Road transport
 Investment in urban road construction totaled 40.75 billion yuan, up 27.4% from the 2003 figure. By the end of 2004, 3,033 km of express highway had been open to traffic, and 112 km of the Dajiawa-Laizhou-Longkou railway line had been completed and open to traffic.
 
Public services
 The daily capacity of tap water supply reached 400,000 tons, the daily capacity of sewage treatment reached 440,000 tons, and the daily capacity of garbage treatment reached 2,000 tons at the end of 2004. A population of 600,000 now has access to liquefied gas.

(Statistics as of 2004)

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