Qingdao Climate
Mean temperature in summer: 24ˇăC
Mean temperature in winter: -0.4ˇăC
Area
Total: 10,654 square kilometers
Urban: 1,102 square kilometers
Population
Total: 7,156,500
Urban: 2,376,000
Foreigners and Taiwan, HK and Macao citizens: 50,000 Industry
Qingdao has well developed industrial facilities for the production of textiles, chemicals, household electrical appliances, electronics, rubber products, locomotives and rolling stock and foodstuffs. Harbor
Qingdao Harbor is one of China's major shipping facilities and includes docks for containers, iron ore, crude oil and coal. 70 shipping routes are in operation linking 450 or more overseas ports and 310 international and regional vessels depart from Qingdao every month. In 2002, the total throughput in Qingdao harbor was 122 million tons, which ranked it fifth among Chinese ports. 3,410,000 TEU containers and 82,630,000 tons of import and export cargos were handled in the same year, listed third and second among Chinese ports respectively. Container throughput ranked Qingdao Harbor ed 15th worldwide.
Airport
Thirteen international and regional routes are in operation to and from Qingdao International Airport and 130 flights each week link Qingdao directly or indirectly with Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Seoul, Pusan, Taegu, Paris, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Macao. A direct route to Frankfurt will put into operation in the near future. 748 flights are in operation each week linking 47 domestic cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Prevailing electrical power price:
(Subject to adjustment of Qingdao Municipal Power Authority, the following is the prices announced on 1st of April, 1999)
Items |
Usage |
Charges(RMB/KWH) |
Living power |
Household Lighting Power |
0.422 |
Non-household lighting power |
0.761 |
Normal industrial power |
|
0.677 |
Large Industry Power
(Basic charge+ volume charge) |
Basic Charge |
As per transformer capacity |
11/KVA.Month |
Volume Charge |
1KV to10KV |
0.598 |
35KV |
0.592 |
110KV |
0.582 |
Water and waste water treatment charges
Usage |
Charge
(RMB/T) |
Drainage Charge
(RMB/T) |
Household water |
1.30 |
0.30 |
Industrial water |
|
1.35 |
0.80 |
- Extra volume up to 50% of basic volume
|
1.80 |
0.80 |
- Extra volume from 50% to 100% of basic volume
|
2.15 |
0.80 |
Construction water |
2.45 |
0.90 |
Hotels and Restaurant |
|
1.80 |
0.90 |
- Extra volume up to 50% of basic volume
|
2.20 |
0.90 |
- Extra volume from 50% to 100% of basic volume
|
2.75 |
0.90 |
Ship use |
3.00 |
0 |
Telecommunication charges
Initial fee |
Types |
Charge (RMB) |
Remarks |
Fixed telephone |
180 |
|
Audio frequency line |
180 |
|
Analog type of switchboard |
180 |
|
Trunk line |
180 |
Initial fee is charged once for trunk lines. |
Charges for local communication |
.. 1 Communication fee |
Items |
Charging unit |
Charges
(RMB achtime) |
Charges within the same area |
1 st 3 minutes (less than 3 minutes counted as 3 minutes) |
0.22 |
Every succeeding 1 minute(less than 1 minute counted as 1 minute) |
0.11 |
Charges outside the area |
Every 1 minute (less than 1 minute counted as 1 minute) |
0.50 |
.. 2 Basis monthly rent (Unit:RMB/month line) |
Item |
Area |
Charges |
Household line |
Urban area |
24 |
County urban area |
18 |
Suburbs (countryside) |
15 |
Office line |
Urban area |
35 |
County urban area |
35 |
Suburbs (countryside) |
30 |
DDD, IDD and calls to Hongkong and Macau |
Item |
Charges
(RMB/6 seconds) |
Preferential rate |
DDD |
0.07 |
From 00:00 to 07:00 AM, 60% of standard rate will be applied i.e. 0.04RMB every 6 seconds. |
IDD |
0.80 |
Calls to Japan, U.S, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, France, U.K, Italy, Thailand, Malaysia, Germany, Canada, Philips, Indonesia and Korea from 00:00 to 07:00 AM will be charged at 60% or normal rate, i.e. 0.48RMB for every 6 seconds. |
Hongkong and Macao |
0.20 |
|
IP(17900/17908/17909) charges |
Item |
Destination |
Charge rate(RMB/Minute) |
DDD |
|
0.30 |
IDD and calls to Hongkong and Macao |
Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan |
1.5 |
US, Canada(including Alaska and Hawaii but exclude other countries and are with country of 1) |
3.6 |
Other Countries |
4.6 |
Australia(country code 61)and New Zealand(country codeˇ°64ˇ±)exclude (Country codeˇ°619162ˇ±)Christmas Island(country codeˇ°619164ˇ±) and south pole areas (country codeˇ°64672ˇ±) |
Notice:
1 For IP calls, local charges at the rate of normal calls within the area will be added on top of the IP charges.
2 Domestic, international IP calls and IP calls to Macao, Hongkong and Taiwan will be charged for every minutes and less than one minute is counted as 1 minute.
The above rates became effective since 21 st of May 2001. |
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