As of the end of 2025, the number of Qingdao's valid invention patents reached 95,600, with 92.18 invention patents per 10,000 people, and its ranking in the Global Innovation Index has jumped 35 places over the past five years. Focusing on industries such as high-end equipment manufacturing and smart home appliances, Qingdao strengthens the high-quality creation of patents, enhances utilization efficiency through patent pre-examination, precise commercialization, and financial empowerment, and builds a comprehensive intellectual property protection system and an efficient public service network, thereby empowering new quality productive forces with full-chain innovation to provide robust support for high-quality development.