperience as well as greater ease of operations’. The masterplan hassince changed, the competition halted while a new site in Dalian isbeing sourced, hopefully for NBBJ, with a similar backdrop to ensuretheir design is still relevant.
The architects have used an ‘organic architecture’ to challenge thetypical stadium typology of a dramatic skin which shields the publicfrom the activities within. Instead an open-ended ‘garden’ designwelcomes external interaction, creates public space and invitesvisitors to breath in the surrounding nature. The short sides of thestadium drop down to public plazas encouraging inclusivity and takingadvantage of the ocean and mountain views. Subtleties in the elevationsprevent the access of the main stadium from these north and southplazas instead limiting access to three portholes through the east andwest walls. The long sides of the stadium fold up from the landscape asplanted walls featuring a variety of indigenous plants at a density of10 to 20 plants per square metre. These walls contain all primaryfacilities including VIP suites, toilets and concessions stands, themechanical spaces, and the ticket booths. They also provide thesupporting structure for the innovative roof design.
While many stadiums remain open to the elements, NBBJ’s design for theDalian stadium roof provides a unique form of shelter with a flexiblesystem of cables and fabric which will flutter above the fans. “Thefact that the roof is a collection of panels, each with its ownorientation, will help to break up the wind off of the waterfront,”said a spokesperson for NBBJ. “Rather than a distraction, the shiftingsound reflections from the different roof panels will amplify the crowdenergy of the match, enhancing the Shide’s home field advantage.”
Within the stadium view optimisation is generated by increasingcapacity along the preferred long sides. Seats near mid-field are alsopredominantly designed to hold clear views, ‘exceptional quality for astadium of this size’, according to the spokesperson. The stadium isdesigned to hold 40,000 spectators with the open ends providing spacefor temporary grandstands which would accommodate a further 15,000.
With sustainable measures at the spine of NBBJ’s design they hope their‘Garden Stadium’ will act as a unique integrated landmark for Dalian.All will depend on if the project competition meets its expectedrestart at the end of the year.


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WOOOOOW!!!!
This is an astonishing design and a remarkable new way to see things. To present a venue such as a sports stadium and convert it in a living Sculpture such as the stadiums for the Olympics in Beijing.
I hope I have a chance to see this amazing structure built one day!.
Congrats!!!!!!

Chery Automobile To Build CNY4.7B Factory In Dalian - Report
1 October 2009

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Chinese auto maker Chery Automobile Co. will spend CNY4.7 billion on a new plant in Dalian, which will help the export-oriented carmaker ensure it also has the capacity to meet strong domestic demand, the South China Morning Post reported Friday, citing Chery spokesman Jin Yibo.

The report said the new plant will be the firm's first outside Anhui province. The company's initial investment will total CNY2 billion, and construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2011.

The report said the new facility will have an annual production capacity of 200,000 units. According to Chery's website, the Dalian plant will be a hub to synchronize production for both domestic and overseas markets.

Here is a map i fixed just quickly, based on our (in progress) Google Earth skyscraper maps. The aim is to get all 150m+ buildings into it, this is my best shot in Dalian. If you see wrong info, please inform me! :)

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ONE DAY WHEN ALL THIS IS DONE iVE GOT TO VISIT.

The area under development around the old port facilities looks very interesting.

excellent map!!! xD btw what kind of software you use to do this? it's extremely polished and HD.

excellent map!!! xD btw what kind of software you use to do this? it's extremely polished and HD.

Adobe Photoshop CS3. :)

Thanks btw!

Never saw this proposal before. Ganghui Plaza.

location
Dalian

year
2008

lot size
8850㎡

total area
103000㎡

f.a.r.
12.0

no. of floors
55f

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Service outsourcing industry robust in China, boosts employment
Xinhua News Agency
11 January 2010

CHANGCHUN -- The global economic meltdown impacted many of the clients of BT Frontline, which provides outsourcing services for the IT systems of docks and logistics companies. But its General Manager, Lawrence Low, is still satisfied with the company's performance amid the financial crisis and confident about its future.

China's service outsourcing industry, mostly about software outsourcing, bounced back in the second half of the year from a hard time of three months caused by shrinking demand from the global market, according to Yu Hengzhuang, vice president of Dalian Software Park.

"We have gained access to high-end market and recently entered the Middle East market, which more than offset the impact of the global downturn," Low said.

"Our business not only survived, it grew and thrived," Low said with a smile, keeping the exact figures as business secret.

RAPIDLY DEVELOPING INDUSTRY

The software outsourcing park in Dalian, the industrial hub in China, attracted 63 new clients in 2009, bringing the overall number of businesses in the park to more than 400, and the park's total sales are expected to top 20 billion yuan, up 32.9% year on year.

The sales of Dalian's software outsourcing business grew from 200 million yuan (29.3 million U.S. dollars) to more than 30 billion yuan in the past 10 years. A total of 700 companies are in the industry, including 300 joint ventures and more than 40 Fortune 500 companies.

In the first ten months, the industry's sales in Dalian grew by 33% to 33.7 billion yuan and its export grew by 34% to 1.1 billion U.S. dollars.

While Dalian has become a world famous hub of software outsourcing after Thomas Fridman compared it with Bangalore in India, another less known industrial hub with equally fast pace in east China's Jiangsu Province, is taking shape.

The contract value of Jiangsu's software outsourcing industry reached 3.28 billion U.S. dollars in the first 10 months of the year, a growth of 174%. The province has 2,470 companies in the industry, with 290,000 employees, according to statistics from the provincial department of commerce.

The provincial capital Nanjing's software outsourcing industry had a contract value of 2.1 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months of the year, growing by 239%.

"The income of China's software industry, which software outsourcing takes a major part, has been growing by 38% annually and its revenue is expected to top 1 trillion yuan in 2010," said Hu Kunshan, vice chairman of China Software Industry Association.

China's software industry earned 757.3 billion yuan in 2008, and the figure is expected to reach 900 billion yuan in 2009.

BOOSTING EMPLOYMENT

The rapid development of outsourcing industry bears great significance in sustaining economic growth, restructuring economy, stabilizing export and boosting employment, said Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan during a visit to Dalian in November.

More than 60,000 people are working in the software outsourcing industry in Dalian.

China's outsourcing industry recruited 690,000 new employees, 460,000 of whom were college graduates, in the first 11 months of 2009, according to statistics released on a national conference on commerce.

China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security expects the outsourcing industry to create 1.2 million new jobs in five years, including 1 million jobs for college graduates.

At the end of Sept. 2009, 1.42 million people were working in 8,060 outsourcing companies in China, said Qian Fangli, deputy head of the foreign investment department of the Ministry of Commerce.

The software outsourcing companies in China have enough programmers but lack mature project managers and decision makers, who are on the top of the talent pyramid, said Yu Hengzhuang, vice president of Dalian Software Park.

The gap in talent pool limited the size of such companies to less than 300 people, which is a human resource threshold to carry out core projects with high added value. "That's why Chinese companies are now the lowest ring of the world software outsourcing chain," Yu added.

Dalian! My favorite city in China! Very beautiful!

Langham Hotel
Tower 1: 299.5m, 74 floors
Tower 2: 200m+, 62 floors
Developer: Langham Hotels International
Architect: Unknown
Location: Dalian Dongguang Area, C04 plot. Close to Guangwan Guangchang/Gulf Plaza.
Source: http://www.gh.dl.gov.cn/website/read/ReadInfo.aspx?id=8553

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Software park takes model to other cities
23 June 2010
China Daily - Hong Kong Edition

The Dalian Software Park (DLSP) is a core project in the city's efforts to outpace other destinations as a top choice for software outsourcing companies.

The transformation has been an enormous success since the late 1990s, boosting Dalian's revenues, improving its environment, transforming the city and setting the competitive landscape for industrial innovation.

Though gaining market share both countrywide and globally, today the DLSP faces a slew of new competitors such as Nanjing, Chengdu and Beijing - in addition to longstanding outsourcing giant Bangalore in India.

But many analysts believe Dalian has struck gold with its two-frontier strategy emphasizing both the Japan-led East Asia market and English-speaking countries.

The DLSP will further lift its quality of services to consolidate its position as China's leading high-tech park developer and become an even bigger office for global players, according to Gao Wei, DLSP president.

Despite the financial turmoil of the past two years, the park's business has continued to grow with international firms such as Genpact opening new office buildings and newcomers including CISCO, Softbank and Sompo Japan Insurance establishing operations.

The financial crisis has put pressure on multinationals to further cut costs by outsourcing part of their work, which generates more business opportunities for the park's tenants, said Gao.

The DLSP began moves to expand in 2003 when construction of its second phase began. Yida teamed with Hong Kong's leading property developer Shui On Group in 2007 for a 30-70 joint venture to develop part of the second phase of the Dalian Software Park.

Shui On will lead the planning, project management, quality assurance, sales and marketing while Yida Group is mainly be responsible for construction management.

With total floor space of about 3.54 million sq m, the 30 billion yuan Dalian Tiandi project is a sprawling integrated development with residences, software offices and commercial and retail property, along with educational and R&D facilities, outdoor recreation and other public amenities.

The project represents only a part of DLSP's 133 sq km second phase, with other projects including joint ventures with Singapore commercial developer Ascendas and domestic software giant Neusoft.

Apart from development in Dalian, Yida plans to replicate the business model in other regions by establishing joint ventures with a number of local governments. The group has now established park operation in Tianjin, Wuhan and Suzhou. Wuhan Optical Valley Software Park now has more than 110 enterprises and 12,000 workers.

China's Dalian Port to add 2 mil cu m crude storage capacity by 2011
11 August 2010
Platts Commodity News

China's Dalian Port plans to start operating 18 crude storage tanks, with a total capacity of 2 million cubic meters (12.58 million barrels), over September 2010-2011, the Dalian Port Co. Ltd., or PDA, said early this week in a statement on its Web site.

By September 2010, four crude storage tanks, with a total capacity of 600,000 cu m, will come into operation at the Dalian Port, which is in Northeast China's Liaoning Province, said the Hong Kong-listed company.

The company will also start construction of 10 crude storage tanks, with a total capacity of 1 million cu m, in second-half 2010. The 10 tanks are expected to come into operation in 2011, PDA said.

Meanwhile, four other crude tanks, with a total capacity of 400,000 cu m, were being constructed by Dalian North Oil Petroleum Logistics Co. Ltd. (North Petroleum) and expected to be put into operation by first-half 2011, said the statement.

North Petroleum is a joint-venture formed in April 2010, with PDA holding 20%, China Zhenhua Oil Co. Ltd. 54%, and Panjin Northern Asphalt Co. Ltd. 26%.

Currently the Dalian Port has 35 storage tanks capable of storing 3.5 million cu m of crude, and 39 tanks capable of storing 368,000 cu m of oil products, PDA's parent company Dalian Port Group said.

In the first-half of 2010, PDA handled 17.452 million mt of crude, up 35.3% from the 12.895 million mt handled in the same period last year. Of this total, 14.939 million mt was imported crude -- accounting for 14% of the country's total crude imports in H1 2010.

The company also handled 6.256 million mt of oil products and 619,000 mt of liquefied chemicals in the first six months of 2010, up 13.4% and 72.9%, respectively, from the same period of 2009, said PDA's statement.

Dalian port brings 300,000DTW crude oil wharf into operation

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Dalian Port Co. (2880.HK) has brought a 300,000DWT crude oil wharf into operation as its first 300,000DWT very large crude carrier (VLCC) completed crude oil loading work on Monday.

The crude oil wharf is jointly invested by Dalian port and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the

country's largest oil and gas producer. It is able to conduct crude oil loading cooperation with a maximum 450,000DWT VLCC.

According the Dalian Port, the crude oil wharf is designed with an annual handling capacity of 19 million metric

tons of crude oil, the largest of this kind in China so far.

The wharf completed construction in December 2009, adding up the port's total crude oil handling capacity to 80 million metric tons.

CNPC is the parent company of the listed PetroChina (PTR.NYSE; 601857.SH; 0857.HK)

Another article quotes the price tag as 18b (I think RMB :lol:)

Dalian Eco-Tech Innovation City to start construction


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2011-06-10
The inauguration ceremony of Dalian Eco-Tech Innovation City will be held at Ganjingzi District in Dalian, a port city of Northeastern China's Liaoning Province, June 15, 2011.

Covering a planning area of 65 kilometers, Dalian's eco-technology innovation city dubbed as China's eco-silicon valley and upgraded high-tech zone is expected to be a forest and innovation city in the near future.

Dalian Eco-Tech Innovation City started the infrastructure and project construction in the beginning of last year.

Dalian Yida Group will invest a total of 16.7 billion yuan this year in the city’s first core area including the industrial buildings with 300,000 square meters, the business and living supporting facilities covering 80,000 square meters and 800,000 square meters respectively, a five-star hotel with 30,000 square meters and the schools and kindergartens with international standard.

Apart from that, constructions on five parks in this area such as the city’s central park, Muchengyi Lake park and East Hill park have also been started.

The principal part of the construction on the industrial buildings with 150,000 square meters has been finished at present and will be put into operation at the end of this September.

Constructions on the projects of the International Business City as well as the Northern Eco-wisdom Park also go smoothly in the first core area of Dalian Eco-Tech Innovation City.

Local government has started a series of promotion activities ever since last year, and many customers at home and abroad are deeply attracted by the sound environment and new city's conception.

I really like this building, it's located right on Gangwan Square, close to the future CBD.

I counted 36 floors, the sign said 42. There appears to be no thread for this building.



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This building is located right next to it, again no thread for it:


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And, not really development news, but of interest to development. Dalian has a real drainage problem when it rains, despite being on a bay. These pictures taken a couple days ago closer to Xinghai Square.


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And last we have this picture, which is of the very abandoned construction site that was going to be this building (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=574477&highlight=dalian). Since I got here in January I do not think I have seen any amount of activity here. This is very centrally located between the Eton Towers and Zhongshan Square.

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Chemical plant to be relocated after dike breach in NE China city

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Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2011 shows the breached dike which guards a chemical plant in Dalian City, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Workers driving forklifts rushed to repair the dike breached by powerful waves triggered by a tropical storm on Monday over fears of a toxic spill from a petrochemical plant located behind the dike. (Xinhua/Yan Ping)

DALIAN, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- A chemical plant in northeast China's city of Dalian will be relocated after a dike near the plant was breached by high waves from a tropical storm last weekend, according to the city government.

The exact details of the relocation plan will be worked out after a comprehensive investigation and assessment is completed, Li Wancai, mayor of the city of Dalian, announced Tuesday night.

He didn't give a timetable for the relocation.

The breached dike has been repaired and no chemical leaks have been reported, Li said.x He added that the government will investigate the cause of the dike breach in response to public concerns about the integrity of the dike's construction.

The dike was breached by high waves on Monday, threatening to hit the Fujia chemical plant located just 50 meters behind the dike. Fears of a possible chemical spill prompted the relocation efforts.

Illegal golf courses slurp up scarce water
Shanghai Daily
By Ni Tao | 2011-8-12

GENERALLY speaking, "the grass is greener on the other side" expresses admiration, envy and self-deprecation. Yet many of China's farmers discover it's also a grotesque description of their life on land abutting verdant golf courses.

While many urbanites may wish to live near golf courses, for they are perceived to lend an aura of opulence to the properties and push up home prices, their presence is anathema to rural residents.

The Beijing News reported on Monday that some villagers in suburban Dalian, Liaoning Province, are suffering a severe shortage of tap water, with rationing twice a day. Many now have to rely on rainwater or bottled water.

The right to water is not a concern for their neighbor, a 330,000-square-meter golf course, whose sprinklers are spraying water almost non-stop to keep its turf emerald green.

By rough estimates, the 36-hole course consumes more than 3 million tons of water each year, equivalent to the annual consumption of 1 million households.

The contrast between the woes of parched villagers and the club's profligate water use has stoked public anger at the inequality in water allocation.

More appalling is the fact that another golf course in the area, which sources its water from a reservoir for drinking water and irrigation, has been discharging untreated sewage into the reservoir.

The sewage contains a high level of chemical fertilizer sand pesticides, which leak into a river, giving off a rank smell and making the water non-potable.

Golf, less a sport than a way of life, is highly prized by China's newly minted rich and enjoys the glamour of a gentleman's game.

Chinese interpretation of gentleman's game may differ from an Englishman's, which is about respect for rules and fair play, but whatever the differences in definition, there's nothing gentlemanly about the way some golf clubs operate in China.

They can afford to be smug since very little has been done to crack down on their wanton water overdraft and sewage discharge. The Beijing News reported that the Dalian water authorities pleaded ignorance when asked how the polluting golf club was allowed to extract groundwater wholesale and at what price it's charged.

While the immense greens of golf courses look inviting, they are well guarded and off limits to troublemakers and lesser beings.

When a CCTV camera crew recently tried to film a golf course under construction in Beijing, the official in charge threatened to smash their camera. A rare snub to the powerful state broadcaster but also a hint at the golfing industry's growing assertiveness.

As one of the most parched cities on the planet, Beijing would seem to be ill-suited to water-guzzling golf courses. Nevertheless, the city is home to some 60 courses, sheer lunacy that will lower the water table and exacerbate its aridness.

CCTV reported on Wednesday that Beijing golf courses require 40 million tons of groundwater yearly. Groundwater overuse on this scale is unsustainable and catastrophic. Nationwide, golf courses have been spreading like a monster sucking lakes and rivers dry and encroaching relentlessly on arable land.

It's public knowledge that some localities are hell-bent on building golf courses to lift their image and attract investment, regardless of the state decree in 2004 prohibiting future construction of greens.

The decree turned out to be just as effective as measures to curb exorbitant housing prices. The number of China's golf courses has grown exponentially from 170 in 2004 to 600 today. The only place golf hasn't conquered is the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Over the past two months there has been a heightened call in the media for restoration of illegally built golf courses to farmland.

But since they are already a fait accompli, destroying them needs extra billions in funding and some backbone to deprive well-connected businessmen of their socializing venue, which I doubt some officials, themselves avid golfers, will exhibit.

Golf has become emblematic of public grievances over the disparities between haves and have-nots.

Officials' connivance at its unbridled expansion at the price of social justice and environmental protection suggests possible collaboration.

Has the thought of poor folks left thirsty by their fancy pastime ever crossed their minds, when they take up their expensive gear and tee off on weekends?

Dalian to build giant cold storage facility
China Daily
2011-08-17

Dalian Zhangzidao Fishery Group, Tokyo-based Chuo Gyorui Co Ltd and Hohsui Corp will build the largest single cold storage facility for marine products in Northeast Asia, Dalian Zhangzidao reported on Aug 9.

With an investment of 180 million yuan, the new storage facility in Dalian will have a capacity of 500,000 tons and an annual throughput of 200,000 tons.

Dalian now has cold storage facilities with a capacity to hold about 300,000 tons, which can not handle the 600,000 tons of imported marine products now coming to the area. Located near Huanghai Sea and Bohai Sea, Dalian is a major fish producing area in Northeast Asia.

With the increase in China's marine products consumption, the storage quality and management standards of cold storage facilities must conform to international standards, the fishery group stated.

A city of smokestacks, toxins and, for many, home
Updated: 2011-09-02 07:58
By Wu Wencong (China Daily)

The taxi is running on a two-lane road at 9 pm in Ganjingzi, the "poorest district in Dalian," the drivers said. On one side of the road stands the China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) Dalian plant. Opposite the plant gate is the residential area for workers and their families.

It is so quiet, even peaceful, that to an outsider it seems as if the fire that broke out a few hours ago in a 5,000-cubic-meter oil tank did not happen at all.

That was the fifth major incident at the plant in 14 months. After all the fires, explosion and leakage, I am expecting a city filled with anger and dissatisfaction.

But the first resident I speak to, the taxi driver, didn't even know about that day's fire. And the first comment I get about it is, "It's really not a big deal," from a truck driver who lives close to the plant.

Some residents mention a peculiar smell at night every now and then, but they try to comfort me when I worry about their safety. "Take it easy! Nothing big is going to happen here."

'No big deal'

Driving along the road outside the plant about 10 the next morning, our taxi reaches a small bay called Crab Gulf. A few people are swimming in water that appears dark yellow near the shore. Dozens of meters inland stand a few oil tanks and smokestacks, and many more tall facilities owned by the plant.

A man who has just gotten out of the water tells me he comes here to swim five months a year. Mr. Hao is 48 years old. His wife works at the CNPC Dalian plant, as her parents did some 20 years ago.

He says he has seen more than 100 people swimming in the gulf at one time.

"The water is surely polluted, but it's close to us, and I won't drink it anyway," he says, drying himself with a towel. "Actually, the water is pretty clear in good weather, with the right wind direction, of course."

Having lived near the plant for 20 years, he talks about the hidden danger as if it doesn't matter. "It's just a couple of fires and no big deal. The PX (paraxylene) project in the open economic zone is the dangerous one, because of its toxicity."

He also says moving away is not an option. "It's not a matter of money. We are used to living here."

'You can't ask'

Dalian's Jinzhou open economic zone lies northeast of the CNPC plant. Along the 30-km coastline road that links the two large-scale petrochemical areas are all kinds of high-end communities, in tall buildings or villas, and even a golf course.

As our car passes the greenbelts and the paved path along the shore, I have an illusion that I am in another city. Smart villas and large industrial chimneys just don't go together.

At the end of the road is the Dagushan petrochemical industrial park, where the PX chemical plant and Dalian Xingang port oil depot are situated.

The scale of the depot is not public information, but from the road, more than 100 oil tanks are visible, with capacities of 50,000 or 100,000 cubic meters. The highest serial number I see on a tank is 403.

A few kilometers away is the PX chemical plant, which the local government demanded be closed about two weeks ago.

Seen from the plant gate, it is hard to tell whether production is stopped. Two coaches that carry employees to work are standing outside the fence, and workers in blue uniforms are walking inside the plant.

I ask the gatekeeper whether production has been halted. But all I get is, "I'm sorry, you can't ask that," and a steady, scanning gaze.

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Rescuers are seen at a construction site where a cave-in occurred in Lushun, a district of Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Oct. 8, 2011. The cave-in took place at about 1:59 p.m., when several workers were constructing an underground parking lot here.By far, at least nine people have been confirmed dead in the accident. (Xinhua/Cai Yongjun)

Aedas designs new retail complex next to Dalian's Olympic Square

The Olympia 66 retail development is located at Wusi Lu in the Xigang District, one of the most prominent commercial avenues in Dalian. It occupies a site of 63,400 sq m with a total gross floor area of 221,900 sq m. The site is adjacent to the Olympic Square, which is one of a sequence of squares located on the main avenue of Zhongshan Lu. To the east is People's Square the home of the municipal government, and to the west is Xinghai Square.

The project brief calls for a response that is iconic in defining a city destination. The architects' vision was to create a contemporary statement with an oriental overtone. The concept references the twin carp, a typical symbol in Chinese New Year paintings, synonymous with wealth and abundance.

The interplay of two carps swimming inspired forms containing a dynamic loop circulation flowing through a continuous chain of retail and atrium activities and creating an exciting and diverse lifestyle experience.

The form enhances urban connectivity and integration through multiple entrances. Olympia 66 is totally permeable on the ground floor. Main entrances are prominently defined and open into generous event spaces, allowing a pause before joining the vortex of circulation. The sequenced nodes and spaces along the retail route provide opportunities to rest at a cafe or take in an exhibition. The sequence culminates with leisure and activities at the upper floors that lead to landscaped terraces. The terraces wrap around the building where users can either enjoy a coffee overlooking Olympic Square or walk up to the central roof garden.

The landscape is conceived as mounds and pools reflecting China's natural topography. The landscape mounds resemble a shoal of fish forming vistas to Olympia 66 with pocket parks, restaurants and a significant space for activities or festive celebration. The ‘fish' flow down from Zhongshan Lu across the park and through the building uniting the different sites and defining both exciting and usable spaces.

The offset curving arcs of internal circulation resemble the body of the dancing carp. The body is expressed as a series of simple shells with the tail flowing over the curving central spine. The shells on the roof are layered to create clear story glazing, allowing direct light and reflected light into the two atrium spaces. The largely solid insulated roof prevents heat loss in winter and solar gain in summer, creating a simple environmental solution that is responsive to the northern Chinese climate. The additional energy efficient building services plus the integration of photovoltaic panels will deliver a LEED gold rating for the development.

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Fire at subway construction site in NE China, no casualties reported

DALIAN, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Flames engulfed a prefabricated house at a subway construction site Thursday afternoon in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning province, according to local authorities.

A preliminary investigation showed that a jar of liquefied petroleum gas exploded around 2 p.m., igniting the house, a spokesman with the city's fire department said.

Witnesses said the flames reached a height of at least 10 meters, destroying two-thirds of the house before firefighters could arrive at the scene.

The fire was put out by 5 p.m. with no initial reports of casualties.

The two-story house served as a dormitory for construction workers at a subway construction site on Xi'an Road in downtown Dalian.

The construction site is part of one of five subway lines set to open by the end of this year.