2026 China Conference on Social Etiquette and Civility in Rural Areas will be held in Linyi, Shandong province from July 16 to 17.
In recent years, Shandong has advanced AI-enabled manufacturing and specialized vertical industrial large models. At an official press briefing on July 9, the province unveiled its first batch of 100 key manufacturing application scenarios and 100 vertical large models to build a demand-driven industrial ecosystem. The scenarios address pain points in steel and equipment manufacturing sectors, while the large models serve industries, daily livelihoods and urban governance to raise operational efficiency and cut carbon emissions. Shandong’s large-model sector posts robust revenue growth, yet hurdles including slow tech deployment and weak industrial coordination remain to be resolved.
On the evening of July 9, the art gala of the 4th Haiyou Talent Festival was held at the East Gymnasium of Jinan Olympic Sports Center, attended by municipal leaders and representatives of relevant provincial and municipal departments. Centered on the theme "Meet You, March Toward a New Future", the gala extended a sincere invitation to talents at home and abroad. With a city history of over 4,200 years and a long tradition of valuing talents, Jinan stands as a key central city along the Yellow River Basin. Its economy keeps growing steadily, with booming clusters of big data, quantum technology, biomedicine and other industries.
Against the sweltering summer heat, various water transport projects in Shandong are pressing ahead with construction. Multiple large white storage tanks have been built for the supporting crude oil tank zone at Lanshan Port Area of Rizhao Port. The project includes 12 newly constructed floating roof tanks, along with complete supporting facilities such as pipelines, pump houses and fire-fighting systems, boasting a total storage capacity of 1.75 million cubic meters. As a key infrastructure project, it optimizes the port’s energy storage and transportation system and safeguards national energy security.
The Shandong Provincial Big Data Bureau has drafted the Implementation Opinions on Innovation and Development of Data-driven Artificial Intelligence, aiming to fully leverage data's foundational resource role and innovation-driving capacity to boost AI development and accelerate the province's digital transformation.
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Border inspection authorities in Shandong Province recorded over 3.52 million passenger crossings at all ports of entry in the first half of 2026, a year-on-year increase of 13 percent, according to official data released recently.
From June 29 to July 4, an agricultural delegation from Shandong Province conducted an economic and trade mission to Kenya and Ethiopia. Guided by the requirements for advancing high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, the visit fully implements the guiding spirit of the China Initiative for Africa's Agricultural Modernization. Seizing the important opportunities presented by the 70th anniversary of the establishment of China-Africa diplomatic relations and the 2026 China-Africa Year of Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges, the delegation focused on the "Shandong Agriculture Going Global" initiative.
Recently, the launch ceremony of Shop in China: 2026 Dynamic Summer Consumption Season and Shandong-Xizang consumption promotion event opened in Yantai. Centered on Enjoy Summer, Enjoy Shopping, it features provincial consumption campaigns, benefit policies, specialty exhibitions and Shandong-Xizang trade exchanges.
Shandong’s development and reform authority and other departments have released new rules for high-quality investment promotion. As provinces now compete over industrial chains and resource support, Shandong has solid industrial and market strengths but still has shortcomings. Learning from Shanghai and Guangdong via field research, the new policies shift investment attraction from policy incentives to better industrial ecosystems, services and business environments, forming a unified provincial investment promotion system.
