Yu Haiyang, a native of Yandunjiao, now runs four homestay houses at the village.

"The time-honored, seaweed-roofed houses, the elegant swans, the ocean, the local food and the good environment — all of these are what people dream of," says Yu.

In Rushan, a county-level city of Weihai, the highway has been taking more local agricultural products to more markets.

"The highway has linked our town with the overall development of the city, bringing tourists and taking our agricultural products to more markets," says Feng Meigui, Party secretary of Nanhuang town of Rushan.