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China's National Civil Aviation Administration has authorized Yantai, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province, to be the 18th city with a direct passenger air route to Japan from Apr. 9 this year, according to local government sources.
China Eastern Airlines will fly from Yantai to the Japanese city of Osaka each Thursday and Sunday, the shortest route betweenany Chinese city and Osaka.
Trade between Yantai and Japan was worth about 1.2 billion US dollars in 2002, and Yantai has some 1,000 enterprises funded by Japanese investment.
Yantai airport at present operates 35 routes, including four international ones.
(People's Daily January 8, 2003)
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