Beijing – Jinan Day Six
Aug 1 2010
Today we flew to Jinan to meet of horse float supplier, and to view their factory.
We got a cab out to Beijing Airport, had a breakfast of Starbucks and sandwiches, and caught the plane to Jinan.
Beijing airport is very modern and very smart!
The flight is less than an hour – Jinan is about 3.5 hours by train. It is an industrial city with a population of over 6 million people. There are steel mills here, and also truck and car assemblers.
Despite the industrial nature of the city, if is, just like Beijing, very new and modern – with many trees and parks. We were very impressed!
We stayed at the Shandong Hotel – a new 5 star hotel. It was very impressive. MY guess is that there the hotel has over 1000 rooms. I enclose a few photos:
This is the photo from our hotel room:
After booking into our hotel, we had a nice chinese lunch (with Tsingdao beer) and then went to the factory.
The factory visit was very fruitful. Both us as the manufacturer got a much better understanding of each other – and we are confident we have chosen the right supplier.
We have two floats currently on order. They have just started production, and this is the photos of the chassis’s under construction:
After the factory visit we all had a nice dinner at one of the restaurants in our hotel, and then had an earlyish night. Our supplier gave us present of a loverly Jade ornament. We are very lucky!