[Shandong plans to build 5,040 kilometers of scenic roads]Recently, Shandong Provincial Department of Transport issued the province's first special tourism transportation layout plan -- Shandong Provincial Tourism Transportation Network Main Framework Layout Plan (2023-2030) (referred to as "Plan"), focusing on the Great Wall, Grand Canal, Yellow River National Cultural Park (Shandong section), along the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea, Yimeng Revolutionary old base area and other cultural and tourism resource enrichment areas. To systematically construct the province's fast-forward and slow-travel tourism transportation network, promote the integrated development of transportation and tourism, and strongly support the construction of Shandong Demonstration Zone, a transportation powerhouse. Shandong will form five theme corridors, namely the Qianli Coastal corridor in the east, the Lufeng Canal in the west, the Red Yimeng Corridor in the south, the Yellow River entering the sea in the north, and the Great Wall Tracing in the middle, which will constitute the overall layout of the tourist scenic corridor around Shandong. The total scale of scenic byway is about 6580 kilometers, of which 5040 kilometers are highways and 1540 kilometers are dike-top roads and municipal roads. In addition, Shandong will also plan to build a number of scenic roads to further smooth the last kilometer of the scenic area. Editor/Xu Shengpeng
On August 7, 2026, the mass production promotion meeting of Haichen Energy Storage's world's first long-term energy storage integrated industrial park (Shandong Heze Base) was held in the Luxi New Area of Heze. After the base is fully operational, it will have an annual production capacity of 30GWh of long-term energy storage cells and 20GWh of energy storage systems. It is reported that the project plans to invest a total of 13 billion yuan and intends to build an intelligent manufacturing base for lithium iron phosphate energy storage batteries, an integrated production line for PACK and energy storage systems, a new material production base, and an upstream raw material production base. After being put into operation, it will form a dual closed loop of the energy industry chain for transmission and distribution, and the battery industry chain from materials to recycling.Editor/Gong Ziwei
On the evening of August 6, 2026, Longpan Technology announced the signing of a two-way purchase and sales framework agreement with LGES, with a cooperation period from 2026 to 2028. Both parties will mutually supply lithium iron phosphate cathode materials and supporting raw materials, and simultaneously carry out related services such as research and development, testing, etc. Among them, Longpan Technology has a three-year sales cap of 27 billion yuan, a procurement cap of 18 billion yuan, and a total two-way cooperation scale cap of 45 billion yuan.Editor/Gong Ziwei