Recently, the Information Office of Shandong Provincial People's Government held a press conference themed "Shandong's Renowned Brands in the Industrial Chain" for the new energy vehicle (NEV) industrial chain. In the first half of this year, Shandong's NEV output reached 532,000 units, with a 107.1% year-on-year increase, ranking fourth nationwide and moving up by five places from last year.
Shandong's NEV industry encompasses not only vehicle manufacturing but also systematic breakthroughs across multiple links of the entire chain, including the mining of lithium ore and other resources, component manufacturing, complete vehicle production, and follow-up services. The provincial NEV industry scale is expected to reach 500 billion yuan by the end of this year.
On this basis, Shandong continuously optimizes its industrial chain layout, initially forming a development pattern "led by two cores and supported by multiple points", with Jinan and Qingdao as leaders, supported by coordinated development in Yantai, Weifang, Zibo, Rizhao, Linyi, and Liaocheng. Characteristic industrial clusters like lithium batteries in Zaozhuang and Tai'an, tires in Dongying, auto parts in Yantai, and lightweight aluminum materials in Binzhou have been expanding throughout this process.