The largest aquarium on the Chinese mainland, which has cost 460 million yuan (US$55.4 million)to build, will be open to visitors in late August in the coastal city of Penglai, eastern Shandong Province.

The four-story complex, covering about 50,000 square meters of lands, comprises halls decorate to look like a tropical forest and tanks that accommodate more than 1,000 dolphins, sea lions, turtles, seals, sharks and other marine life.

The aquarium will also feature movie houses and science and technology displays.
 
(Xinhua News Agency July 26, 2004)