Wanda Plaza opens in Dalian Hi-tech Zone
27.05.2013
Wanda Chairman Wang Jianlin makes a speech at the opening ceremony.
Dalian Vice-Mayor Qu Xiaofei addresses the opening ceremony.
Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Dalian Hi-tech Zone Dong Chengfa addresses the opening ceremony.
Wanda Group donated one million yuan to Dalian Charity Foundation to help children living in poverty.
The panorama of the Dalian Hi-tech Zone Wanda Plaza.
The panorama of the Dalian Hi-tech Zone Wanda Plaza.
Wanda Group held a grand opening ceremony for its new Wanda plaza in Dalian Hi-tech Zone, Liaoning Province on May 25, 2013.
As Wanda’s first plaza opened to business this year and its 68th across China, the Dalian Hi-tech Zone Wanda Plaza is the third-generation Wanda plaza which has the most advanced facilities among all plazas ever built by the group.
It comprises a large commercial center, pedestrian streets and apartments, integrating functions of shopping, dining, cultural experiences and entertainment into a single entity.
Dalian municipal government officials including the Dalian Party Secretary Tang Jun, Director of Dalian People's Congress Li Jingrui, Dalian municipal political advisor Xiao Shengfeng and Vice-Mayor Qu Xiaofei, as well as Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin, attended the opening ceremony.
"Wanda Group started in Dalian and has become a name card of the city. Dalian is proud to have fostered such a leading enterprise and will provide constant support to its development in the city," said Vice-Mayor Qu Xiaofei while addressing the opening ceremony.
The plaza attracted a bunch of well-known brands, including Wanda Cinema, Dagexing KTV, China Resource Vanguard and Whytewoolf Fitness Club.
The plaza is the first large shopping center in western Dalian and is expected to become a downtown area in the Dalian Hi-tech Zone.
The plaza will provide nearly 10,000 job opportunities and hand in a large amount of tax to local government every year.
At the opening ceremony, Wanda Group also donated one million yuan to Dalian Charity Foundation to help children living in poverty.