Koreans can live the good life in Qingdao without speaking any Chinese. The residential buildings are managed by Koreans, Korean restaurants are located on every street and clinics have been specifically set up for Koreans.
The Korean-friendly environments of Yantai, Weihai and especially Qingdao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong Province, are big reasons for the popularity of the areas among Koreans.
Korean performers entertain local people with traditional dancing and music in Qingdao, Shandong Province.(Photo: China Daily)
Shandong has China's highest concentration of Korean people and enterprises, the majority of whom are in Qingdao.
A report from the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, in Qingdao, says that by the end of October there were more than 148,000 Koreans living in Shandong, and 85,000 of these were in Qingdao.
Qingdao's government has raced to improve the city's infrastructure and create a favorable environment for Koreans.
Additionally, Korean institutions such as the Korean Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, Korea Business Development Center and Korea Production and Technology Center have been set up in Qingdao to facilitate Korean business development.
A Korean hospital, schools and a newspaper help make Koreans' lives in Qingdao more convenient.
"It is comfortable to live in Qingdao," South Korean Consul General Kim Sun-heung says.
Another reason why Koreans are so comfortable in Qingdao, according to Kim, is the familiar surroundings.
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