City has a medal-winning investment environment

Yantai, well-known for its natural beauty, food and wine, also has a growing marine economy

Five years of remarkable achievements

East China's Shandong province has achieved remarkable progress in improving its economy and people's livelihoods during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010) period.

Province eyes 10 percent growth in people's incomes

During the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), Shandong will intensify its efforts to update its economic structure and development mode.

Weihai thrives through ocean abundance

Local officials in Weihai, a city with 2.5 million people on the east of the Shandong Peninsula, have set an ambitious goal to become the spearhead in Shandong's expanding marine economy.

A culinary surprise on the Bund

One's first experience with Mr & Mrs Bund is like opening a jack-in-the-box - you never exactly what is going to pop out and thrill you until the moment it's revealed. In the case of this restaurant, surprises come in a jar of jumbo shrimp or a bag of black cod, among many others.

IN BRIEF

Red redux

My childhood dream was to meet Chairman Mao, says Chinese Canadian Wang Shuibo, now 48.

Milestones: 1980

Hua Guofengresigns post as premier in August

Milestones: 1981

Milestones: 1982

Milestones: 1983

Milestones: 1984