Qingdao,asamajoreconomichubinChina,hasbeenvigorouslyadvancingnewqualityproductiveforcessincethebeginningofthisyear.Thecityhasstrengthenedinnovation-drivengrowth,continuouslydeepenedreformandopening-up,andmadesignificantstridesinitsquesttobecomeamoderninternationalmetropolis.
Inthefirstthreequarters,thevalueaddedbystrategicemergingindustriesinQingdaogrewby12percentyear-on-year,withthenew-generationinformationtechnologyindustries,suchasintegratedcircuits,newdisplays,andvirtualreality,experiencinggrowthofover20percent.Productiveserviceindustries,whicharedeeplyintegratedwithmanufacturing,alsomaintainedarapidgrowthrateof5.8percentyear-on-year,contributing72.7percenttothegrowthoftheserviceindustry.
Embracingthedigitalizationtrend,Qingdaohaslaunchedover50industrialinternetplatformsandadvancedthedigitaltransformationofmorethan1,000enterprises.
Thecityhasalsoinitiatedathree-yearactionplanforthedevelopmentofartificialintelligence,releasedseveralbigmodelsfortheoceaneconomy,andacceleratedtheconstructionofover20largemodelsformanufacturingdevelopedbyenterprisessuchasHaierandAInnovation.
Cementingitsstatusasastrongsci-techcity,QingdaoishometoLaoshanLaboratoryand12nationalkeylaboratories,withnumerousmajorscientificresearchprojectsbeingsmoothlyimplemented.
Initseffortstocreateanewfrontierforopening-up,QingdaohasfullyleveragedthepioneeringrolesoftheChina-ShanghaiCooperationOrganizationDemonstrationZoneforLocalEconomicandTradeCooperationandtheChina(Shandong)PilotFreeTradeZoneQingdaoArea,leadinghigh-levelopening-upwithcomprehensiveinstitutionalinnovation.
Capitalizingonitsadvantagesinopenness,Qingdaohassignedcontractsforover707projectsthisyear,withatotalplannedinvestmentof455billionyuan.Theseinvestmentswillprovidesignificantimpetusforurbandevelopmentandtangiblytransformlifeinthecitywithactualdevelopmentoutcomes.
Asofnow,460keyprojectswithatotalinvestmentofapproximately1trillionyuanhavecommencedinthecity,accountingfornearly85percentofitsinvestmentplanfortheyear.
Moreover,enterprisessuchasQingdaoBeihaiShipbuildingandOffshoreOilEngineering(Qingdao)havedevelopedleadingcapabilitiesinconstructinggreen-poweredshipsandoffshoreoilandgasproductionfacilities.