Key industrial parks empower Jinans high-quality growth

chinadaily.com.cn2023-04-18 15:21

Industrial parks are playing an important role in promoting Jinan's high-quality development.

A media delegation recently visited some key industrial parks in Jinan city of East China's Shandong province to find stories about the burgeoning local economy and industrial development during the activity titled "Walking along the Cultural Corridors, Visiting the Economic Parks and Witnessing Shandong's High-Quality Development".

"Prefabricated food solutions allow us to strengthen the supervision of food safety and promote our delicacies," said Yang Libin, head of the experience center at the Shandong (Jinan) Prefabricated Vegetable Industrial Park.

Covering a total area of 392 mu (26.12 hectares), the prefabricated vegetable park has a planned investment of 5.6 billion yuan ($817.5 million) and could accommodate 2,000 enterprises after completion. It is expected to sell 2.6 million tons of meat and aquatic products and produce 500,000 tons of prefabricated vegetables annually, creating more than 30,000 jobs.

Shandong Yellow River Digital Economy Industrial Park Exhibition Center at the Jinan Start-up Area for Growth Drivers Transformation. [Photo by Liu Chuan/chinadaily.com.cn]

Located in the Jinan Start-up Area for Growth Drivers Transformation, the Yellow River Sports Center, which is under construction, is a landmark venue integrating sports competition, training, tourism, cultural exchanges, entertainment and leisure. Covering an area of 63.28 hectares, the center is constructing a football pitch with one floor underground and five floors above the ground, and is expected to boost the "sports plus" industries in the area.

A car seat production line at the Shaohaihui Science and Technology Innovation Industrial Park in Jinan. [Photo by Liu Chuan/chinadaily.com.cn]

The Jinan Start-up Area for Growth Drivers Transformation in Jinan's northern area shoulders the two national strategic tasks of the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, as well as transforming old growth drivers into new ones.

With a total investment of around 2.5 billion yuan, the Shandong Yellow River Digital Economy Industrial Park covers an area of 257 mu and is built according to the public-private partnership, or PPP model. To date, more than 400 enterprises have settled in the park and added the application scenarios of smart manufacturing and big data in the Jinan Start-up Area.

Located in the core area of the Jinan Start-up Area, the Shaohaihui Science and Technology Innovation Industrial Park covers an area of 186 mu and has received an estimated investment of 1.5 billion yuan. The first phase of the project is to build an industrial chain supporting base for BYD, China's largest new energy vehicle manufacturer. It is creating seven car seat production lines, and four production lines are currently undergoing trial operations.