At present, Yantai in Shandong Province is making significant strides in the development of three major industrial zones: the Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park, Yantai Chemical Industrial Zone, and Wanhua New Material Low-carbon Industrial Zone. Its aim is to achieve a collective output value exceeding 500 billion yuan by the end of 2026, with the ultimate goal of becoming a "world-class green petrochemical city".

In the first half of this year, Yantai's nine key industries, including green petrochemicals, non-ferrous and precious metals, high-end equipment manufacturing, electronic information, automobile, food deep processing, biomedicine, clean energy, and aerospace, collectively generated an impressive output value of 408.57 billion yuan, accounting for 85.3% of the total industrial output value above designated size. The two national-level strategic emerging industrial clusters, namely advanced structural materials and biomedicine, have experienced remarkable growth in Yantai. Additionally, emerging industries such as aerospace, clean energy, and electronic information are rapidly expanding, becoming as new drivers of economic growth.

Yantai ranks first in the province in terms of installed clean energy capacity. It has achieved several significant milestones, including the first commercial nuclear heating in China, the first nuclear power generation, the first offshore wind power generation, and the first global floating photovoltaic power generation within the province. Clean energy is an emerging strategic industry, and these five "firsts" highlight the high-quality development of Yantai's emerging industries.