Dalian has its world-famous super natural port，by which the city develops itself. Located in the central position of the Northeast Asia economiccycle，Dalian is the gateway to Beijing and Tianjin，as well as a window open to Northeast China. In the nation's plan to promote old industrial bases such as that of the northeast，the central government of the country has pointed out explicitly that Dalian must be built into an international shipping center of the Northeast Asia. 

大连拥有闻名世界的天然良港，以港兴市，是京津的门户，东北的窗口，在东北亚经济圈中居于中心位置。中央政府在关于振兴东北等老工业基地的计划中明确指出，要将大连建设成为东北亚国际航运中心。

With its advantaged climatic conditions and natural scenery，Dalian is well-known both at home and abroad for its summer resort. The unceasing investment in the urban construction has led to a great improvement and enhancement in its urban environment and city function. Owing to all this，Dalian has successively won “Global Top 500 in Environment" and the“Habitant of Scroll of Homour Award”and so on. 

大连拥有得天独厚的气候条件和自然风光，是闻名国内外的旅游避暑胜地。城市建设上的不断投人，使大连的城市环境和城市功能得到大幅度的改善和提高，先后赢得“全球环境500佳城市奖”、“世界人居奖”等殊荣。 

Dalian is also one of the cities that developed their urban informationization and information industries the earliest. All the exponents of urban informationization occupy the first among the cities of the country，and its information industries has become its mainstay industry，with its total output value of its electronic information product manufacturing industry occupying about 60% in the northeast area of China. 

大连也是中国最早发展城市信息化和信息产业的城市之一，城市信息化各类指数均居于全国城市前列，信息产业已经成为城市的支柱产业，电子信息产品制造业总产值占东北地区的60%左右。