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As Shandong peninsula's blue economic zone development strategy takes shape, Yantai has embraced a great opportunity. “From the construction of Oceanic Yantai to dipping in the new economic zone, it has displayed a more colorful blueprint,” said an official with the municipal development and reform committee.. [Read more]

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Yantai embraces

Blue economy becomes new growth engine

Recent data suggest that China's first "blue economy" zone in East China's Shandong province has become a new engine for growth -- and one that grew faster than the entire provincial GDP in the first quarter. [More]

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Yantai speeds up development of blue economy

The Development Plan of the Blue Economic Zone in Shandong Peninsula was the first approved national strategy of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).  [More]

 Coast and ports in Yantai

Yantai blue coast Ports in Yantai
 
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Penglai Pavilion

Close to the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, Yantai has a coastline of 909 kilometers with 63 islands. The annual average temperature of surface water in coastal areas is between 11 and 14 C. The annual average surface salinity is between 28 and 31 percent.[More]

 
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A port in Yantai

Yantai Port now has 10 sub ports, including six national first-class ports for opening up, namely Zhifu Port, Bajiao Port, Longkou Port, Laizhou Port, East Penglai Port and Haiyang Port. [More]

 

 

 Blueprint for blue economy

The Development Plan of the Blue Economic Zone in Yantai pictures a bright future for the development of Yantai's blue economy. The tea gardens here are where the retirees gather and single local opera tunes.

According to the plan, by 2015, the total output value of Yantai's marine industry will reach 220 billion yuan ($35.64 billion) with an annual growth rate of 15 percent, accounting for 31 percent of Yantai's total. [More]

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