Maritime industry rides waves of modernization

Shandong has vowed to establish world-class seaports, perfect its modern maritime industry and enhance its sustainable maritime environment - to forge core competitiveness and global influence.

Shandong Peninsula has a coastal area of 159,000 square kilometers and a coastline of 3,345 kilometers, which accounts for one-sixth of the whole coastline of the country.

It is home to the Port of Qingdao, Yantai Port and Rizhao Port, each with an annual handling capacity of more than 400 million metric tons.