Cities along the Yellow River in Shandong are showing great industrial potential with their advantageous industries. 

In Yuncheng county, Heze, the Beijing Glass Group was attracted by the regional strength of the developing glass industry and chose the county as one site for its branch to establish Beijing Wheaton (Yuncheng) Glass Co with local government support.

A cosmetics glass bottle production line of a factory in Yuncheng county, Heze. [Photo by Liu Chuan/chinadaily.com.cn]

Yuncheng is known as the "capital of China's liquor bottle packaging". The liquor packaging in the county started in the 1980s, with a complete glass industrial chain integrating design, research and development, as well as production being formed over time.

Founded in 2016, the company is mainly engaged in producing high-end glass packaging bottles for cosmetics, which helped promote the high-end development of the local glass industry. Its products mainly serve famous cosmetics brands at home and abroad, such as L'Oreal, Avon, Mary Kay, and Dior.

According to official statistics, Shandong saw steady economic growth over the past five years. During the 2017-22 period, the province's GDP registered an average annual growth of 5.4 percent, while the added value of industries above designated scale had an average annual growth rate of 5.2 percent. 

The ccomprehensive advantages of industries along the Yellow River in Shandong are steadily improving with the increasingly completed industrial chains in the region, which helped promote the high-end development of modern industries and further promote the province's high-quality development, experts said.