Qingdao strives to become intl innovation hub
China DailyQingdao is striving hard to establish itself as an international innovation hub, with initiatives aimed at strengthening the strategic science and technology force, marine-related industries, innovative industry clusters, scientific and technological innovation service, and other areas. The city will access prospective science and technology companies, cultivate 100 new marine-related high-tech enterprises, and encourage the listing of two new marine-related high-tech enterprises, with a focus on high-end marine equipment, marine information, and marine medicine. It will construct a number of high-end marine innovation platforms, fully utilize the Chinese Academy of Sciences Ocean Research Center, and construct facilities such as an integrated air, sky, and sea observation network. It will provide better management services for high-tech enterprises, and encourage regulated industrial enterprises to speed up the construction of research and development institutions.