
Contents
01/Profileof Qingdao
Geographical Location 01 A LivableCity02 Culture and History 03
Brands of the City 04 Targets and Positioning 05 International Gateway06
Economic Strength 07 ForeignInvestment08 TransportationHub09
02 InvestmentEnvironment
National Strategies 13
WealthManagement andFinance18
Medical Institutions20
TourismandConsumption23
Scientific and Technological Innovation17
Educational Resources 19
Fashion Exhibitions and Conferences22
Legal Services24
[03Industrial Priorities
“10+1"Innovative IndustrialSystem 25
TenModernServiceIndustries35
International ShippingCenter38
"4+4+2"MarineIndustry System33
CulturalTourismIndustry37
04」Emerging Industrial Parks 39
05 Opening-up Platforms 45
06ncentivePolicies
Investment Policies 51
SupportivePoliciesforProductionFactors 56
Policies onTalentRecruitiment andHousing 58
Policies onIndustries 52
BusinessEnvironmentPolicies57
PROFILEOF
Area
A land area of 11,000 squarekilometers and a sea area of12,000squarekilometers,with905 kilometers of coastline.
Geographical Location
On the sea,Qingdao serves as an important hub facing Northeast Asia,connecting Japan, the Republic of Korea,and thePacific. On the land,Qingdao is the economic gateway oftheYellowRiverBasin,extendingits influencewestwardsacrosstheregionand linking Central Asia and Europe.
AdministrativeDivisions
Seven districts: Shinan, Shibei, Licang, Laoshan,Huangdao(QingdaoWestCoastNew Area),Chengyang,and Jimo
Three county-level cities: Jiaozhou,Pingdu, and Laixi
Population
The resident population registers 10.44 million.


Qingdao boasts a mild and moist climate.It is a lovely city embraced by beautifulseabays,breathtakingmountains,and thevastocean,and anideal escapefrom thewinter chill and summerheat,featuring red roofs nestling amonggreentrees and theblueseameeting theazuresky.It hasbeenrated bytheUnitedNationsasoneof themost livablecitiesintheworld.
ThehistoryofQingdao'scivilizationcanbetraced back to more than 7,000 years ago. There are historicalrelicsreflecting the integrationofmarine cultureandthecultureofQi andLu,suchas Langyatai,whichwasvisited threetimesbytheFirst Qin Emperor, and Laoshan Mountain,which is known as the“most famous mountain on the sea". Many cultural celebrities,including Shen Congwen, Lao She, and Wen Yiduo, once stayed in Qingdao.


Qingdao enjoys thereputationasaWorldArchitectureExpo,CityofBeer,Sailing Cityand Cityof Film.It has won many honorary titles such as National Model CityforPublic Civility and Social Progress, National Sanitary City, and National Model City for Supporting the Military and Giving Preferential Treatment to Families of Armymen and Martyrs, Supporting the Government and Cherishing the People. The city ranks among China's happiest and most livable cities. It is also known as the“Switzerland of the East". Qingdao has been selected among“Amazing China -The Most Attractive Chinese Cities in the Eyes of Foreign Talent”for 13 consecutive times.

TARGETS ANDPOSITIONING
Qingdao is an important coastal central city, a national famous historical and cultural city, a modern ocean city, and an international comprehensive transportation hub in China.Qingdao is positioned with core functions as an advanced manufacturing base in northern China,a gateway of opening up in northern China, and an international seaside tourist destination.
Since 2018,President Xi Jinping has visited Qingdao twice and asked Qingdao to capitalize on the opportunity of hosting flagshipinternational eventstobolsterthe city's development andtobuildamoderninternationalmetropolis.
Theurbandevelopmentgoalsof Qingdao areasfollows
By2035
Itaimstobecomealeadingmodern oceancityinChina andbuild itself into a socialist moderninternational metropolis in the new era.
By2050
It aims tofully establish itself as a socialist moderninternationalmetropoliswithglobal influence,contributing to China's maritime strategiesand advancingitsstatusasa major maritime country.

INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY
Qingdao continues to expand its “international circle of friends", extending the friendship-city network to 93 cities across 53 countries.Qingdao has established sister-city ties with 30 cities in 28 countries and friendly cooperative city relationships with 63 cities in 37 countries. Additionally, Qingdao has set up seven overseas business centers in Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong,the United Kingdom, and Russia. Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand set up consulates general in Qingdao.

In 2024
Qingdao's GDP reached 1.67 trillion yuan, up by 5.7%, with the growth rate ranking second among sub-provincial level cities intermsof thegrowthrate. |
The city's total import and export volume exceeded 900 billion yuan, ranking No.2among cities in northern China. |
The city's total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 658.45 billion yuan,ayear-on-yearincreaseof4.2%. |
The added value of the service sector reached 1.05 trillion yuan, accountingfor62.8%ofthecity'sGDP. |
86 Listed Companies


Qingdao's economic and trade cooperation spans 242 countries and regions worldwide. The city has attracted 412investment projectsfrom179Fortune Global500companies.
Some Renowned Foreign-Funded Enterprises Based in Qingdao

TRANSPORTATION HUB.
Qingdaohas strengthened thecoordinated development of itsseaports,land ports,airport,and railways,achievingnationalrecognition as aninternational comprehensive transportationhub.
Aviation

In 2024, Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, the first 4F-level airport inShandongProvincewasputintooperation.It hasoperated a network of228airroutes,including197domesticroutesand31internationaland regionalroutes.Looking ahead,thisairport isprojectedtoaccommodate an annual passenger capacity of 55 million passengers.
Marine TransportO
Boasting expansive and deepwaters,QingdaoPort isice-free and silt-free all year round.It has over 230 shipping routes, connecting to more than700 ports in over 180countries andregions across the globe.It leadsnorthern China's ports in both the number and density of shipping routes. In 2024,the port's cargo throughput reached 710 million tons,and its container throughput reached30.87millionTEUs,ranking 4th and5thglobally inthese categories,respectively. Additionally,its automated terminal boasts the world's highest handling efficiency. Since April 1st, 2023, Qingdao Port implementedtheportoforigintaxrebatepolicyasaportofexit.

Multimodal Transport
Qingdao has initiated the supervision mode of “l(fā)and-sea multimodaltransportandsea-rail direct transport” in China.Its containersea-railmultimodal transportvolumehasrankedfirst inChina fortenconsecutive years,with32 domestic and internationalrailwaylines.Ithas access to 54 cities in 23 SCO countries andcountries along the Belt and Road.

Railways and Expressways
Qingdao continuestoexpand itsrailwayand expresswaynetworks,serving asakeypivotinthe coastal route of China's“eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway corridor. It provides three-hour access to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Yangtze River Delta Economic Belt, along with a one-hour economic circle linking surrounding major cities.The city has eight metro lines, creating a 352-kilometer rail transit passengercorridor, placing it among the topten cities in China for urban rail transit.


ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT

China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA)
In June 2018,PresidentXi Jinping announced at theSCO Qingdao Summit that theChinese government supports building a demonstration area in Qingdao for local economic and trade cooperation between China and the SCO.During an inspection visit to Shandong in May 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized accelerating comprehensive reforms in SCODA and building it into a demonstration area for institutional opening-up. Qingdao is striving to build a new platformforBelt andRoad international cooperation.The cityplaysa pivotal roleintheBeltand Road New Eurasian Land Bridge Economic Corridor andmaritime cooperation,and shoulders

China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone Qingdao Area
InAugust 2019,the StateCouncil approvedtheestablishmentofthe China (Shandong)Pilot Free Trade Zone,with the Qingdao Area spanning 52squarekilometers.This area aims toserve as an international shippinghub in Northeast Asia,akeyinnovation centeralongChina'seasterncoast, andamodelformarineeconomic development, supporting Qingdao's transformationintoamajorcoastal

central city in China.In 2024,the central government launched the strategy to strengthen pilot free trade zones, fostering pioneering and integrated exploration. By actively aligning with international high-standard economic and trade rules, the China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone Qingdao Area has emerged as a significant economic contributor. Despite comprising just 0.46% of the city's total area, it accounts for 4.7% of employment, 25.4% of revenue from wholesaleenterprisesabovethedesignatedsize, 24.7% offoreign trade volume,and 7% of paid-in foreign investment.

Strategy for Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development of theYellowRiverBasin
In January 2020, President Xi Jinping emphasized the pivotal role of the Shandong Peninsula city cluster in driving the high-quality development of central cities and city clusters along coastal regions. This assertion was made during discussions on the strategic imperatives of ecological protection andhigh-quality development within the Yellow River Basin at the 6th meeting of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs. In May 2024, during an inspection visit to Shandong, General SecretaryXiJinpingreiterated thatShandongneedstopositionitself strategicallywithin the national development framework,undertake substantial responsibilities,and take the lead in ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow RiverBasin. This provides Qingdao with new opportunities to enhance its core competitiveness and leverage its advantages as an international comprehensive transportation hub.


SCIENTIFICAND TECHNOLOGICALINNOVATION
Qingdao is home to 16 state key laboratories and 90 provincial key laboratories. The city boasts 8,650 high-tech enterprises, 9,777 technology-based SMEs, and 216 national-level “l(fā)ittle giant" enterprises that use specialized and sophisticated technologies to produce novel and unique products.It has attracted 267,00 skilled professionals invarious sectors,bringing the total talent pool to 2.87 million. Qingdao boasts prominent advantages in marine research, with a total of 55 institutions engaged in ocean-related scientific endeavors.Among these,15 are higher education institutions,while 40 are research institutes.It has gathered 30% of China's marine academicians, 40% of high-end marine R&D platforms, and 50% of internationallyleading technologies in the marine field. The city is also home to the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), the only national laboratory in China dedicated to marine science-Laoshan Laboratory, solidifying Qingdao's reputation as a renowned marine science and technology hub in China.

WEALTHMANAGEMENT ANDFINANCE

HigherEducational Institutions | 30 | Students on Campus | 450,000+ |
Regular High Schools | 94 | Special EducationSchools | 15 |
Middle Vocational Schools | 54 | Junior High Schools | 287 |
Primary Schools | 663 | Kindergartens (Private and Public) | 2109 |
The city is also home to nearly 40 international schools, such as Qingdao Experimental HighSchool,Malvern College Qingdao,and HD QingdaoWanda School.In Qingdao, high-level talent fromhome and abroad can enjoy37greenchannel services in15 categories such as household registration,housing, and children's education.

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
Qingdaoprovidesabundantmedical resources.In 2024, the University of HealthandRehabilitationSciences officially opened in Qingdao.

By the endof2024,the cityhad over 9,000medicalandhealthinstitutionsat various levels.Currently,Qingdao has 35 tertiary hospitals, including the Affliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao Municipal Hospital,Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Qingdao), and Qingdao Hiser Medical Group.



FASHION EXHIBITIONS AND CONFERENCES
Many major festivals,exhibitions, and conferences have been held in Qingdao, such as the Qingdao Multinationals Summit, China International Consumer Electronics Exposition,and China Fisheries & Seafood Expo, atracting numerous businessmen from home and abroad to come toQingdaoforbusinessvisits andvacations.


TOURISMAND CONSUMPTION
Qingdaooffers96A-level tourist attractions,includingLaoshanMountain,MayFourth Square, Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center, and Qingdao Underwater World. In 2024, the city received over 140 million tourists.The34th Qingdao International Beer Festival attracted 6.36 million visitors, consuming 2,800 tons of beer. With the preservation and renewal of the historic urban areas, the centenary Zhongshan Road has been gorgeously transformed, with an average daily footfall of more than 300,000.As the only National DemonstrationPedestrian Street in Shandong Province,Taidong Pedestrian Street has welcomed over 100 million visitors, with the turnover exceeding 11 billion yuan in 2024.

Qingdaohasbeencommitted to creating a market-oriented,law-based,and international business environment. The city innovatively launched the system of “intelligent registration for the establishment of enterprises", and “online examination and approval" for multinational companies, fully implemented the investment management model of "pre-establishment national treatment plus negative list”,and constantly improved the menu-style service experience featuring “one-stop procedures". Qingdao has been recognized asanationalmodel cityforlaw-based government construction.

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"10+1" INNOVATIVEINDUSTRIALSYSTEM

Guided by technological innovation,Qingdao aims to prioritize the development of two leading industries, seek breakthroughs in five emerging industries,upgrade three competitive industries,and strategically position itself infuture industries.The city israpidly building an innovativeindustrial systembyfocusing onniche sectors.


Prioritizing the Development of Two Leading Industries
Next-Generation Information Technology
Qingdao is prioritizing digitalization, intelligence, cross-industry integration, and convergence development, focusing on sectors like automotive-grade chips, new display technology, magnetic storage chips, and advanced packaging. The city is driving breakthroughs in key technologies, developing major products, and promoting demonstration applications to establish a distinctive hub for next-generation information technology.By 2027, the scale of next-generation informationtechnology is expected toreach 200billionyuan.

Artificial Intelligence
Implementing aninnovation-drivendevelopment actionplanfortheAlindustry,Qingdaois focusing on sectors such as marine LLMs,humanoid robots, and vertical domain LLMs.The city is building computing infrastructure and expanding Al-enabled application fields to elevate the capacity of the national Al innovation application pilot zone. Qingdao aims to create a globally competitive marine Al cluster. By 2027, the scale of the Al industry is expected toreach120 billion yuan.

Seeking Breakthroughs in Five Emerging Industries
Life and Health
Focusing on biomedicine,medical devices,and healthcare,Qingdao targets niche areas such as synthetic biology, marine drugs and biologics, gene and cell therapy, and rehabilitation medical devices. The city is building an industrial landmark known as the Marine Medicine Hub·China Health Valley.By 2027, the scale of the life and health industry is expected to reach 100 billion yuan.

Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicles
Focusingonintelligentconnectedsystemsandnew energyvehicles,Qingdaohighlights sectors such as solid-statebatteries,smart cabins,and vehicle-road-cloud integration.The cityisimprovingkeycomponents such as electronic control systems and motors to enhancetheproductioncapacityofwholevehicles and the local supplyrate.By 2027,the scale of the intelligentconnectednewenergyvehicleindustryis expectedtoreach250billionyuan.

Low-Altitude Economy

Focusingonaircraftmanufacturingand low-altitude flight services,Qingdao prioritizes sectors suchas industrial drones, low-altitude flight service systems,andelectric verticaltake-off andlandingaircraft.Thecityis expandingscenariosforlow-altitude serviceapplicationstobuildahubfor low-altitude economic development.By
Green Energy
Focusing on wind power, photovoltaics, hydrogen energy, and energy storage, Qingdao underscores sectors such as perovskite battery, wind power equipment manufacturing, new-type energy storage, and offshore facilities combining wind power, photovoltaics, hydrogen power, and energy storage, as well as hydrogen fuel cells. The city aims to build a 10-million-kilowatt offshore new energy base. By 2027, the scale of the green energy industry is expectedtoreach50billionyuan.

Intelligent Equipment
Focusing on rail transit equipment, marine equipment, and intelligent manufacturing equipment, Qingdao is emphasizing sectors such as medium- and low-capacity rail cars, shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment, and intelligent inspection equipment. The city is making breakthroughs in the R&D and manufacturing of complete machines and key core components to build a nationally leading hub for intelligent equipment. By 2027, the scale of the intelligent equipment industry is expected to reach 250billion yuan.

Upgrading Three CompetitiveIndustries
Smart Home Appliances
Focusingonsmarthomesandaudiovisual electronics,Qingdaoisemphasizingsectorssuchas smartservice-orientedhomeappliancesand wearablesmartdevices.Thecityisbreakingthrough inthedevelopmentofindependentandcontrollable core chips,ultra-high-definition core components, andbasic materials to enhance the perception, interaction,andcontroltechnologiesofsmarthome appliances.Qingdaois promotingthe deep integrationofAl,bigdata,andothertechnologieswith home appliances to build a world-class high-end smarthome appliance cluster.By2027,thescale of smart home appliances industry is expected toreach 420 billion yuan.


High-End Chemicals and New Materials
Focusing on chemical new materials, green rubber, and advanced alloys, Qingdao is emphasizing sectors such as special tires,special steel,and amorphous alloys.The cityis advancing the construction of high-end refineries and deep processing bases to build a first-class high-end chemical industry base in China. By 2027, the scale of the high-end chemicals and newmaterials industry is expected to reach 360 billion yuan.

Modern Light Industry
Focusing on food and beverages, textiles and apparel, Qingdao is emphasizing sectors such as healthyfood andbeveragesand new textiles and apparel. The city is implementing the initiative for increasing the variety, improving the quality,and creating brands to significantly enhance the leading power, quality competitiveness, andbrandinfluenceofthemodern light industry.By2027,the scale of modernlight industryis expected to reach 250 billion yuan.



Advance the Development of a Batch of Future Industries
Qingdaois strategically planning and advancingfuture industrieslike information, manufacturing, materials, and space technology. It aims torapidly scaleupmaturetechnologiessuchas terahertz,marine electronics,deep-sea development, and aerospace systems in thenearterm.Foremerging technologies like brain-inspired intelligence,quantum information,wave energy, and satellite internet, Qingdao is working to establish them askey drivers of new industries in the long term.The city is actively pursuing thecreationof a nationalpilotzone for future industries.


“"4+4+2" MARINE INDUSTRY SYSTEM
Qingdao is actively building a modern marine industry system to create a hub for modern marine economic development.By 2027,Qingdao aims to have over3,500 marine-related enterprises above the designated size, more than 1,000 marine-related high-tech enterprises, and achieve an output value of 100 bilion yuan in emerging marine industries, thus becoming a main hub for developing new quality productive forces inthe marine sector.By 2035, the city's gross ocean product is expected to exceed 1.2 trillion yuan, comprehensively upgrading its capacity and core competitiveness as a modern ocean city. Qingdao willfully establish itself as a leading modern maritime city featuring pioneering marine technology, developed marine economy, a marine talent pool, world-class port and shipping services, beautiful marine ecological environment, thriving marine culture, and dynamic international marine exchanges.

Qingdao will Boost the Quality and Efficiency of its Four Key Traditional Industries
Itwillspeedup the modernizationof fisheries, drive the marine chemical industrytowardhigh-endandeco-friendly growth, enhance port and shipping services,andelevatethequalityofmarine cultural tourism.

Qingdaowill Cultivate andExpandFour Emerging Marine Industries

It will rioritizehigh-end,intelligent,green,and clustered development,drive the growth of headquarters-focusedmarineequipment manufacturing,boost innovation in marine pharmaceuticalsandbioproducts,advance thefullindustrialchainofseawater desalinationandutilization,andachieve breakthroughs in marine renewable energy.
Qingdao will Promote Two Future Marine Industries
It will secure a leading position in the deep-sea development sector, attracting deep-sea development enterprises andinstitutionsto establishoperationsinQingdao.Thecitywillbuild a first-mover advantage in the marine electronic informationindustry,createafull industrial chain fromhardwaretosoftware,andestablisha world-classmarineAl andLLM industrialcluster.

TENMODERN SERVICEINDUSTRIES
Qingdao focuses on developing a modern industrial system to enhance productive services with specialization and high-end value chains,while refining consumer services for higher quality, supporting its goal of becoming a socialist, modern and international metropolis in the new era.

Qingdao will prioritize ten modern service industries, including modern logistics,modern finance,modern commerce and trade,software and information services,technology services, cultural tourism, exhibitions and conventions, business services, human resources services, and inspection, testing and certification. By 2025, the service industry's added value is projected to hit 1.1 trillion yuan, making up roughly 60% of the city's GDP and establishing a high-quality and efficient service sector.

CULTURAL TOURISMINDUSTRY
Centering on the theme of high-quality development and the main line of supply-side structural reforms, Qingdao willexplore cultural and tourism resources in an in-depth manner, continuously enriching its tourism product supply. By 2027, Qingdao's modern tourism industry system willbe more complete, featuring a more balanced industrial structure, more diverse products and business formats, and a more optimized development environment.With the economic contribution of the tourism industry significantly enhanced,Qingdao willbecome amajor tourismcity.On thisbasis,Qingdao willfurther mprove the modern tourism industry system, continuously consolidate the achievements of building a major tourism city,and further amplify its global influence as an internationalseaside tourism destination.

INTERNATIONALSHIPPING CENTER
Qingdaowillprioritizefivekeyareas:establishing aninternationallogisticscorridor,expanding the modern shipping services sector, fostering port-industry-city integration,optimizing the overall development environment, and creating strong development synergy. It willfocus on critical sectors like smart ports, shipping logistics, shipping trade, shipping finance, and maritime legal services.
By 2026, Qingdao International Shipping Center will gain initial results,with port cargo throughput exceeding 770 million tons,container throughput surpassing 36 million TEUs,240 shipping routes in operation, sea-rail multimodal transport handling over 2.55 million TEUs, over 1,100 Eurasian trains dispatched, and the city's logistics industry adding over 190 billion yuan in value.By 2028, the core functions and framework of Qingdao International Shipping Center will be preliminarily established. By 2035, it will become a world-class international shipping center.

INDUSTRIALPARKS EMERGING
0 Since 2022, Qingdao has seized the major opportunity to build the pilot zone for green, low-carbon, and high-quality development, creating an innovative “five-in-one" mechanism: one working group,onedevelopmentplan,oneindustrialfund,oneprofessional investment team,and one comprehensive policy. The city has since developedeightspecializedparksfor emerging industries, optimizing resource allocation and boosting industrial competitiveness.
Virtual Reality Industrial Park
0 The QingdaoVirtual Reality Industrial Park is situated in Laoshan District, spanning a construction area of 1,277~{mu} (approximately 85hectares).Theparkisfunctionallydivided intofive sectors: hardware,content, technological innovation, comprehensive support,andstrategicreserve,aimingtoestablishanindustrial system that encompasses the entire chain,ecosystem,and lifecycle.

Integrated Circuit Industrial Park
0 The Qingdao Integrated Circuit Industrial Park is situated in the Sino-German Eco-park, spanning an area of 10,500\mu (approximately 700 hectares). The park emphasizes four key areas: R&D and design, critical materials, packaging and testing, and core equipment, aiming to rapidly establish a newhubforintegrated circuit development in northernChina.

New Display Industrial Park
0 The Qingdao New Display Industrial Park is situated in the Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone, with a planned construction area of 14,300 mu (approximately 953 hectares).Centered around HisenseVisual andBOE,the park specializes in producing upstream core components like liquid crystal materials, glass substrates, and development and etching processes, as well as mid-stream production such as new display module manufacturing and assembly. It also focuses on display terminal products including mobilephones,vehicle-mounteddisplays,andmobilewearabledevices.

Artificial IntelligenceIndustrial Park
0 The Qingdao Artificial Intelligence Industrial Park leverages the Qingdao Intelligent Computing Valley to drive innovation and development at the Haier Innovation EcosystemPark and the Hisense Global R&D Center, forming a “one valley, two wings" industrial layout spanning 2,918 mu(about 195hectares).

Biomedicine and Medical Device Industrial Park
0 TheQingdaoBiomedicineandMedical DeviceIndustrialParkissituatedinthe QingdaoNationalHigh-techIndustrial Development Zone,featuring a medical device cluster spanning3,430mu (approximately229hectares)anda rehabilitation medicine cluster covering 1,200~{mu} (approximately 80 hectares). The industrial parkfocuses on fivekey areas:innovative biological drugs and treatments for rare diseases,invitro diagnostics (IVD),advanced medical device technologies, and rehabilitation medicine. Leveraging the University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences,it aims to establisha globallyinfluential China Health Valley.


Precision Instruments and Apparatus Industrial Park
0 The Qingdao Precision Instruments and Apparatus Industrial Park is situated in the Qingdao National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, spanning a total area of 2,903.5~\mu (approximately 194 hectares). The park is dedicated to three primary sectors: industrial measurement and control systems and devices, experimental analysis instruments, sensors, and core components, aiming to establish a headquarters hub for the instrumentation industry in northern China.

Green and Low-Carbon New Materials Industrial Park
0 Qingdao Green and Low-Carbon New Materials Industrial Park (Dongjiakou Area) covers a planned area of 29.22 square kilometers. It centers on two pillar industries of high-end chemical new materials and advanced metal materials, aiming to establish a domestically preeminent green and low-carbonnewmaterialsindustrialbase.

Hydrogen Energy and Energy Storage Industrial Park
0 Qingdao has strategically developed hydrogen energy and energy storage industrial parks in theWest CoastNewArea andLicang District.TheWest Coast NewAreaPark,situated inPoli Town, spans 627~{mu} (about 42 hectares). It leverages hydrogen by-products from industrial processes to manufacture hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and core hydrogen energy equipment. The industrial park in Licang District is situated in the Loushan area, a historic industrial zone, covering 311\mu (about 21 hectares). It is dedicated to advancing the hydrogen energy sector andrelatedindustries.


PLATFORMS OPENING-UP
Economic Development Zones, High-tech Zones, and Comprehensive Bonded Zones at and above the Provincial Level

QingdaoEconomic and Technological Development Zone
Competitive industrial clusters
\diamond Home appliances and electronics, petrochemical, automobile, shipbuilding, and marine engineering.
Key areas for investment attraction
0 Newdisplay technologies,smarthomeappliances, high-endequipment, and next-generation information technology.

Jiaozhou Economic and Technological Development Zone (China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area)

Competitiveindustrial clusters
\diamond Smart home appliances,machinery equipment, modernlogistics,and modern commerce and trade.
Key areas for investment attraction
0 Integrated circuits, intelligent manufacturing equipment,biomedicine andmedical equipment, modern finance,modern logistics,modern commerce and trade, aerospace, and new energy.
QingdaoHigh-techIndustrial Development Zone
Competitiveindustrialclusters
\diamond Biomedicine and medical devices, next-generation information technology, smart manufacturing, and modern service industry.
Key areasforinvestmentattraction
0 Biomedicine andmedicalequipment,healthcare,robotics and intelligent manufacturing equipment, integrated circuits, artificial intelligence and industrial software, productiveservices,moderncommerceandtrade,and modern culture, tourism, and sports industries.

Qingdao Qianwan ComprehensiveBonded Zone
Competitiveindustrial clusters
0 International trade,warehousing andlogistics, wholevehicle import and export, cross-border e-commerce.
Key areas for investment attraction
0 International trade, modern marine industry, shipping logistics,modernfinance,bonded zone ^+ advanced manufacturing.

QingdaoWest Coast Comprehensive Bonded Zone

Competitiveindustrial clusters
\diamond Processing and manufacturing, bonded logistics, internationaltrade,importedcommoditydisplay and trade.
Key areas for investment attraction
\diamond Scientific and technological innovation,bonded processing,bondedlogistics,international trade, cross-bordere-commerce,bondedresearch and development,and testing and maintenance.
Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Comprehensive Bonded Zone
Competitiveindustrialclusters
\diamond Equipment manufacturing, electronic information, new materials, warehousing, and logistics.
Key areas for investment attraction
0 Bonded processing,bonded logistics,bonded services, cross-border e-commerce,display and trade, bonded maintenance, and financial leasing.
