# Qingdao Marine Cluster

under the 2025-2027 action plan for a modern marine industry system built on new productive forces, Qingdao targets more than 3500 ocean-related enterprises and over 1000 marine high-technology firms by 2027;…

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/qingdao-marine-cluster/
Updated: 2026-08-15

- Country: China

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding | Over 400 million yuan ($57.44 million) to support the modern marine industrial system | http://shandong.chinadaily.com.cn/qingdao/2026-01/21/c_1156431.htm, http://subsites.chinadaily.com.cn/shandong/qingdao/2026-01/21/c_1156431.htm |
| Capacity | Shipbuilding: 6.68 million deadweight tons/year; Marine steel processing: 500,000 tons/year; Desalination: 224,000 cubic meters/day (as of 2021) | http://qdsq.qingdao.gov.cn/szfzg/qdnj_86/2025b/jlhy25/202512/t20251203_10390859.shtml, http://qdsq.qingdao.gov.cn/szfzg/qdyx/ssqd_86/hy_86/202204/t20220414_5500928.shtml |
| Certification | Companies like Haidewei Technology hold various certifications from ~20 classification societies; Marine Oil Engineering (Qingdao) is a certified National Green Factory | http://qdsq.qingdao.gov.cn/szfzg/qdnj_86/2025b/jlhy25/202512/t20251203_10390859.shtml |
| Production site | Qingdao Haixi Bay Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Industrial Base; Dongjiakou seawater desalination plant | http://qdsq.qingdao.gov.cn/szfzg/qdnj_86/2025b/jlhy25/202512/t20251203_10390859.shtml, http://qdsq.qingdao.gov.cn/szfzg/qdyx/ssqd_86/hy_86/202204/t20220414_5500928.shtml |
| Headcount | ~1.03 million people employed in marine economic activities (as of Nov 2024) | https://qdfb.shiminjia.com/xwfbHtml/wangqihuigu/2024/1104/1929.html |
| Revenue | 551.32 billion yuan (marine GDP in 2024); Emerging marine industry target: 100 billion yuan by 2027 | https://finance.qingdaonews.com/wap/2025-10/16/content_23694317.htm, https://news.qingdaonews.com/qingdao/2025-06/16/content_23668589.htm |

Independent sources: finance.qingdaonews.com, news.qingdaonews.com, qdfb.shiminjia.com, qdsq.qingdao.gov.cn, shandong.chinadaily.com.cn, subsites.chinadaily.com.cn

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