A bird's-eye view of Qingdao West Coast New Area. [Photo/WeChat account: qdxihaianfabu]
In the first three quarters of this year, the GDP of Qingdao West Coast New Area achieved a high growth rate of 11.8 percent, which indicates its proportion of the city's total increased from 29.75 percent to 30.18 percent. The total amount reached 31.11 billion yuan ($4.86 billion) and ranked first among all the districts and sub-cities in Qingdao.