Shandong drives innovation, growth to promote digital economy
(chinadaily.com.cn)| Updated : 2025-01-23
Print PrintShandong province has been committed to developing its digital economy by promoting the integration of the real economy and the digital economy through digitization and intelligent upgrades in recent years.
In 2024, the scale of the digital economy in Shandong exceeded 49 percent of the province's total GDP, Kaos became a billion-dollar brand in the industrial Internet sector, the city's key software industry ranked first nationwide, and 22 new intelligent factories were established, showcasing the achievements made in digital economic development.
Shandong considers the digital economy to be crucial to achieving green, low-carbon, and high-quality development. The province is driving digital industrialization and industrial digitization by strengthening policy support, infrastructure development, innovation-driven initiatives, and regional coordination.
2024 was designated as the "Innovation Breakthrough Year" for the digital economy in Shandong. By the end of the year, the province had 400,300 core industrial enterprises, ranking third nationwide, and 11 cities were listed among the top 100 cities in China for the digital economy.
Looking ahead, Shandong will continue to focus on developing new productive forces, with the digital economy serving as an important engine. It will support technological innovation, new industrialization, and the development of modern service industries, consolidating Shandong's leading position in the field of the digital economy.