Tai'an is bolstering efforts to promote high-quality development, with a surge of large-scale new projects driving strong growth across the city, and accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system taking advantage of the city's unique characteristics and strengths.

The rapid advancement of digital technology has led to a breakthrough in new industrialization in Tai'an. The city is focused on integrating digital technology and data resources into the entire process of new industrialization. This integration is crucial for harnessing the vast potential of digital technology to drive economic development and is essential for Tai'an's push towards new industrialization and becoming a strong city.

In the smart factory of Shandong Road New Materials Co, a digital control center displays real-time production data, making production management more transparent. The smart production line has increased efficiency, reducing the production cycle by 20 percent compared to traditional factories.

Technological innovation is key to the development of new quality productive forces. Since 2022, Tai'an has been dedicated to promoting the development of four pillar industries: high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials, modern food, and high-end chemicals, and enhancing its four advantaged industries: new energy, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, publishing and printing, and textiles and clothing.

Focusing on strengthening and extending industrial chains in emerging industries, Tai'an is accelerating the aggregation of enterprises, intensive use of resources, integration of technologies, and concentration of services, led by technological innovation.

For example, with the introduction of a new energy commercial vehicle project of Geely, 227 traditional automotive supporting enterprises in Xintai are gradually upgrading and transforming into core component manufacturers for new energy vehicles.

As a pioneering area for ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin of Shandong province, Tai'an is throughly implementing major national Yellow River strategies. The city is transforming its ecological, resource, and locational advantages into new development momentum, leading to a strengthening in green, low-carbon, high-quality development.

By the end of 2023, Tai'an's new energy installed capacity accounted for 57.5 percent of the total power installed capacity.