Under the “new normal” state of economic development, the manufacturing industry in Qingdao has marched on many new roads and a lot of unique advantages have been created. Therefore, the rise of manufacturing industry has been endowed with more and more capital.

    First, Qingdao manufacturing industry has a time-honored “history”. About 100 years ago Qingdao was injected with modern industrial genes. Especially as the Qingdao Port is completed and Qingdao-Jinan railway is open to traffic, this city has started to have engine and shipbuilding and maintenance industries and given birth to many light industrial enterprises including Tsingtao Beer, matches factory, and cigarette factory.

    Secondly, Qingdao manufacturing industry is big in “size”. There are over 4,800 enterprises above designated size. The above-scale industrial output has amounted to 1.7 trillion Yuan last year, ranking 3rd among the cities of the same kind. Particularly during the 12th five-year-plan, Qingdao has launched the project of creating ten 100-billion-yuan industrial chains covering electronic information, rail transit, household appliance, automobile, ship and maritime work, mechanical equipment, rubber, garment, food and petrochemical industries. So far the production value generated by these 10 industrial chains have accounted for 75% of the total industrial output value of Qingdao. The production value of six 100-billion-yuan chains has exceeded 100 billion Yuan.

    Third, the Qingdao manufacturing industry is famous for “quality”. The significant experience of “Manufactured in Qingdao” is laying emphasis on brand construction and implementing brand strategies. The Qingdao GDP ranks 7th among cities of the same kind. However, the number of Chinese well-known brands and brand enterprises Qingdao has is the largest among the cities of the same kind.

    Qingdao has a group of outstanding manufacturing enterprises. The first force is the reputed “Five Golden Flowers” namely Haier, Hisense, Tsingtao Beer, Double Star and Aucma, all of which are still continuing to explore the world and seek sustainable development. The second force is composed of emerging industries including CRRC Sifang, Germany Volkswagen Auto, Airbus helicopter, HP big data, robot and graphene industries. The third force are the technology-oriented “micro” enterprises coming out of the incubator with an area of 10 million square meters and becoming more and more independent “unicorns”.

    In the process of developing its manufacturing industry, Qingdao always bears in mind the national duties, take the responsibility to build up “the pillars of a great power”; By centering on “national maritime rights and interests”, Qingdao is developing vigorously large scale deep sea maritime equipment to make Chinese marine platforms stand erect in the South China Sea. By focusing on the “Chinese Railway of High-speed”, Qingdao is striving to develop advanced rail traffic with the hope of making “Qingdao-made high-speed trains” drive all over the world.

    In the coming 5 years, “Manufactured in Qingdao” will become more and more powerful in capital and more and more famous in reputation.