On April 23, sponsored by the Shandong Provincial People’s Government, undertook by the Shandong Development and Reform Commission, the Shandong Port Group, the “Integration of Three Areas” meeting was held in Qingdao. At the meeting, Shandong Port Group and its affiliated units signed 61 “Integration of Three Areas” key industrial park projects with 10 cities of Shandong province, launching and implementing the initiative of establishing “Integration of Three Areas” industrial development fund group in Shandong Province.
In recent years, in order to speed up the development of world-class port group in Shandong Peninsula, the Shandong Provincial People’s Government and the Shandong Development and Reform Commission have developed the plan for the port-industry park-city integration so as to accelerate the “Integration of Three Areas” (port, industry park, city), vigorously boosting the port economy. In September 2022, Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission coordinated the establishment of a joint meeting mechanism between Shandong ports and 16 municipal development and reform commissions to promote the docking of ports and cities with leading projects with large scale of planning and investment, wide range of radiation and strong driving ability, accelerate the agglomeration of harbor characteristic industries, continuously improve the modern industrial system, and realize the deep integration and interaction between port, industry park and city. Since 2022, with a total investment of more than 150 billion yuan, over 200 port-industry park-city integration projects started construction, completed and put into operation.
In recent years, as an important gateway to opening up to the outside world, the Shandong Port Group has been upgraded from a single operator of ports to a comprehensive service provider of supply chains, and the efficiency of ports has been upgraded from a “gateway to opening up to the outside world” to a “core strategic resource”. The port industry has gained momentum, the trading platform has flourished, and the industrial fund has clustered, completing an investment of more than 160 billion yuan and enhancing the overall support for the province’s economy and society.
In the future, Shandong province will adhere to coordinating the land and sea, strengthen the chain cooperation, actively cultivate the characteristics of modern port-related industrial ecology, and strive to shape a new benchmark for the integration of industry park and city so as to better build a new economy featured with port-based, industry-supported, urban-secured “integration of three areas.”
Reprinted from: China Traffic News