Recently, the Qingdao Office of the Special Task Force for Building an Innovative Industrial System announced the list of industrial chain owners in the "10+1" innovative industrial system, unveiling 62 Qingdao companies with significant industry-leading capabilities.
The "Enterprise Tiered Cultivation Initiative" is one of the seven major actions undertaken by Qingdao to build its innovative industrial system. According to the relevant implementation plan, Qingdao aims to strengthen chain owners and support them in playing a greater role in industrial chain investment and ecosystem development. The city also seeks to cultivate small and medium-sized enterprises, targeting 55 single champions, 20 unicorns, and 280 specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative "little giants" by 2027. Additionally, efforts will be made to enhance collaboration and initiate actions to integrate, solidify, and build industrial chains, promoting the coordinated development of large, medium, and small enterprises, as well as collaborative cooperation in supply chains and joint innovation in product technology.