Shandong manufacturers contributing to country's industrial innovation, reform

An intelligent workshop of a textile company in Binzhou city, East China's Shandong province, July 29, 2024. [Photo by Yan Xingzhou/chinadaily.com.cn]

In a robot-making factory located in East China's Shandong province, fully automated intelligent robots move through aisles in an orderly way, carrying out tasks such as monitoring production process and even collaborating to assemble new robots from bolts and parts.

The manufacturing industry in the province is utilizing its advantage in innovation in recent years, empowering the country's continuous industrial reform.

Shandong has complete industrial categories and systems, with its 11 industrial chains covering information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, advanced material, high-end chemical industry, construction machinery, shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment industry, new energy, light industry, pharmaceutical industry, textile and garment industry, and agricultural machinery industry.

Shandong strives to create an innovative development environment for large, small and medium-sized enterprises.