With the upgrading of Dalian Changxing Island as a national development zone and its approval as a pilot area for comprehensive reform by the Liaoning Provincial Government, in particular, with a 114.7 km-long coastal highway opened to traffic, Changxing Island Harbor Industrial Zone has attracted more and more tourists from both at home and abroad. In the high tourist season, tourists kept pouring into Dalian, many of them taking the tour at the Changxing Island as their preferred target. The clear water and clean sand beach made a deep impression on them. Tourism became another business card created by Changxing Island.
By early August, 260,000 tourists had been to the Island. The coastal highway there played an important role in promoting the island tour.