page_title: Dragon Gate (Sweden)
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Dragon Gate (Sweden) / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of saint Guanyin, dragon gate, Sweden. Svenska: Staty av helgonet Guanyin, Dragon Gate, Älvkarleby, Sverige
context_page_description: Dragon Gate is an unfinished business and culture center in Älvkarleby Municipality near European route E4. The idea was to create a place where Chinese and Swedish culture can meet.
  The project was started in 2004, and the first stage was completed in 2008, when the center's museum was opened to the public. The tourist and culture activity at Dragon Gate is run by Eastern Expo Center AB. In 2016 the hotel was given the green light by Älvkarleby municipality to open.
context_section_description: Dragon Gate (龙门, Lóngmén) was originally named Hotel Älvkarlen and was built in 1986 by the company Östanå owned by Älvkarleby municipality. 1988 the business went into bankruptcy and the following year the property was transformed into a refugee centre. 1992 Hotel Älvkarlen was sold for five million crowns to Erland Ågren and Eriks Friis and was renamed Checkpoint Dalälven. The property was in 2004 resold to the Chinese businessman Li Jingchun (李经春), from Zhejiang, who made a fortune from selling mosquito repellent.
  Li Jingchun changed the name of the hotel to "Dragon Gate" and planned to rebuild the property to a venue for Swedish and Chinese businessmen to meet with support from Invest in Sweden Agency.
  A Chinese square was constructed in 2007, adjacent to the hotel, and in 2005 a statue of the Buddhist saint Guanyin was erected in 2005. One of the previous owners, Erland Ågren, was appointed Dragon Gate's first CEO. In 2008 Jonas Jonsson took over as CEO. He quit within a year. The current CEO is Kenny Li.
  The plan for a Chinese-Swedish business center was changed to encompass a restaurant, a hotel, museum and a Shaolin monastery including a Kung fu-school.
  The hotel has in 2019 not yet opened. August 31, 2018 it was announced that the real estate company Sisyfos has bought Dragon Gate.
caption: Statue of the Buddhist saint Guanyin
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