Qingdao ranks eighth in comprehensive city competitiveness
3 years ago

Qingdao ranks eighth in comprehensive city competitiveness

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CCID Consulting, a firm affiliated with a think tank under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, recently released a research report on the top 100 cities in comprehensive competitiveness in 2021, evaluating 293 Chinese cities. The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province ranked eighth in the research report. In the first three quarters of 2021, the city's GDP exceeded 1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.7 percent. From January to October 2021, the city's foreign trade increased by 36.7 percent, and its actual utilization of foreign capital reached $5.38 billion, up 18.7 percent.

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Qingdao ranks top 100 nationally in tech innovation
1 month ago

Qingdao ranks top 100 nationally in tech innovation

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Qingdao ranks 17th nationwide and first in Shandong in the 2024 China Urban Tech Innovation Competitiveness report by CCID. Recently, the China Center for Information Industry Development released the 2024 China Urban Tech Innovation Competitiveness report along with the top 100 list of city technological innovation competitiveness for 2024. The research system for technological innovation competitiveness is a quantitative evaluation …

At the frontier of high-quality growth
1 month, 1 week ago

At the frontier of high-quality growth

China Daily  

Qingdao, as a major economic hub in China, has been vigorously advancing new quality productive forces since the beginning of this year. In the first three quarters, the value added by strategic emerging industries in Qingdao grew by 12 percent year-on-year, with the new-generation information technology industries, such as integrated circuits, new displays, and virtual reality, experiencing growth of over …

Fertile soil for private companies to flourish
1 month, 1 week ago

Fertile soil for private companies to flourish

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Business operators have a special day to celebrate annually in Qingdao, Shandong province. During this year's event, the 2024 list of the top 100 Qingdao-based businesses and the 2023 list of demonstration enterprises for corporate social responsibility in Qingdao were released, signifying the local economy's upward momentum, leading industry players' growing strength and local companies' rising CSR awareness, organizers said. …

At the frontier of high-quality growth
1 month, 1 week ago

At the frontier of high-quality growth

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New quality productive forces are giving fresh momentum to Qingdao's development Qingdao, as a major economic hub in China, has been vigorously advancing new quality productive forces since the beginning of this year. In the first three quarters, the value added by strategic emerging industries in Qingdao grew by 12 percent year-on-year, with the new-generation information technology industries, such as …

Qingdao once again included on list of China's new first-tier cities
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Qingdao once again included on list of China's new first-tier cities

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Qingdao in East China's Shandong province is included on the list of China's new first-tier cities. Qingdao in East China's Shandong province has been included on the list of China's new first-tier cities for nine consecutive years, news portal Yicai reported on May 30. The 15 new first-tier cities in 2024 in terms of their degree of attractiveness are: Chengdu, …

Qingdao shines in GYBrand's national city rankings
7 months, 1 week ago

Qingdao shines in GYBrand's national city rankings

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Qingdao in East China's Shandong province ranks 12th on the 2024 Top 100 Cities in China list, which was recently released by the GYBrand Global Brand Research Institute. The GYBrand Global Brand Research Institute recently released the 2024 Top 100 Cities in China ranking. In this year's evaluation of the top 100 cities, in addition to economic strength, business environment …

40 years on: Qingdao's ascent to intl metropolis
7 months, 2 weeks ago

40 years on: Qingdao's ascent to intl metropolis

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Qingdao in Shandong province transforms from a small coastal fishing village into an international metropolis with towering skyscrapers in 40 years. Local fiscal revenue has grown from less than 1.4 billion yuan to 133.78 billion yuan, and the city's urbanization rate has continuously increased, reaching 78.3 percent by the end of 2023. Customs data shows that Qingdao's total import and …

Honors of Yantai
9 months, 1 week ago

Honors of Yantai

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Yantai is the only prefecture-level city across the country that has won the honorary title of National Civilized City for six consecutive years. Yantai has received many Chinese and international honors, including being named among China's top 10 leisure cities, a National Civilized City, the most charming Chinese city, the best tourism city, a model city for comprehensive management of …

Qingdao strives to grow through higher-level opening-up
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Qingdao strives to grow through higher-level opening-up

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Qingdao in East China's Shandong province is committed to promoting high-quality development through higher-level opening-up. Qingdao is also striving to expand opening-up by building a new institutional opening-up hub within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization demonstration area. Taking advantage of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Qingdao is speeding up construction of the China-Japan sub-national cooperation demonstration zone and the China-Japan-South Korea …

Qingdao makes progress in scientific, technological innovation
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Qingdao makes progress in scientific, technological innovation

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Qingdao in Shandong province stands is a national leader in scientific and technological strength. Qingdao in East China's Shandong province ranked 12th nationally in the development of scientific and technological innovation, rising seven places from the previous year, according to the China Urban Scientific and Technological Innovation Development Report released on Jan 28. It revealed the characteristics and trends of …

Qingdao sets ambitious goals for 2024
11 months ago

Qingdao sets ambitious goals for 2024

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Qingdao in Shandong province vows to strengthen the quality of its economy. Qingdao, a city in Shandong province, will continuously pursuing high-quality development and better fulfill its leading role in Shandong's development into a modern and strong province, according to the city's top official. The city will also work to create new advantages in building a modern industrial system, vigorously …

Qingdao boosts quality construction
1 year, 3 months ago

Qingdao boosts quality construction

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Qingdao is building a strong city with high quality, said local officials at a quality conference held on Sept 14 at which the quality of city-wide work in Qingdao was reported. In recent years, Qingdao has placed quality work in an important position for economic and social development, promoting improvements in product quality, brand building, standard system building, and foundational …

Qingdao releases economic performance from January to July
1 year, 4 months ago

Qingdao releases economic performance from January to July

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The Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Statistics recently released statistics regarding the city's economic performance from January to July. The added value of the computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry, railway, ship, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry grew 21.4 percent, 16.4 percent and 15.4 percent year-on-year respectively. From January …

Private economy on the rise in Qingdao
1 year, 4 months ago

Private economy on the rise in Qingdao

China Daily  

Qingdao boasts a vibrant economy. The eastern coastal city of Qingdao in Shandong province registered a rapid expansion in its private economy in the first half of 2023, said local officials. The city's private investment grew by 3.9 percent, which is 4.1 percentage points higher than the national growth rate. During this period, the foreign trade volume of Qingdao's private …

3 Qingdao counties make list of China's top 100
1 year, 4 months ago

3 Qingdao counties make list of China's top 100

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All the three county-level cities in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province made the list of China's top 100 counties, according to CCID Consulting's latest research report on county-level economy competitiveness released on July 25. Promoting the high-quality development of county-level economies plays an important role in promoting the high-quality development of the country's economy, said Qiao Biao, vice-president of CCID. …

Qingdao fuels high-quality development
1 year, 9 months ago

Qingdao fuels high-quality development

China Daily  

A truck is loaded with containers at Qingdao Port, Shandong province. ZHANG JINGANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Qingdao stabilized the economy, steadily enhanced its development quality, and maintained overall social stability in 2022, securing new and hard-won achievements in development, local media reported. In 2022, Qingdao's GDP reached nearly 1.5 trillion yuan, ranking 13th in China and third among northern cities in …

Qingdao improves business environment
1 year, 10 months ago

Qingdao improves business environment

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Qingdao, Shandong province The eastern coastal city of Qingdao in Shandong province has put improving the business environment as one of its top priorities to increase urban competitiveness and boost regional high-quality development. This year, the city continues to uphold the highest and best standards, fully implement all measures to improve the business environment, and make it a new driving …

Qingdao expands private economy
1 year, 11 months ago

Qingdao expands private economy

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Qingdao, Shandong province The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province will continue to encourage, support and guide the development of the nonpublic sector, boost confidence among private enterprises and stimulate market vitality for greater economic growth, according to local authorities. In recent years, the city has launched various beneficial policies for private companies and continued to ramp up efforts …

Qingdao's GDP growth rate among the fastest of cities across China
2 years, 1 month ago

Qingdao's GDP growth rate among the fastest of cities across China

China Daily  

Officials ramp up efforts to hit annual economic, social development goals The economic growth rate of Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, outpaced most cities in China during the first three quarters of the year, showing a trend of positive recovery and continuous improvement. The city has been pushing forward a three-year campaign to revitalize the real economy, making greater efforts …

Market entities in Qingdao exceed 2 million
2 years, 7 months ago

Market entities in Qingdao exceed 2 million

China Daily  

As of May 23, Qingdao had more than 2 million market players, among which private market players accounted for more than 98 percent, according to official statistics. In 2019, 2020 and 2021, the city's private investment increased by 20.9 percent, 13 percent and 8.3 percent, respectively, accounting for 52.5 percent, 57.5 percent and 59.8 percent of the city's total investment, …

Qingdao gives priority to manufacturing industry
2 years, 8 months ago

Qingdao gives priority to manufacturing industry

China Daily  

Qingdao, an economic powerhouse in Shandong province, will continue to give priority to advancing its manufacturing industry and foster a number of world-class industrial clusters in the next five years, according to local authorities. Qingdao will adhere to the direction of high-end, intelligent and green development, and focus on promoting seven competitive industries, including smart home appliances, rail transit, new …

Qingdao's financial industry continues to prosper, despite pandemic
2 years, 8 months ago

Qingdao's financial industry continues to prosper, despite pandemic

China Daily  

The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province was ranked 38th in the 31st edition of the Global Financial Centers Index, which was published on March 24. Serving as a valuable reference for policy and investment decision-makers, it has been jointly published twice per year by Z/Yen, a leading commercial think-tank in London, and the China Development Institute in Shenzhen …

Report details Qingdao's social, economic development in 2021
2 years, 9 months ago

Report details Qingdao's social, economic development in 2021

China Daily  

Qingdao's social and economic development showed stable performance with good momentum for growth in 2021, and the city has made new progress in high-quality development, according to an official report which was released on March 17. According to a preliminary calculation that was calculated at comparable prices, in 2021, the city's GDP reached 1.41 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.3 …

Sports industry prospers in Qingdao
2 years, 9 months ago

Sports industry prospers in Qingdao

China Daily  

The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province has seen remarkable progress in its sports industry, according to news released at a recent working conference. Qingdao's residents' total sports consumption reached 29.06 billion yuan in 2021, with per capita sports consumption reaching 2,885.35 yuan, accounting for 9.5 percent of per capita consumption expenditure and 6.1 percent of per capita disposable …

Qingdao ranks among top 10 innovative cities in China
2 years, 10 months ago

Qingdao ranks among top 10 innovative cities in China

China Daily  

Qingdao ranked 10th in the list of national innovative cities in 2021, according to a report released recently by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China. The report analyzed 78 cities across China based on 30 indicators including innovative infrastructure, technological and educational resources, industrial and innovative capability, entrepreneurship vitality, open and collaborative innovation and green development. Qingdao …

Qingdao ranks ninth in sci-tech innovation competitiveness
2 years, 11 months ago

Qingdao ranks ninth in sci-tech innovation competitiveness

China Daily  

The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province ranked ninth in sci-tech innovation competitiveness according to a report recently released by Beijing-based market research firm CCID Consulting. According to the report, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Wuhan were the top five cities in terms of sci-tech innovation competitiveness, while Nanjing, Hefei, Chengdu, and Ningbo also made the top 10. CCID …

Qingdao promotes high-quality development
3 years, 1 month ago

Qingdao promotes high-quality development

China Daily  

A news conference was held on Nov 16 to introduce Qingdao's achievements in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects as well as promoting its high-quality development. According to Qingdao officials, the city has reached a new developmental stage, with its GDP being in excess of 1 trillion yuan since 2016. In the first three quarters of this year, …

Qingdao builds intl coastal tourism destination
3 years, 3 months ago

Qingdao builds intl coastal tourism destination

China Daily  

The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province shared its experiences and practices in building an international coastal tourism destination at a forum during the 2021 Shandong Conference on Tourism Development. By leveraging its fashion economy and tourism industry, the city has in recent years built itself into an international coastal tourism destination. According to the latest "Competitiveness Report of …

Qingdao achieves impressive growth with record GDP
3 years, 5 months ago

Qingdao achieves impressive growth with record GDP

China Daily  

Officials say economic strides come from boosts in industries, rural revitalization, improved living standards and environmental protection Qingdao in East China's Shandong province has developed into a towering coastal metropolis, with its GDP hitting 1.24 trillion yuan in 2020, local officials said. Last year, the per capita disposable income of Qingdao's rural residents was 23,656 yuan, up 4.8 percent year-on-year …

Qingdao achieves impressive growth with record GDP
3 years, 5 months ago

Qingdao achieves impressive growth with record GDP

China Daily  

Officials say economic strides come from boosts in industries, rural revitalization, improved living standards and environmental protection Qingdao in East China's Shandong province has developed into a towering coastal metropolis, with its GDP hitting 1.24 trillion yuan in 2020, local officials said. Last year, the per capita disposable income of Qingdao's rural residents was 23,656 yuan, up 4.8 percent year-on-year …

Qingdao posts strong performance in tourism
3 years, 8 months ago

Qingdao posts strong performance in tourism

China Daily  

Qingdao has been renowned as one of China's leading tourist destinations. The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province made the lists of the country's top 10 cities in terms of tourism investment and tourist satisfaction, local media reported. The lists, based on data from a survey conducted by the China Tourism Academy, a data center under the Ministry of …

Qingdao to promote more comprehensive employment
3 years, 9 months ago

Qingdao to promote more comprehensive employment

China Daily  

The eastern coastal city of Qingdao will intensify efforts to achieve more comprehensive and higher quality employment, with personal income growth basically in step with economic growth, and marked improvements in distribution structure over the 14th Five-Year Plan period. The city will release more measures and policies to improve the training system for skilled workers, create a favorable environment for …

Qingdao ranks among top 10 most innovative cities in nation
3 years, 11 months ago

Qingdao ranks among top 10 most innovative cities in nation

China Daily  

The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province ranked 10th in the list of national innovative cities in 2020, up two places from last year's ranking, according to reports released by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China on Dec 26. In recent years, Qingdao has been ramping up efforts to …

Qingdao ranks 7th among China's top 100 digital cities
4 years ago

Qingdao ranks 7th among China's top 100 digital cities

China Daily  

The city of Qingdao, Shandong province was ranked seventh in the list of China's top 100 digital cities this year, three places higher than the 2019 ranking. The ranking mainly focuses on six digital construction indicators covering the digital economy, digital government, digital governance, digital innovation and digital foundation, according to CCID Consulting. It has paid closer attention to the …

Qingdao on China's top 10 happiest cities list
4 years, 1 month ago

Qingdao on China's top 10 happiest cities list

China Daily  

The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province has been included in Oriental Outlook magazine's annual ranking of the 10 happiest cities in China. Oriental Outlook works with the Liaowang Think Tank to perform research for the ranking through big data collection, questionnaire survey, field research and expert review. In the overall evaluation, the city's indicators of people's livelihoods, such …

Qingdao builds city of entrepreneurship, innovation
4 years, 3 months ago

Qingdao builds city of entrepreneurship, innovation

China Daily  

"Qingdao is a city full of vitality and entrepreneurship. The remarks by the city's top official revealed the development direction of the eastern coastal city in Shandong province, which has been ramping up efforts to become a new cradle for Chinese unicorn companies that could inject more vitality into the development of the new economy. Qingdao officials have a meeting …

Tai'an included in China's top 100 strongest cities in 2020
4 years, 3 months ago

Tai'an included in China's top 100 strongest cities in 2020

China Daily  

Tai'an, East China's Shandong province The city of Tai'an, East China's Shandong province made the list of China's 100 strongest cities in 2020, along with other 11 cities in the province. The list was compiled by the Shanghai-based Warton Economic Institute based on 2020 data regarding gross domestic product, household savings, and development in science, education, culture, healthcare and environmental …

Qingdao among China's top 100 foreign trade cities
4 years, 4 months ago

Qingdao among China's top 100 foreign trade cities

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The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province has been included among China's top 100 cities for foreign trade in 2019, according to the list released by the General Administration of Customs. The cities on the list were evaluated based on 20 factors, including a city's competitiveness in foreign trade, industrial structure, development and potential. Imports and exports in Qingdao …

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