2014年8月18日,由大连港集团投资8700万元创建的大连港大学正式揭牌,它是中国港口界第一所企业大学,也是大连市国有企业第一所企业大学。该大学是在整合与大连港有良好合作传统的大连海事大学、大连理工大学、大连外国语大学、上海海事大学、大连职业技术学院等优势资源的基础上成立的企业大学。当天,大连港集团与多所高职院校签署 On August 18, 2014, Dalian University of Hong Kong, which was founded by Dalian Port Group with an investment of 87 million yuan, was officially unveiled. It is the first university in China for the port industry and the first university for state-owned enterprises in Dalian. The university is an enterprise university established on the basis of integrating advantageous resources such as Dalian Maritime University, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian University of Foreign Studies, Shanghai Maritime University, and Dalian Polytechnic which have good cooperation with Dalian Port. On the same day, Dalian Port Group signed a number of higher vocational colleges