China has recently reported a large oil spill in its history with an exploded crude oil pipeline exploding and sending gallons of oil into the yellow sea. The huge flames that it caused has drawn attention of environmentalists around the world towards Dalian and the reputation of this city is now at stake. Even though it is quite early to comment on the hazards because of the immediate effect of this oil slick into the marine life, the fact that it has created a lot of pollution and will require drastic measures for controlling, cannot be neglected.

As other beaches in Dalian continue their tourism and other festivals reporting that these beaches have not been infected by the slick, officials in China have started working on cleaning out the waters and trying to stop the spread of this infestation. Greenpeace China, an environmentalist group has confirmed that the spread of this oil spill has been close to 450 square kilometers and atleast one death has been reported so far due to a cleaner drowning in the crude oil covered waters. Only one resort has been reported to be shut down temporarily and other beaches have been warned of the spread.