Dandong plans a 30 percent growth in agricultural product export in 2012, according to the Dandong municipal agricultural product export training conference held on May 4, 2012.
The conference to mark the 93rd anniversary of the May 4th Movement and the award ceremony of the first Dandong youth figure of economy was held on April 4, 2012.
On May 5, the "Yalu River Spring"—Hekou Peach Blossom Festival opened in Kuandian of Dandong, northeast China's Liaoning province. The sea of flower in the Hekou scenic spot attracted a large number of tourists.
During the May Day holiday, tourists received by key tourist areas in Dandong increased by 14 percent compared with the same period last year, with a year-on-year growth of 16 percent in tourism revenue.
On April 26, 2012, a large number of migratory birds arrived at Yalu River Mouth National Wetland Nature Reserves, an important habitat for migratory birds in Dandong, Liaoning province.
On April 28, 2012, the CPC Dandong municipal Party committee held a special meeting to deliberate and elect three chief leading officials for the departments directly under the city government.
Kuandian Manchu autonomous county won the title of "Outstanding county Institution for farmland infrastructure" in the 2011 "Dayu Cup" competition, according to the Water Conservancy Working Conference in Liaoning province.
The SG Automotive Group and five other enterprises in Liaoning province were awarded the "Liaoning provincial governor quality prize" by the Liaoning People's Government.
The 21st Spring Real Estate Trade Fair (2012) drew to a close in Dandong, Liaoning province, on April 24. The four-day event attracted more than 60,000 visitors with over 670 commercial properties sold, three times of that in last year's fair.
The landscape engineering for the Dantong expressway is in full swing. The construction units have been working with great effort to plant trees and flowers.
The Liaoning (Donggang) academician workstation for planted forest protection was unveiled at the Liaoning Fine Chemical Technology Co Ltd on April 20, 2012.
Since 2012, Dandong has paid constant attention to the implementation of projects and industrial economic operation. The city vigorously facilitated its local key, small and scaled enterprises to become stronger.
From April 13 to 15, the 2012 China domestic tourism fair was held in the International Convention Center in Qingdao, Shandong province. The Dandong delegation attended this fair.
Dandong's growth in export drove foreign trade to increase in the first quarter. The total amount of foreign trade in Dandong reached $860 million in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 28.8 percent.
Volunteers from all walks of life in Dandong, from Japan, and from China's environmental protection forest plantation association as well as 800 working staff in Japanese funded enterprises, planted trees at Huishoumo mountain.
