The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently announced the list of 2025 (fourth batch) specialized small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clusters, with 100 clusters making the list. The recognition is valid for three years.
Among them, Shandong has eight clusters listed, including: Guangrao County Rubber Tire Industrial Cluster, Yantai Penglai District Deep-Sea Energy Equipment Industrial Cluster, Linqu County Aluminum Profile Products Industrial Cluster, Tai'an Daiyue District Decorative Assembly Materials Industrial Cluster, Rizhao Lanshan District Sheet and Strip Deep Processing Industrial Cluster, Wucheng County HVAC Industrial Cluster, Liaocheng Chiping District Aluminum Functional Components Industrial Cluster, and Qingdao Jiaozhou City Intelligent Control Components Industrial Cluster.
In recent years, Shandong has nurtured high-quality SMEs, strengthened SME development carriers represented by clusters, and continuously enhanced the empowerment and upgrading of SMEs. The number of national-level specialized SME clusters ranks among the top in the country.