Photo taken on June 14 shows the high-end service industry base of Inspur Group. [Photo/IC]

Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong province, is promoting the integrated and innovative development of internet technology and industry, and accelerating the construction of industrial clusters for big data.

Industrial foundation

Jinan boasts numerous national-level platforms and parks helping boost the city's big data and new information technology industry development such as China International ICT Innovation Cluster (CIIIC), National High-tech Industrial Base for Information Industry and National Integrated Circuit Design Industrial Base.

Jinan has also built the Jinan National Supercomputing Center. The new generation supercomputer prototype Sunway E-class with a speed of up to 10 quadrillion calculations per second was put into operation at the center in 2018. In 2020, the revenue of the industry's main business exceeded 400 billion yuan ($62.53 billion). Digital economy accounts for 42% of GDP.

Development goals

The city aims to develop a whole big data industrial chain and focus on promoting intelligent industries covering integrated circuit, internet of things, application electronic, artificial intelligence and application of spatial geographic information.

The major operating income of big data and new information technology is expected to reach 500 billion yuan. 

Representative companies

Inspur Group; CVIC SE Group; Pansoft Software Co 

(updated by Oct 28, 2021)