"Shipyards on Changxing island, Shanghai, and in Dalian, Liaoning, are building China's first homegrown aircraft carrier, military observers say" from South China Morning Post

"Dalian Port, located in the northeastern province of Liaoning, operates one of the three oil terminals in China. Dalian Port's shares in Hong Kong have outperformed other Chinese port companies this year, gaining 13 percetn." from nternational Herald Tribune

"Sino-Ocean and Nan Fung to develop Dalian property" from South China Morning Post

"Beijing-based developer Sino-Ocean Land Holdings has jointed forces with Hong Kong's Nan Fung Group to develop a property project in Dalian for US$650 million."

"Beijing cracks down on commodity trades" from South China Morning Post

"The mainland's three commodity futures exchanges have raised their minimum margin requirements to curb speculation, as part of Beijing's efforts to ease inflationary pressure.

The Dalian and Zhengzhou exchange said yesterday they would increase margins to 10 per cent from as low as 5 per cent, after the market closes on Monday.

The two bourses followed in the footsteps of the Shanghai Futures Exchange, which announced on Thursday it was raising the percentage of cash a trader must deposit with brokerages."

"Dalian, located in the northeast of the country, is one of the nation's leading oil ports and the eighth largest mainlands container port." from South China Morning Post

"In Dalian, a city in Northeast China known for steel and ships, the city's tallest building is not a bank or a mill - it is the Dalian Commodities Exchange." from Financial Times