China News Network, Qingdao, March 28th (Reporter Yang Bing, Hu Yaojie) The Qingdao International Cruise Home Port District started and the global investment promotion ceremony was held on the 28th. At the ceremony, 15 projects with a total investment of 31.35 billion yuan (the same below) were signed and landed, covering industries such as new shipping, new finance, new shipping, international living room, innovative media, special cultural tourism and other industries.
Among the contracted projects, Qingdao Maritime University Qingdao Graduate School Qingdao Free Trade Zone Supply Chain Research Institute, Ship Intelligent Equipment Research Center, and Fire Element North Headquarters have three new shipping projects involving shipping think tanks, artificial intelligence, and smart port directions. In addition, the "First Grain Depot" new financial industrial park project has a total investment of 3.5 billion yuan. After the completion of the project, about 20 fintech companies in the incubation period and growth stage will be introduced within the year. Think tanks and industry organizations expressed their intention to enter.
At the ceremony, Huo Pingyuan, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shandong Port Group, said that Shandong Port Group currently ranks first in terms of cargo throughput in China's coastal ports and second in containers. Develop and build world-class logistics hub ports, financial and trade ports, industry-city integration ports, cruise cultural tourism ports, and smart green ports. Today, Shandong Port signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Qingdao Municipal Government, and Qingdao International Cruise Home Port District is about to start construction. This is a solemn commitment of Shandong Port to deepen the integration of Hong Kong's production and city.
According to reports, Qingdao International Cruise Home Port District is an important area for Qingdao City to rely on the transformation and development of the old port area of Qingdao Port. It has a 9-km-long port coastline and 4.2 square kilometers of land, with a planned total construction scale of 5.39 million square meters. The transformation and transformation of this area is a major platform for the renewal and development of the city's historic districts. Academician Wu Zhiqiang, who was once the chief planner of the Shanghai World Expo Park, commissioned Qingdao to complete the Conceptual Planning and Urban Design (Integration) of the Qingdao International Cruise Home Port Area and the Startup Zone Modification and Monolithic Design. The planning team describes an international industry that integrates four major industries: cruise tourism, financial trade, smart innovation, and business culture from seven aspects: design concept, format planning, bloodline connectivity, green space ecology, cultural tourism, smart city, and operation strategy. New blueprint for Hong Kong City.
At present, Shandong Port Qingdao Port maintains navigation with 177 ports around the world, with 137 international freight routes; 37 sea-rail intermodal container trains, of which 5 are international trains. Qingdao Port's cargo and container throughput reached 602 million tons and 21.83 million TEUs, an increase of 6.9% and 8.8%, respectively, ranking fifth in the country. (Finish)