Located at the southern end of the Shandong Peninsula, Qingdao currently serves as the chief economic powerhouse of the province. As a key economic center and port city in China, Qingdao is famous for its cultural heritage and picturesque scenery. In 2011, the Economist Intelligence Group listed Qingdao as 98th in the world’s top 100 most livable cities. Recently, Qingdao was ranked first as the happiest city in China in 2012. In its12th five-year plan, Qingdao aspires to become a world-class livable city with better integration of the population, industry and environment…

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