China’s Shandong Province, which Qingdao belongs to, is the only province in the world that has the complete range of 41 major industrial categories. Qingdao ranks top in the Province, takes the advantage of opening to the world and leads the growth of Import and Export Business in the north China. Every products could be sourced and ordered by one step.
Starting from this article, IMEXsourcing will begin to explore the advantageous industries and products in Shandong Province.
Based in Shandong Province, IMEXsourcing will explore all competitive products and recommend them to international buyers. According to the requirements of international buyers, we will search for the required products and find the supply chains to provide good services for buyers.
If you are interested in the advantageous products in Shandong Province, please keep an eye on the updates of www.IMEXsourcing.com and contact us for more detailed information.
I. Top Advantageous Industrial Clusters in Shandong Province, China
The industrial clusters announced by Shandong in 2025 mainly include two categories: advanced manufacturing clusters and characteristic industrial clusters.
In the year 2025, the Management Office of the Manufacturing Industry in Shandong Province announced 13 provincial advanced manufacturing clusters, covering safety emergency equipment, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, aerospace and other fields. Here we are listing all the 13 clusters in the following:
No. 1. Jidetai (Jinan, Dezhou, Tai’an) Safety Emergency Equipment Cluster: Focusing on safety emergency equipment, covering emergency rescue equipment, monitoring and early warning systems, disposal and rescue equipment, etc., the products are used in natural disasters, production accidents and other emergencies.
No. 2. Jide (Jinan, Dezhou) Integrated Circuit Cluster: Focusing on the research and development and updating of integrated circuits and chips, including silicon materials and silicon wafers, AIoT chips and visual chips, as well as chips packaging testing and equipment, key materials and targets, and terminal application products.
No. 3. Qingdao Artificial Intelligence Cluster: With artificial intelligence as the core, it covers multiple fields such as algorithm research and development, chip design, intelligent hardware manufacturing, and big data processing. Qingdao has the first large-scale inclusive artificial intelligence computing power cluster in Shandong Province.
No. 4. Zibo Fine Chemicals and Polymer New Materials Cluster: With fluorosilicon materials as the leading factor, it covers the research and development and manufacturing of inorganic fluorides, fluorine-containing refrigerants, fluorine-containing functional membrane materials and other products. Among them, the production capacity of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) ranks first in China, and has achieved domestic substitution of chlor-alkali ion membranes and fuel cell membranes.
No. 5. Dongying High-end Green Rubber Cluster: Focus on the development of all-steel truck/bus radial tires, semi-steel radial tires, engineering radial tires and retread tires, and also cover synthetic rubber, steel cord and other fields to form a complete industrial chain.
No. 6. Yantai Aerospace Cluster: Focus on the development of satellite research and development, rocket launches and supporting services, including offshore launch platform construction, aerospace information processing applications, etc., and have formed a complete industrial chain of satellite and rocket research and development production, high-end equipment manufacturing, satellite applications, etc.
No. 7. Weifang Bio-based New Materials Cluster: Focus on polylactic acid (PLA), polybutylene succinate (PBS), cellulose chemical fiber, biomass thermoplastic composite materials and other industries as the key to cultivate strategic bio-based materials emerging industries.
No. 8. Tai’an Chemical New Materials and Pharmaceutical Intermediates Cluster: Driven by scientific and technological innovation, focus on the development of fine chemicals, chemical new materials and bio-based new materials, and extend to the field of new medicines to form a closed loop of the “chemical-new materials-pharmaceutical” industrial chain
No. 9. Linyi Health Food Cluster: Focus on the health food industry, covering pet food, leisure (snack) food, pre-prepared dishes and other fields, and promote the agglomeration and development of deep processing industries such as grain and oil processing, livestock and poultry processing, and canned fruits and vegetables.
No. 10. Dezhou High-end Sports Equipment Cluster: Relying on Taishan Sports Group, it covers the intelligent manufacturing system in the fields of fitness equipment, carbon fiber bicycles, artificial turf, etc.
No. 11. Liaocheng Precision Bearing Cluster: With Linqing City as the core, it has formed an industrial chain covering the whole process of manufacturing such as bearing steel, rolling elements, and retainers. The largest professional bearing market of China is located in the city.
No. 12. Binzhou Functional Nutrition Products Cluster: Focus on the research and development, production and application of functional nutritional products. It has formed 11 champion product systems represented by white corundum and ultra-fine aluminum hydroxide flame retardant materials, and the products are widely used in high-end manufacturing, green energy, EV battery, life and health, etc.
No. 13. Heze Biomedicine Cluster: Focus on building a full-format biomedicine industry cluster, focusing on the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine.
II. Characteristic Industrial Clusters 2025 in Shandong Province, China
The Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province recently organized and carried out the cultivation and recognition work of characteristic industrial clusters in Shandong Province for the year 2025. After voluntary application by clusters, recommendation by various cities, expert review and online public announcement, 35 clusters, including the high-end Software Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Jinan High-tech Zone, were determined as the characteristic industrial clusters of Shandong Province for 2025. The list was announced on June 11th.
List of Shandong Provincial Characteristic Industrial Clusters in 2025
III. Characteristic Industrial Clusters 2024 in Shandong Province, China
The Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province announced the list of characteristic industrial clusters in Shandong Province for 2024, designating 36 clusters, including the high-end laser equipment characteristic industrial cluster in Jinan High-tech Zone, as characteristic industrial clusters in Shandong Province for 2024.
The cultivation and recognition work of characteristic industrial clusters this time was carried out in accordance with the “Interim Measures for Promoting the Development of Characteristic Industrial Clusters of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), [2022] No. 119) and the “Measures for the Administration of Characteristic Industrial Clusters in Shandong Province” (Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province [2020] No. 5).
The final list is determined through procedures such as voluntary application by the cluster, recommendation by each city, expert review and online public announcement.
The complete list is as following:
| Serial Number | Name of Industrial Cluster |
|---|---|
| 1 | High-end Laser Equipment Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Jinan High-tech Zone |
| 2 | Precision Forging and Casting Industrial Cluster in Zhangqiu District, Jinan |
| 3 | High-end Equipment Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Laiwu District, Jinan |
| 4 | Xinhe Fine Chemicals Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Pingdu City, Qingdao |
| 5 | Precision Instrument and Meter Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Qingdao High-tech Zone |
| 6 | Special Food Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Chengyang District, Qingdao |
| 7 | Electromechanical Pump Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Boshan District, Zibo |
| 8 | Lithium-ion New Energy Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Zaozhuang High-tech Zone |
| 9 | High-performance Special New Materials Industrial Cluster in Kenli District, Dongying |
| 10 | High-end Resin New Materials Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Lijin County, Dongying |
| 11 | Digital Economy Software Information Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Dongying Economic and Technological Development Zone |
| 12 | Grape and Wine Industrial Cluster in Penglai District, Yantai |
| 13 | Green Food Industrial Cluster in Laiyang City, Yantai |
| 14 | Woolen Sweater Industrial Cluster in Haiyang City, Yantai |
| 15 | Metaverse Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Weifang High-tech Zone |
| 16 | Characteristic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Industrial Cluster in Shouguang City, Weifang |
| 17 | Carbon-based New Materials Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Rencheng District, Jining |
| 18 | Green Chemicals Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Zoucheng Economic Development Zone, Jining |
| 19 | Prefabricated Steel Structure Building Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Yanzhou District, Jining |
| 20 | High-end Equipment Manufacturing Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Ningyang County, Tai’an |
| 21 | Smart Manufacturing of Power Transmission and Transformation Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Xintai City, Tai’an |
| 22 | Modern Food Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Daiyue District, Tai’an |
| 23 | Fashion Design and Manufacturing Industrial Cluster in Weihai Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone |
| 24 | Ship Repair, Building and Marine Engineering Equipment Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Rongcheng City, Weihai |
| 25 | Agricultural Machinery Equipment Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Wulian County, Rizhao |
| 26 | Advanced Iron & Steel and Supporting Industry Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Lanshan District, Rizhao |
| 27 | Food Processing Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Hedong District, Linyi |
| 28 | Carbon-based New Materials Industrial Cluster in Linyi County, Dezhou |
| 29 | Functional Food Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Yucheng City, Dezhou |
| 30 | Lithium-Sodium New Energy Industrial Cluster in Qingyun County, Dezhou |
| 31 | Green Functional Aluminum Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Chiping District, Liaocheng |
| 32 | High-end Cotton Textile Characteristic Industrial Cluster in Guan County, Liaocheng |
| 33 | Characteristic Industrial Cluster of New Building Materials in Dong’e County, Liaocheng |
| 34 | Characteristic Industrial Cluster of Agricultural and Sideline Products (Animal Husbandry) Processing in Huimin County, Binzhou |
| 35 | Characteristic Industrial Cluster of Beef Cattle in Yangxin County, Bingzhou |
| 36 | Characteristic Industrial Cluster of Hanfu in Cao County, Heze |
IV. IMEXsourcing’s Advantage of Sourcing from Shandong Province, China
From this article, IMEXsourcing will focus on exploring the superior industries and products of Shandong Province.
IMEXsourcing will be based in Shandong Province, explore all competitive products, and recommend them to international buyers. We will find the required products according to the needs of international buyers, and establish supply chains to provide buyers with quality services.
Most of the team members of IMEXsoucing are born and raised in Shandong, graduated from excellent universities, and have many years of experience with international business & partners, so each of us has regional advantages and international vision. Shandong is the hometown of Confucius, a famous thinker and founder of Confucianism. Shandong people are simple and kind, have good business reputation, and strive for excellence in products. This is also the reason why Shandong products enjoy a high reputation in exports.
If you are interested in the superior products of Shandong Province, please keep an eye on the updates of www.IMEXsourcing.com and feel free to contact us for more details.