(Yau first month 27), March 3, 1981, the State Council approved "Luda ​​City to Dalian City.

19 century, there is still a small fishing village called Qingniwa. 100 years ago, the Russians start building the city and named her "Kundalini" special city, meaning distant city, a place far away from Moscow and St. Petersburg. Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, the Dalian region are the main battlefield, and has been the Russian-Japanese imperialists occupied nearly five decades. 1898, Russia and Japan in the vicinity of the southern coast of Dalian Bay Qingniwa Dalian City.
70 years ago, the Japanese occupied the city, "Kundalini" became Chinese transliteration of "Dalian". Japan surrendered in 1945, return to the motherland, and the establishment of Luda City.
1981 instead Dalian City. Today, Dalian has developed into northern China an important port, industrial, trade and tourism city. 1984 to 1985, the Chinese government has approved Dalian as a coastal open cities and municipalities, and to give the provincial economic management authority.