Workers operate automated machines at a workshop in the Sino-European International Cooperation Industrial Park in Jining, East China's Shandong province. [Photo/jnnews.tv]

The Sino-European (Jining) International Cooperation Industrial Park, which is located in Jining, East China's Shandong province, was recently recognized as one of the province's first group of international cooperation industrial parks.

The list was published by Shandong's Department of Commerce, Department of Science and Technology, as well as Department of Finance. Only four industrial parks in the province received the honor.

The Sino-European industrial park in Jining is one of the 26 platforms for opening up that are highlighted in Shandong's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25). With a planned area of 1,300 hectares, the industrial park is expected to house a cluster of companies involved in the high-end equipment manufacturing and high-end rubber industries.

The high-end equipment manufacturing industry includes computer numerical control machines, auto parts, and construction machinery, while the high-end rubber industry includes passenger car tires.

A number of leading companies, such as Pirelli, Continental AG, Bekaert, and Kemira Group, as well as R&D institutions, have settled in the park.