"Thanks to the 2008 Olympic Sailing competition successfully held in Qingdao, the city has won wide acclaim from home and abroad. In the post-Olympic era, the local government is committed to vigorously promoting the sailing sector and making Qingdao a sailing city,” said Xia Geng, mayor of Qingdao.
The Yinhai International Yacht Club in Qingdao was designed by the DHV Group of the Netherlands, the PORALU Group of France, ENRICH Architectural Design Institute of Singapore, Jada Group of Canada, and other well-known domestic and international planning and design agencies.
The Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center is located by Fushan Bay in the New District of eastern Qingdao，facing May Fourth Square across the sea.
On February 23, the last Yacht of the 4th leg of 2009-2010 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race arrived in Qingdao.
When 2009-2010 Clipper Round the World Race arrived in Qingdao, Qingdao citizens held grand ceremony to welome these sailing heros.
Huge crowds packed in to Qingdao’s famous Olympic Sailing Centre in order to welcome in the winning boat as Race 6 reached its dramatic conclusion.
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet has set sail from Keppel Bay, Singapore, and is due to arrive in Qingdao, Shandong province, between Feb 19-22.
147 teenagers from cities across Shandong Province, including Qingdao, Yantai, Weifang attended the 2009 Shandong province Sailboat Youth Championship, held in the Qingdao Olympic Center waters today.
