Port

Established in 1899, Dalian port was one the third largest international port for foreign trade in China. There are 65 berths in the port, namely for crude oil,petroleum products, coal, steels, lumber, provisions and dry cargo.35 of them are with the berthing capacity of 80 million tons of goods per year. Dalian has established the international trade with more than 150 regions and countries in the world.Dayaowan port is the largest deep-water harbor port to be constructed for housing containers,including 100 deep-sea berths,with the berthing capacity of 80million tons.4 berths for the containers is in its first stage and 2 other general berths are awaiting consent.The rest is currently under construction.

Airport

Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, connects 47 cities both at home and abroad. It has 49 domestic and international air routes. Its landing tracks are also big enough to accommodate Boeing 747s.

Railways

Dalian railway network connects both the northeast and the northern part of China.

Highways

The highway for Dalian is 4091miles long, in which 4089 miles are with Fourth Grade or above. The bridges on the highways are 1710 in number. There are 62 public bus routes, and it carries up to 2.973million passengers a day.

Post and Telecommunications

Post and telecommunications in Dalian,including international correspondence, international phone calls, and international telegraphs can reach more than 190 regions and countries. More than 50 service items are provided, such as mobile communication, radio call, packet switching, DDN, CHINANET, EMS(Express Mail Service)and so on. Telecommunications between urban and rural areas are digitally controlled by computers.

Power supply

The power stations have a capacity of 50million KW (Kilowatt). There are five power stations in Dalian and there are 12 generator sets with the total installed capacity of 1.05 million KW (Kilowatt).

Water supply

The total volume for fresh water in Dalian is 4.94 billion CBM per year, in which 36.1 billion is surface water, and 13.3billion CBM per year is ground water. The biggest river, BiliuRiver is the source for inter-basin division. There are 10 reservoir for water supplies in Dalian with the total capacity of 1billion.There are 9 purification plants and 51 distribution reservoir.

Gas supply

There are 2 plants for producing gas with the production capacity of 660 thousand CBM per day. The total length for gas pipes is 1627 miles and the capacity for liquid gas 21,000 tons per year.

Heat supply

The total area for heat supply in the four districts in Dalian is 425.6 million square meters, and reaching 88.19% of its housing population.