青岛世界博览城

China Railway Qingdao World Expo City stands on the coastal core of Qingdao's West Coast New Area in Shandong, between Binhai Avenue and Sansha Road. Built by China Railway from August 2016 and opened in August 2018, it is listed in Shandong's marine-economy new-growth project library and is a flagship of Qingdao's ambition to be a convention city on the sea; it also serves as the permanent venue of the East Asia Marine Cooperation Platform Qingdao Forum. The complex combines exhibition halls, a conference centre, hotels, offices, commerce and leisure in one park. Its International Exhibition Centre covers 200,000 sqm in total, with 12 rectangular halls of 10,000 sqm each, giving 120,000 sqm of indoor hall space plus more than 30,000 sqm of covered outdoor circulation and 6,000 international standard booths. The conference centre has 36,000 sqm of meeting space, 22 rooms from 50 to 2,500 sqm and a 5,000 sqm multifunction hall, supported by 5,000 hotel rooms and 6,000 parking spaces. Halls are themed on the ocean, carry 3–5 t/sqm floor loading and 3,000 kW power each, and received UFI certification in 2021. The architecture takes its form from the historic Langyatai terrace, won a global interior design award for best public space in 2018 and a Luban Prize. Metro Line 13 stops at Shenghai Road (Expo City), about 1.6 km away, with shuttle buses during shows; the site is reached by Binhai Avenue and the Shenhai expressway, roughly an hour from Jiaodong International Airport.