Fashions Help Put Dalian on the Economic Map

摘要

DALIAN,famous for its snaKe and bird islands and many seaside scenic spots,has caught the world’s attentionwith its super-scale international fa-shion festival and high-speed eco- nomic development.Located at thesouthern tip of the Liaodong Penin-sula,if became a port city at thebeginning of this century and isnow a world-famous international trade port and a communicationshub connecting Russia,Mongolia,China’s norhteast and Inner Mongo-ha regions,Japan.South Korea andother countries in northeast Asia.Itis also an important commonent ofthe Pacific economic developmentarea.This year Dalian resolved tobecome a northern Hongkong.