Yantai says that technology is the source of growth

Over the last five years, the city of Yantai has established national and provincial-level marine science research centers, universities, laboratories, and R&D facilities and is now building facilities that provide technical backing for developing the marine sector.

In 2006, it founded the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, specially for studying ocean resources and the environment.

Two years later, it built a technology transformation center, also as a part of the Academy of Sciences, then another, affiliated with the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.