Covering an area of 300,000 sq m with 4 km in length, Dalian's animation belt has formed an industry chain focusing on the design and production of comics, advertisements and on-line games. As the nation's animation industry base, it has attracted more than 100 enterprises with 4,000 employees. In 2008, the area realized sales income of more than 4 billion yuan. [China Daily]

Established in 1998 with an area of 3 sq km, the Dalian Software Park has now become the outsourcing center of Northeast Asia, attracting some 30 World Top 500 enterprises. The park is home to 400 companies, more than 40% of them backed by foreign investments. The area now has over 30,000 employees. It has developed into a BPO industrialized base. [China Daily]