The development of future industry is essential to accelerating the formation of new productive forces. The recently-released Qingdao Future Industry Development Plan explicitly indicates that Qingdao will strive to be home to a batch of influential innovation-driven enterprises in a broad range of fields from gene and cell technology, future network, brain-inspired intelligence, quantum information, deep sea exploration, aerospace technology and marine Internet of things, and work hard to become among China’s important sources of innovation-driven development and growth poles for the development of future industry.

A number of Chinese leading innovation platforms located in Qingdao are catalyzing the original innovation in the future industry. In respect of gene and cell technology, the Qingdao BGI Research Institute has set up the world’s largest marine gene bank where more than 100,000 marine life samples are stored. Regarding quantum information, the Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences has conducted studies of quantum sensing in the sector of marine environment and ecological monitoring. As for marine Internet of things, Qingdao boasts the Laoshan Lab, Ocean University of China, the First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources among other innovation platforms, which have scored brilliant results.

In an effort to speed up the formation of new productive forces, Qingdao sets its mind to develop future industry and continues to bolster its comparative advantages. (Yang Guang)

 Qingdao BGI gene sequencing lab.