The city’s tourist bureau and Eastern Broadcasting Company have signed a cooperative agreement to promote Qingdao in Taiwan. The two sides will build a cooperative mechanism and strengthen exchanges to raise Qingdao’s popularity as a tourist resort. In addition, the Taiwan broadcasting company will be actively involved in the coverage of the city’s festivals, exhibitions and expositions. Boasting beautiful sea and mountain scenery, Qingdao is home to a cluster of well-known tourist sites, brands and festivals, which has achieved stable and fast development in the tourist industry. The city will improve its travel facilities, service and environment to raise its competiveness in the travel industry. (Li Hao, Fu Jun) QD recognized for its care for the disabled Qingdao has passed a national inspection as a model city in terms of facilities and care for the disabled. In the past three year, the city made great progress in the construction of grassroot organizations for disabled people, social security and service for the disabled. The living standards of disabled people have increased greatly. (Li Hao, Wang Qun) |