Qingdao is the hub city of Belt and Road Initiative, as well as the main node city of the new Eurasian continental bridge economic corridor and the maritime cooperation strategy. Qingdao is located in the middle of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei economic circle and the Yangtze river delta economic circle with a vast market.
As the gateway city of China's opening up, the one-hour flight circle of Qingdao covers Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul etc. with a population of around 500 million; The three-hour flight circle covers Hong Kong, Macau, Tokyo, etc. with a population of around 1 billion.
Ports
Qingdao Port, founded in 1892, is the sixth largest port in the world and the second largest foreign trade port in China. As a natural deep-water port, it is free of ice and silt, and has traded with more than 700 ports of over 180 countries and regions in the world. In the year of 2019, its cargo throughput exceeded 600 million tons, while that of containers reached 21.83 million TEU.
Qingdao Port has two automobile ro-ro berths of 70,000 tons, automobile storage yard of 800,000 square meters, inspection place of 11,000 square meters, and customs inspection yard of 5,600 square meters.
Air Flights
Qingdao Liuting International Airport has flights directly to 22 countries in Europe, North America, Oceania and Asia with a weekly flights of more than 3,700. In 2019, the international passenger volume is 4.13 million, ranking the eighth in China.
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, the first 4F airport built in Shandong Province, is expected to have a passenger throughput of 35 million in 2025 and 104 flights in peak hours.
Railway
Qingdao is a coastal railway hub city with 11 railways extend in all directions. An one-hour living circle from Qingdao to Jinan has been built up, head from Qingdao West Railway Station to Beijing take less than 3 hours. It is expected that Qingdao West Railway Station and Shanghai will be directly connected within 3 hours in 2022.
Metro
Qingdao city plans to construct 18 metro lines, now Line 1, Line 6, Line 8, Line 12, and Line 13 are under operation. At present, the average daily passenger volume has reached around 70,000 person-time. By 2021, the operating mileage of Qingdao metro will exceed 300 kilometers, marking the fully entrance into the era of network operation towards rail traffic.
