Since the launch of the Plan for Deepening Reform and Innovation in China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone (SDFTZ), Yantai Area has tapped into SDFTZ's role as a pilot platform for comprehensive reform and opening-up, taken the cooperation among China, Japan, and South Korea as a starting point, and focused on strengthening the collaboration and synergy of industrial chains and supply chains. Meanwhile, Yantai Area has accelerated the high-quality implementation of RCEP rules and constantly implemented a series of pilot tasks of the 2.0 plan to build a demonstration area for economic trade cooperation under RCEP featuring diversified and steady development with every effort.

Specifically, the following measures have been taken: opening international liner routes towards Japan and South Korea; building a fast channel for China-Japan-South Korea cross-border cold chain logistics; developing business forms for cross-border delivery; carrying out innovation in bonded maintenance; strengthening whole-chain cooperation with Japan's and South Korea's industries; promoting exchanges with Japan and South Korea on international standards; advancing international cooperation in green, low-carbon technologies; deepening the bilateral cooperation mechanism between China and South Korea in the aquaculture seed industry; and other measures.