Another wave of favorable policies were released as Implementation Rules about Promotion of Development of Micro－Electronics Industry of Laoshan District on the25thof October． Microelectronics Industry Park with CNY3．65 billion initial phase investment plan is going to launch． Shandong’s Chip Valley of microelectronics industry is emerging in Laoshan District of Qingdao． Laoshan will set up microelectronics industry development special funds to provide support to qualified microelectronics companies and projects． It is going to build microelectronics innovation center and industry park， with basic office facilities prepared and qualified for company workers to move in just with a business bag． It is available for IC design companies， which passed review to move in for3 years for free of charge， and provide100％ house rent subsidy for3 consecutive years based on the standard of10sqm per employee （the total amount shall be no more than CNY5 million）． It also will provide one－off project launch subsidy based on20％ of registered capital actually in place （the highest amount shall be no more than CNY5 million）． The district will provide rewards to IC design and manufacture companies for consecutive5 years，100％ reward in the first3 years and50％ reward in the later2 years based on the company’s major economic contribution to Laoshan District． It also will provide support to the IC company that achieved national project approval and funding with50％ of that of national fund support． Laoshan District aims to build itself into a Qingdao’s Chip Valley and microelectronics industry R＆D highland of coastal comprehensive economic zoneinNorthern China． Based on the international innovation park， microelectronics industry park as platforms， Laoshan District is going to build IC design simulation center， micro nano processing and analysis／exam center， IC education and training center， IC talent training base， and IC info service center． Through the way of cultivating a batch of leading electronics companies， implementing a group of key projects and pushing cohesive development of microelectronics industry chain， the district aims to expand the industry to CNY10 billion by2022， and gather50 IC R＆D and design companies and cultivate5 leading companies to form a benign development form， which is led by the Design Industry， Enhanced by Manufacturing Industry and Supported by Enclosure／Exam Industry． （Liu Miao） ［Effect drawing of chip valley．］ 2．49 foreign doctors practice medicine in Qingdao 49 foreign doctors from all over the world practice medicine in all levels of Qingdao hospitals， according to the Qingdao Municipal Health Inspection Bureau recently． Besides very few foreign doctors holding a few days effective license for joining academic exchange or surgery show， over half of them completed half－year／one year effective registration． These foreign doctors are practicing in large public hospitals， e．g． affiliated hospital of Qingdao University， municipal hospital and central hospital， as well as over10 non－government medical facilities． Compared with public hospitals， foreign doctors are more attracted by private medical institutes． The doctors holding short－term medical practice license are from9 countries， e．g． South Korea， US and Japan， and they practice in various departments including medical cosmetology， dental， internal medicine， surgery， Chinese medicine， gynecology and obstetric， pediatrics， general and the skin departments． （Zhao Bo） ［In this March， Prof． David Halpin， from Royal Devon， Southwest of UK NHS and Exster Hospital， went round of wards in the east hospital of Qingdao Municipal Hospital （file pic）．］ 3． Qingdao Municipal Senior Citizen Activity Center will launch in2018 The Qingdao Municipal Senior Citizen Activity Center， which is under accelerated construction， will be put into use in2018． After completed， it will open to all senior citizens of Qingdao for free to greatly meet entertainment and sports demand of senior citizens of Qingdao． The center， located on No．96， Nanchang Road of Shibei District， backs on Beiling hill and covers an area of15，505sqm （19，789sqm building area）． It has three function parts， which are teaching building， comprehensive building and activity building． The activity building will have a badminton playground， volleyball hall， fitness center， cards and chess room， reading room， multi－function hall （dancing hall／exhibition hall）， theatre， swimming pool and entertainment and sports facilities alike， and open to senior citizens for free． Currently the teaching building entered indoor decoration phase， and comprehensive building and activity building are under the2nd structure construction． （Cui Wu） ［Effect drawing of Qingdao Municipal Senior Citizen Activity Center．］ | 
