Shandong maps out innovative blueprint for SMEs
China DailyThe Information Office of the Shandong Provincial Government held the seventh news conference for "Unswervingly Promoting High-quality Development" on Feb 22 to interpret the "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of a Science and Technology Powerful Province in the New Era" and introduce Shandong's in-depth implementation of the innovation-driven strategies. We aim to cultivate more than 200 national 'little giant enterprises', or specialized and sophisticated technology enterprises that produce unique and novel products this year," said Wang Yufu, chief economist of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province. Li Kundao, deputy director of the Shandong financial supervision bureau, said the province has established a sci-tech innovation board in its two regional equity markets, which offer specialized services such as capital operation, road show training and investment and financing docking. "Centering on marine, advanced manufacturing and modern agriculture fields, we will establish 10 joint education consortiums in five years and cultivate a group of top-notch innovative talents in basic disciplines and engineering technology," said Xing Shunfeng, deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Department of Education.