'New tech' to power provincial growth

With new technology a key competitive advantage for Shandong, the province is accelerating its development to increase its industrial strength.

"Technological progress is the lifeblood of industrial development as well as the only way to promote Shandong's performance from good to strong," said Vice-Governor Wang Junmin .

In 2009, the province received 33 national science and technology awards, including a first prize for national technical invention and two prizes for scientific and technological progress.