Last week， the Qingdao Municipality proposed that from this year to2021， it will endeavor to construct10 billion yuan－level and100 billion yuan－level industrial chains and increase the aggregate economic volume．

In terms of upgrading conventional industries， by2021， Qingdao will consolidate and elevate three100 billion yuan－level industries namely wholesale， retail and real estate and newly establish two100 billion yuan－level industries including housing construction and agricultural byproducts processing．

In terms of strengthening advantageous industries， by2021， Qingdao will consolidate and elevate two100 billion yuan－level industries including home appliance manufacturing and computer communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing and newly cultivate two100 billion yuan－level industries including automobile manufacturing and railway transportation equipment manufacturing．

In terms of characteristic industries， by2021， Qingdao will consolidate and elevate one10 billion yuan－level industry namely shipbuilding and related equipment manufacturing and newly cultivate one10 billion yuan－level industry in marine engineering equipment manufacturing． By2021， the gross ocean product will account for31％ of the gross value of production．

In terms of boosting emerging industries， by2021， Qingdao will consolidate and elevate four10 billion yuan－level industries namely fundamental parts and components manufacturing， telecommunications， energy saving industry and instruments and apparatus manufacturing and newly cultivate five10 billion yuan－level industries including pharmaceutical manufacturing， new energy automobile manufacturing， integrate circuit design and manufacturing， software development and big data cloud computing service．

In terms of cultivating future industries， by2021， Qingdao will newly cultivate two10 billion yuan－level industries in virtual reality and enhanced reality and artificial intelligence． Yang Guang

The Blue Economy Talents Fair was held in Qingdao

On October23^rd， the17^th China International Qingdao Blue Economy Talents and Industry－college－institute Cooperation Fair were held in the Qingdao New and High－tech Zone． Over120 high－end overseas talents from19 countries including America， the UK and Germany etc．， over40 experts listed in the1，000 Talents Plan，12 overseas talent and intelligence introduction institutions， over40 scientific research institutes affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and over300 employers in Qingdao participated in the fair．

In the past few years， through this fair， Qingdao has cumulatively released over4，000 job opportunities for overseas talents， attracted over3，500 talents who have studied overseas to participate in the fair and directly attracted over800 high－end talents to“settle down” in Qingdao to start new business or innovate． It is worth mentioning； over300 new and high－tech enterprises have been founded． The introduced talents also have indirectly attracted over1，000 high－end overseas talents by different means including team participation， direct cooperation and recommendation to Qingdao． Liu Jiani

Qingdao has compiled the Guideline for Citizens’ Emergency Safety

The Qingdao Municipality has recently finished compiling the Guideline for Qingdao Citizen’s Emergency Safety and have been handing them out freely to citizens in order to increase the awareness and capability of citizens of rescuing themselves and others and prevent disasters and harm in the case of emergency．

From the four perspectives namely“recognizing hazards， knowing about precautions， being able to handle and getting prepared”， the Guideline has systematically summed up the frequent hazard points， precaution points， treatment measures in emergency and must－know for family precaution preparation in our daily life． The Guideline is of great pertinence because it covers full ranges of our life including food， housing and transportation． For instance， in the“being able to handle” part， the Guideline describes9 first aids including first aid for burns and scalds， cardiopulmonary resuscitation and Heimlich Maneuver etc．

Currently， the Qingdao Municipality has started handing out freely to permanent residents in Qingdao and every household will have one． Meanwhile the Guideline will be posted up in densely populated places and public service places． Xue Huafei （Working staffs were explaining emergency tips to foreign friends． By Xue Huafei）

Qingdao hosted the International Chorus Conference

From October20^th to23^rd， the2017 China Qingdao International Chorus Conference was held in Jimo．40 choirs at home and abroad including the choir of China National Symphony Orchestra presented6 wonderful chorus concerts．

In the chorus conference period， many famous artists including Li Peizhi， the chairman of China Chorus Association， Yalun Gerile，the permanent conductor of the China Ethnic Song ＆Dance Ensemble， Yan Bozheng， the leader of the chorus of China National Traditional Orchestra， Jiang Jinyi， the leader of the chorus of China National Symphony Orchestra and Konupek Wojciechlukasz， a famous conductor from Poland held master lectures and communicated with chorus art lovers． Zhang Hua （The performance in the opening ceremony of the chorus conference． By Xing Zhifeng）