Yantai Economic and Technological Development Area (YEDA) (), is an
economic development zone established in 1984 in
Shandong Province
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
, China. It is near the
Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. It is one of four seas named after common colour term ...
coast, and administratively under
Yantai Prefecture. It covers 228 km
2 and has a population of 400,000.
[(18 April 2006) "Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone" ''China Daily''](_blank)
/ref> Before its creation, most of the area were fishing villages. Now it is an industrial and famous tourist site in Shandong
Industry
YEDA is the largest producer of automotive parts in China (2006).Foxconn
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading as Hon Hai Technology Group in China and Taiwan and Foxconn internationally, is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer established in 1974 with headquarters in Tucheng, New T ...
plant nearby is a large source of employment in the district.
Transportation
The Zone is connected by bus to Yantai
Yantai, formerly known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao on the ...
and nearby Penglai. Most residents use Yantai's train station and airport to travel elsewhere.
Tourism
Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone's beach(金沙滩jinshatan) is a well known tourist destination in China.
Notes
External links
website of the Investment Promotion Agency of YEDA
in English
Official Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone (YEDA) website
in Chinese
County-level divisions of Shandong
Special Economic Zones of China
Yantai
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