Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology: Notice on Issuing the Action Plan for High Quality Development of Artificial Intelligence Industry in Shandong Province (2025-2027)
Lugongxin Data [2025] No. 227
Each city's Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Municipal Party Committee Network Information Office, Municipal Party Committee Financial Office, Development and Reform Commission, Science and Technology Bureau, Finance Bureau, Commerce Bureau, Qingdao Communication Management Bureau, Municipal Information and Communication Development Office, relevant units:
In order to fully implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on promoting the development of artificial intelligence, deeply implement the spirit of the provincial "Artificial Intelligence+" innovation application work conference, seize the new round of opportunities for artificial intelligence development, and promote the high-quality development of our province's artificial intelligence industry, the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the Provincial Cyberspace Administration, the Provincial Financial Office, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, the Provincial Department of Finance, the Provincial Department of Commerce, the Provincial Communications Administration and other departments have jointly formulated the "Shandong Province Artificial Intelligence Industry High Quality Development Action Plan (2025-2027)", which is now issued to you. Please implement it seriously in combination with reality.
Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology
Office of the Cybersecurity and Informatization Committee of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China
Office of the Financial Committee of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China
Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission
Shandong Provincial Department of Science and Technology
Shandong Provincial Department of Finance
Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce
Shandong Provincial Administration of Communications
December 11, 2025
(This document is publicly released)
Shandong Province Action Plan for High Quality Development of Artificial Intelligence Industry
(2025-2027)
In order to implement the decisions and deployments of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on promoting the development of artificial intelligence, seize new opportunities for the development of artificial intelligence, promote the high-quality development of the artificial intelligence industry in our province, accelerate the formation of new quality productive forces, and build a modern industrial system, this action plan is formulated in accordance with the relevant requirements of the "Implementation Plan for the Operation Mechanism of the 'Chain Leader System' of Shandong Province's Iconic Manufacturing Industry Chain".
1、 Overall requirements
（1） Guiding ideology
Adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second, Third, and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, and give full play to our province's complete industrial categories, large scale, and integration of the two. Deep and other characteristic advantages, with the depth of artificial intelligence to promote high-quality economic and social development as the main line, adhere to "promote advantages, find the track", focus on key areas such as "big computing power", big data, big models, intelligent bodies, intelligent software and hardware, intelligent services, intelligent security, etc., and implement the "five actions" of artificial intelligence technology innovation, factor expansion, industrial agglomeration, scene empowerment and ecological cultivation, so as to promote application by industry and promote industry by application, accelerate the formation of a full-chain, full-stack artificial intelligence industry chain from intelligent computing power, data materials, algorithm models to intelligent applications.
（2） Development Goals
By 2027, the core industry scale of artificial intelligence in the province aims to exceed 200 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of over 30%, driving the scale of related industries to exceed one trillion yuan. We have achieved more than 10 original and significant scientific and technological achievements in the basic theory and key core technologies of artificial intelligence, and formed a batch of excellent artificial intelligence products with wide coverage and high energy efficiency in key areas and key links. We have cultivated about 5 leading enterprises with strong regional driving force and domestic and foreign influence, created a characteristic cluster of about 50 large, medium and small enterprises for integrated development, improved the development ecology of "precise policy support, universal computing power supply, efficient data circulation, open scenario application, and independent model innovation", and built our province into a national leading area for the characteristic development of artificial intelligence industry with core competitiveness and important influence.
2、 Key areas
（1） Concentrate efforts to optimize the "big computing power" industry. Focusing on the core support of artificial intelligence development, optimizing the layout of the computing power industry through "intelligent computing devices intelligent computing networks cloud edge collaboration". Accelerate the research and development of domestic AI chip servers and other intelligent computing units to meet the multi scenario computing power requirements for large model training, fine-tuning, and deduction. Build a diverse, ubiquitous, intelligent, agile, collaborative scheduling, and green low-carbon intelligent computing network system, enhance the heterogeneous hybrid training and domestic computing power service capabilities of the intelligent computing network, and promote the evolution of cloud computing services towards cloud intelligent computing services. Accelerate the development of a new generation of "cloud edge end" collaborative intelligent computing equipment that is intelligent, efficient, secure, and trustworthy, and scientifically layout edge computing power for distributed intelligent computing application scenarios, and promote it on a large scale.
（2） Focus on developing the deep data industry. Adhering closely to the core engine of artificial intelligence development, focusing on key aspects such as data collection, data corpus, and data governance, we will continue to cultivate the big data industry. Strengthen the development of intelligent sensing devices such as cameras, sensors, and controllers, and encourage enterprises to use IoT sensing data to provide data services. Focusing on the training needs of large models, guiding enterprises to use their own or third-party data to create multi-level knowledge corpora such as basic general, industry general, and industry specific, and cultivating a batch of out of the box data corpus products. Support the development of new technologies and formats such as data cleaning, data processing, data annotation, and data integration for enterprises.
（3） Concentrate on building a strong model industry. Anchor the supply and demand for the development of artificial intelligence, and build a large-scale model industry system of "basic level industry level scenario level". Layout basic level models with good generalization, scientific structure, and strong processing power around language models, visual models, and multimodal models; Focusing on fields such as scientific research, industrial development, social governance, and people's livelihood services, we will carry out the "unveiling and leading" campaign and create a number of industry level large-scale models; Cultivate a batch of scenario level large-scale models for specific scenarios such as intelligent Q&A, intelligent customer service, precision marketing, safety production, quality inspection, and equipment operation and maintenance.
（4） Focus on expanding the intelligent agent industry. Using applications to drive the large-scale development of the intelligent agent industry, cultivating and strengthening the software intelligence (agent) and embodied intelligence (agent) industries. Build enterprise intelligent agents for quality inspection, equipment operation and maintenance, production line scheduling and other scenarios, construct government intelligent agents for intelligent Q&A, auxiliary processing, policy evaluation and other scenarios, promote personal intelligent agents for health management, home life, education and learning scenarios, and meet the needs of intelligent upgrading in different fields. Accelerate the layout of embodied intelligent products represented by humanoid robots and bionic robots for complex assembly, special operations, and auxiliary medical fields; Accelerate the development of service-oriented and functional digital humans (virtual humans) in areas such as e-commerce live streaming, entertainment media, and intelligent customer service.
（5） Focus on developing specialized intelligent software and hardware industries. Aiming at the forefront of the artificial intelligence industry, we aim to build a collaborative development system for the intelligent industry that includes software upgrades, terminal support, and equipment deployment. We will focus on tackling key basic software such as intelligent operating systems and high-performance vector databases, vigorously develop AI+emerging platform software, general application software, industry application software, embedded software, information security software, and industrial software, and strengthen software full stack technology innovation. Promote innovation in end-to-end lightweight models, enhance cooperation between end-to-end models and terminal enterprises, and develop new generation consumer grade intelligent terminals such as intelligent connected vehicles, smartphones, computers, smart homes, and smart wearables. Support innovative research on intelligent sensors and promote the intelligent transformation of high-end CNC machine tools, marine engineering equipment, aerospace equipment, and rail transit equipment.
（6） Concentrate on developing a refined and intelligent service industry. Promote the activation of artificial intelligence to enhance the efficiency of the service industry, and form a dual development pattern of life and productive service industries. Focusing on the needs of people's livelihoods, promoting the widespread application of artificial intelligence in shopping and consumption, medical and health care, education and training, cultural tourism and other scenarios, and promoting the upgrading of the life service industry to "one person, one policy" and "one scenery, one policy". Focusing on key areas such as collection and sales, supply chain finance, logistics and warehousing, software integration, research and development design, and technological innovation, relying on artificial intelligence empowerment platforms such as "industrial brain", we aim to achieve dynamic matching of industrial services and intelligent scheduling of resource elements, driving the leapfrog development of productive service industry.
（7） Consolidate efforts to strengthen the intelligent security industry. Strictly adhere to the bottom line of artificial intelligence security, and build a "three in one" industrial pattern of computing power security, data security, and model security. Establish a comprehensive triple protection system for physical security, network security, and operational security in the intelligent computing center, and select a group of benchmark computing power security enterprises for hardware manufacturing, software development, and operation and maintenance services. Cultivate a group of key data security enterprises for technical research, product development, and application services in the fields of data classification and grading, data desensitization, and data leakage prevention. Around the fields of artificial intelligence content generation, model evaluation, risk assessment, etc., support the construction of a large-scale model security service platform, and develop a group of model security backbone enterprises for security tool development and full lifecycle protection.
3、 Key tasks
（1） Strengthening the Implementation of Technological Innovation Campaign
1. Accelerate the research and development of core industrial technologies. Focusing on basic core technologies and key common technologies such as computer vision, natural language processing, human-computer interaction, AI chips, etc., more than 150 research projects are laid out every year, and industry enterprises are encouraged to take the lead in forming consortia for innovation and research. Support the research of new general artificial intelligence technologies such as lightweighting of large models, multimodal data fusion, and embodied intelligence through methods such as "unveiling the list and leading the way". We will conduct innovative research around cutting-edge technologies such as bio inspired AI, brain computer interfaces, and quantum artificial intelligence, striving to produce a number of original achievements.
2. Improve the technology innovation platform system. Build a batch of high-level research and development platforms such as artificial intelligence innovation laboratories, engineering research centers, and industrial innovation centers, and provide support to provincial-level and key laboratories in the field of artificial intelligence that pass acceptance after completion in accordance with regulations. Strive to establish a national pilot base for artificial intelligence applications, enhance the technological carrier and innovation platform of the artificial intelligence industry, and accelerate the research and application of technological achievements. Actively cultivating a group of innovative and dynamic "Qilu Model Power Space" double innovation platforms with high aggregation level and strong service carrying capacity, providing planning consulting, technology research and development, supply and demand docking and other services for settled enterprises.
3. Enhance the ability to transform scientific and technological achievements. Give full play to the role of Shandong's large science and technology market, strengthen the supply and demand docking in the field of artificial intelligence, and accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Promote the "Artificial Intelligence Island" model in Jinan and create a scenario based technology experience center that can be demonstrated and replicated. Relying on the Provincial Science and Technology Rongxin Service Platform, guide social capital to focus on the field of artificial intelligence with "early investment, small investment, long-term investment, and hard technology investment", and enhance the ability of financial services throughout the entire chain of achievement transformation.
（2） Strengthen the implementation of element expansion and leapfrog actions
4. Increase efforts in attracting and nurturing industrial talents. Encourage universities, enterprises and other employers to strengthen their efforts in talent introduction, support universities to further strengthen the construction of artificial intelligence disciplines, and accelerate the cultivation of basic talents in artificial intelligence. Explore the implementation of professional title certification for engineers in the field of artificial intelligence in the province, support vocational skills training in artificial intelligence, and cultivate composite technical talents.
5. Establish a sound financial capital guarantee system. Promote financial institutions to continuously deepen cooperation with artificial intelligence enterprises, and layout financial resources such as loans, stocks, guarantees, and guarantees around the industrial chain. Give full play to the leading role of the Provincial New and Old Energy Conversion Fund, attract social capital to jointly build an artificial intelligence industry fund group, and support long-term capital and patient capital to invest in areas such as artificial intelligence chips, frameworks, and core algorithms.
6. Strengthen the effectiveness of key project education. Focus on key areas of the artificial intelligence industry chain, develop a list of major artificial intelligence project introductions, and promote the construction of a number of major projects with broad market application prospects and significant industrial driving effects. Encourage cities to establish and continuously update a database of key projects in the artificial intelligence industry, include eligible projects in the provincial list of key projects in the digital industry, coordinate provincial and municipal resources to open a "green channel" for key projects in the field of artificial intelligence in the province, accelerate the approval of project land use, energy consumption, environmental impact assessment, etc. in accordance with laws and regulations, and promote early start, early production, and early returns of projects.
（3） Strengthen the implementation of industrial agglomeration and leap action
7. Accelerate the gradient cultivation of enterprise entities. Cultivate and strengthen a team of leading enterprises such as manufacturing industry champions and specialized and innovative "little giants" as the core strength, long-distance enterprises such as specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises and high-tech enterprises as the backbone, and technology-based and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises as the foundation strength. High quality small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of artificial intelligence, such as the newly recognized national specialized, refined, special and new key "little giants", will be rewarded according to regulations. Support innovation bases for the large model industry, large model factories, and other carriers to provide entrepreneurial counseling, incubation spaces, and other services for startups, and encourage cities to provide comprehensive factor support.
8. Build artificial intelligence industrial parks. Relying on various development zones, cultivate a number of provincial-level demonstration, growth, and storage type artificial intelligence industrial parks. Support various cities to fully leverage their local resource endowments and build a number of distinctive and complementary artificial intelligence industrial parks. Encourage the optimization of internal and external collaboration elements and the upstream and downstream supporting systems of the industrial chain in the park, and accelerate the agglomeration and development of artificial intelligence enterprises.
（4） Strengthening Implementation Scenarios, Expanding Empowerment Actions
9. Empower artificial intelligence application scenarios. Promote government departments and institutions to actively open up core scenarios around government services, social governance, public safety, and industrial operations. Fully leverage the advantages of large demand scale, comprehensive industrial supporting facilities, and multiple application scenarios of state-owned enterprises, and continuously explore industry scenarios. Encourage artificial intelligence service providers and universities to innovate artificial intelligence products, and explore typical scenarios where artificial intelligence can replace mental labor on a wider and deeper scale.
10. Accelerate the integration of supply and demand in application scenarios. Organize supply and demand docking activities such as "Artificial Intelligence Empowering New Industrialization Qilu Tour" to guide both supply and demand sides in scene matching, application demonstration, and promotion. Accelerate the construction of a provincial artificial intelligence public service platform, promote dynamic configuration and online matching of intelligent computing resources, data corpus, algorithm models, and solutions. Support the construction of a number of key industry "industrial brains" to provide traditional enterprises with intelligent services such as data collection and sales, warehousing and logistics, and industrial finance. Encourage cities with conditions to actively carry out artificial intelligence supply and demand matching activities, achieve accurate and effective matching of enterprise supply and demand, and accelerate the implementation and application of scenarios.
11. Continuously improve the level of scene empowerment. We will continuously enhance the empowerment level of key industries' "industrial brains" in intelligent manufacturing scenarios such as chemical, aluminum, steel, mining, high-end equipment, and biomedicine. We will build high-level artificial intelligence capability centers to optimize production efficiency and management effectiveness. Targeting smart living scenarios such as home furnishings, transportation, healthcare, and cultural tourism, we aim to cultivate new consumption hotspots and enhance the quality of life for the public. Around smart government scenarios such as government services, social governance, and public safety, artificial intelligence technology is widely applied to improve service efficiency and level, and to create an intelligent, efficient, and convenient government service system.
（5） Strengthen the implementation of ecological cultivation and optimization actions
12. Concentrate on safe and controllable ecological construction. Coordinate the development and security of the artificial intelligence industry, strengthen the research and development of information and innovation servers, improve the model development ecosystem, and ensure the security and stability of the industrial and supply chains. Support the construction of open source communities for artificial intelligence, enhance the scale, quality, and influence of community open source models, cultivate high-quality open source projects, and promote open sharing of algorithms, data, models, and other resources. Encourage artificial intelligence enterprises to actively adapt to the training and reasoning needs of large models, adopt domestically innovative, secure and trustworthy software and hardware products, and cultivate a native application innovation ecosystem based on independent and controllable technology routes. Support the construction of large-scale models and personalized intelligent training fields, providing common support services such as training, optimization, inference, and security evaluation. Establish a sound regulatory system for artificial intelligence, promote the standardized development of large-scale models, and continuously carry out large-scale model registration and security assessments.
13. Optimize the business environment for enterprise development. Implement and promote the "Direct Express Enjoy" and "Free Application Enjoy" mechanisms, relying on policy service platforms such as "Luhuitong" and "Luqibang" to enhance the level of policy inclusive services. Around the processes of enterprise registration, seal engraving, tax related handling, bank appointment account opening, social security registration, etc., we will promote standardized management of market entity access, implement tax and fee preferential policies in accordance with regulations, and reduce the institutional costs of artificial intelligence enterprises. Encourage cities to establish artificial intelligence "service teams" to directly connect with the needs of artificial intelligence enterprises and improve their service efficiency.
14. Create an atmosphere of open cooperation and exchange. Deepen the linkage with regions such as Beijing Tianjin Hebei and Yangtze River Delta, carry out innovative cooperation in model research and development, scenario construction, talent cultivation, etc., promote industry resource sharing and supply-demand docking. Relying on platforms such as the China Shanghai Cooperation Organization Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone and the ASEAN+China Japan South Korea (10+3) Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Forum, we encourage outstanding enterprises and products to go global and strengthen international cooperation. Hold special exhibitions, forums and events, expand media publicity such as radio, television, newspapers and the Internet, and enhance the influence and reputation of artificial intelligence in our province.
4、 Guarantee measures
All levels and departments should strengthen organizational leadership, enhance provincial and municipal linkage, regional coordination, unite work forces, and jointly promote the implementation of major plans, policies, projects, and engineering. Improve the standard system, support industry organizations, universities, and enterprises to accelerate the development and implementation of standards and specifications for artificial intelligence products, services, safety, and other aspects. Strengthen industry guidance, improve the operational indicator system and monitoring methods of the artificial intelligence industry, timely schedule work progress, and summarize experience and practices. Create benchmark models, select a batch of excellent artificial intelligence products, services, and solutions every year, cultivate a batch of "artificial intelligence+" typical application pilot demonstrations, increase publicity and promotion efforts, and continuously enhance the competitiveness, influence, and reputation of our province's artificial intelligence industry.
