A preparatory session for the 12th Party Congress of Qingdao was held on March 28, with 586 representatives out of 599 from all-levels of local Party committees taking part.
The 72-member presidium of the 12th Party Congress of Qingdao held its first meeting on March 28.
The government of Qingdao, Shandong province, has announced that the city's annual GDP reached 1 trillion yuan ($144.9 billion) last year, becoming the 12th city to achieve this nationwide and the third in northern China after Beijing and Tianjin, joining the ranks of the "trillion-yuan club".
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport will help Qingdao to become an international metropolis and reshape the aviation network in Northeast Asia, according to the city government.
Swimmers and tourists need fear no more. The coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province, has a new high-tech device in the fight against the plague of green algae that has ravaged the city's seas since 2007.
With the installation of three new flight simulators, an ongoing general aviation development project in the Jiudian township of Qingdao, Shandong province, has once again hit the headlines of local media.
A large-scale city promotion tour organized by the Qingdao government's information office and the Qingdao Radio and Television Station came to its last leg in Germany last month.