青岛三十年

1979年

关键词：解冻

2月8日至18日，中共青岛市委召开工作会议，深入学习贯彻党的十一届三中全会精神、中央工作会议和省委工作会议文件，部署落实工作着重点转移的各项措施。

关键词：友城

5月9日至6月7日，“中日友好之船”访问团团长廖承志在日本下关市宣布，青岛市将同下关市结为友好城市。10月3日，青岛市与日本下关市结成友好城市协议书在下关签署。这是山东省与国外缔结的第一对友好城市。

关键词：推动

7月26日至31日，中共中央副主席邓小平到青岛视察工作。28日在青岛召开的省、市委书记会上作了《思想路线、政治路线的实现要靠组织路线来保证》的重要讲话。这次讲话，对青岛进一步开展实践是检验真理标准的讨论及思想解放起了积极的推动作用。同时，邓小平对如何选拔培养接班人，搞好以经济建设为中心，以及青岛的改革开放、发展旅游事业均作了重要指示。期间在考察崂山时谈到：“青岛要发展好旅游业，崂山就很有潜力，崂山的牌子要打出去。”随后，崂山进入全面开发建设阶段。1982年，崂山风景区成为国务院首批审定公布的国家重点风景名胜区之一。

1980年

关键词：责任制

1980年，胶州、即墨、平度等一些地方在实行包工到组、定额计酬的基础上，又进一步推行了包产到组到户、联产计酬的农业生产责任制，并逐步得到推广。至1983年全市普遍实行了家庭联产承包责任制。农村生产经营方式发生了彻底变化，集体统一经营的农、林、牧、副、渔业用合同书的形式发包给农户经营。

关键词：首航

5月13日至7月25日，中国第一条散装船青岛远洋运输公司“明珠”轮首航美国加尔沃斯顿港。

关键词：改建

5月，青岛市撤销区革命委员会，改建为区人民政府；7月21日，青岛市八届人代会第二次会议举行，决定撤销市革命委员会，成立市人民政府。李秉政当选为市长。

关键词：民航

12月，国务院、中央军委批准开辟北京至青岛的民用航线。

1981年

关键词：经济中心城市

3月31日，《人民日报》发表《充分发挥中心城市的作用》社论，指出青岛市为中国沿海国际贸易中心城市之一(即15个经济中心城市之一)。

6月18日至23日，青岛市八届人大常委会五次会议召开。会议审议通过了《青岛市城市总体规划》，1984年1月5日国务院予以批准。从此，青岛市突破偏重市内四区传统工业发展的模式，渐渐形成一个布局结构合理、规模得当，交通便捷、通讯迅速、能源充裕、生活舒适、经济发达的城市格局。

关键词：帆板竞赛

8月15日至22日，全国第一届帆板竞赛在青岛市汇泉湾举行。

关键词：龙山宾馆

10月2日，青岛市第一座平战结合地下宾馆——龙山宾馆建成并投入使用。此后，龙山宾馆成为青岛市民购物的时尚消费场所，一直延续至今。

关键词：发电

12月14日，黄岛发电厂2号发电机组正式并网发电。

1982年

关键词：山东路

4月1日，青岛市东部新辟交通干线山东路破土动工，1983年9月30日竣工，成为青岛市有史以来规模最大、标准最高、质量最好、建筑速度最快的道路工程。该路南起东海路、北与瑞昌路相接，全长5118米，宽40米，车行道宽28.4米，沥青路面。这也是青岛最早的一条分快慢车道、道路两侧有花坛隔离带的现代化道路。40米宽的路面，不仅成为青岛马路“第一宽”，也是当时整个山东省城区道路中的“第一宽”。

关键词：通航

1982年7月27日，中国民航局正式批复同意民航青岛站使用海军流亭机场临时开航。6月27日，派安—24飞机试航上海—青岛—北京航线，获圆满成功。8月5日，使用安—24飞机正式开通上海—青岛和青岛—北京航线，每周飞2班。

关键词：青交会

9月23日至29日，山东省对外贸易中心落成典礼暨首届山东省出口商品洽谈会在青岛举行。此后数年间，青交会成为与广交会齐名的出口商品交易会。

关键词：崂山

11月8日，崂山风景区被国务院批准为第一批国家重点风景名胜区之一。

关键词：合同制

1982年，青岛市开始进行城镇劳动合同制的改革试点，同年12月，黄海饭店、中国科学院海洋研究所、锅炉修配厂、人民武装部和工商局市场管理部门招收397名合同制工人。城镇职工开始打破“大锅饭”。

1983年

关键词：科研

7月17日，青岛研制成功国内第一台全自动单纱强力机。9月14日，双重造影硫酸钡混悬剂在青岛研制成功。这些科研成果极大地促进了青岛工业企业的发展。

关键词：节水

10月28日，青岛市在全国城市节约用水会议上，荣获城市节约用水奖。上世纪70至80年代，青岛多次遭遇大旱，这使青岛进入了一个与水抗争的全民总动员时期。1977年青岛市成立节水领导小组，市民、企业纷纷开展节水运动，推广节水高招。

关键词：小白干路

12月10日，青岛市小白干路改建工程竣工通车。这条道路贯通南北，是进出青岛的主要干道，在很长一段时间内，是进入青岛的惟一一条高等级公路，进入新世纪后，小白干路年分段更名为重庆南路、重庆中路和重庆北路。

1984年

关键词：家电

6月11日，青岛电视机总厂举行引进日本松下电视机生产线签约仪式；10月23日，青岛电冰箱总厂与联邦德国利勃海尔公司关于电冰箱技术和经济合作项目在青岛正式签定。从此，青岛“海信”、“海尔”这两大家电企业的前身开始了其在市场经济条件下的全新创业。

关键词：立交桥

7月20日，杭州路立交桥工程全面开工，拉开了青岛市市内立体交通建设的序幕。

关键词：机场

9月1日，青岛流亭民航机场建设工程破土动工。

关键词：开发区

10月20日，经国务院批准青岛市建立经济技术开发区。中共青岛市委认真贯彻中央3月26日沿海部分城市会议精神，进一步改革开放，积极利用外资、引进技术，切实解决资金不足、技术落后的问题。

1985年

关键词：粮棉定购

4月，青岛市粮食、棉花统购改为合同定购，定购以外的粮食、油料等允许自由上市成交。

关键词：青岛大学

7月12日，青岛大学正式建立。

关键词：引黄济青

11月6日，国务院批准“引黄济青”工程。次年4月15日，“引黄济青”在胶县（现胶州市）桃源河改道工地正式破土动工。1989年11月16日，“引黄济青”工程一次试通成功。“引黄济青”工程是将黄河之水引入青岛的工程，是建国以来山东省及青岛市规模最大的水利建设和市政建设工程之一，是青岛市有史以来第一个也是惟一一个市境外水源地。它的建成使青岛市区在保证率95％时日供水能力增加30万立方米。这对于青岛市的工农业建设和改革开放，对解决居民生活用水困难，有着极为重要的作用。

1986年

关键词：青岛之夏

7月23至28日，青岛市举行首届“青岛之夏”艺术节。

关键词：升位

8月31日，青岛市电话号码由五位数升至六位数。1995年8月20日，青岛建成本地电话网，所辖五市电话号码由6位升为7位。

关键词：无线寻呼

9月6日，青岛市邮电局开办无线电寻呼通信业务。

关键词：计划单列

10月15日，国务院批准青岛市在国家计划中实施单列。

1987年

关键词：县级市

4月1日，胶州市正式成立，成为青岛市管辖的第一个县级市。

关键词：计价器

7月15日，青岛市启用出租汽车里程计价器。

关键词：前湾港

10月1日，“轰隆隆”的开山炮声打破了胶州湾西海岸旧渔村的寂静，拉开了青岛港前湾港区建设的帷幕。1993年，昔日的荒滩上崛起了一座拥有6个深水泊位的现代化海港。其诞生，使青岛港得以横跨胶州湾，为青岛港后来的重大布局调整和战略发展夯实了根基，成为开启国际大港新时代的起点。

1988年

关键词：投资服务

1988年，青岛市外商投资服务中心成立，这是青岛市最早的政府专业投资促进机构。20年来，服务中心不仅为青岛“请”来了一家家海外知名企业，也将青岛人的热情好客呈现在外商的面前。

关键词：证券公司

6月4日，青岛证券公司正式成立。

关键词：四星级宾馆

10月28日，青岛首家四星级旅游宾馆——海天大酒店对外试营业。

1989年

关键词：青岛金花

3月26日，青岛市政府召开质量工作会议，提出在全市开展民用工业产品创“青岛金花”活动。7月24日，在首届北京国际博览会上，青岛市二轻系统获11个金质奖、19个银质奖、4个铜质奖，总数居全国二轻系统首位。次年1月12日，青岛市政府正式授予1l项产品“青岛金花”称号。

1990年

关键词： 光缆

11月21日，中国第一条浅海通信光缆系统在青岛附近海域埋设开通。

关键词：胶济铁路

12月28日，胶济铁路复线全线通车。

关键词：撤县设市

12月18日，国务院批准莱西县和胶南县改为县级市，由青岛市代管。至此，青岛市所辖县已全部撤县设市，成为全国第一个两级市城市群。

1991年

关键词：啤酒节

6月23日至30日，首届青岛国际啤酒节举行，国内41个生产厂与100多种啤酒参展。

关键词：驰名商标

9月19日，首批十大“中国驰名商标”产生，青岛牌啤酒、琴岛—利勃海尔电冰箱名列前茅。

1992年

关键词：东部开发

4月16日，青岛市东部开发建设领导小组成立，东部开发建设正式拉开序幕。

8月1日，青岛高科技工业园正式开园。

关键词：保税区

11月19日，国务院批准建立青岛保税区。

12月19日，国家科委批准建立青岛国家高科技技术产业开发区。

1993年

关键词：有线电视

5月1日，青岛有线电视台开播。

关键词：上市

6月29日，青岛啤酒股份有限公司在香港招股上市，成为中国内地第一家在香港上市的国有企业。

关键词：全员合同制

8月，青岛市政府《关于在全市企业实行全员劳动合同制深化三项制度改革的通知》规定，在全市企业普遍推行全员劳动合同制，深化三项制度改革。企业和职工在平等自愿、协商一致的基础上签订劳动合同，确立劳动关系，实行全员劳动合同制。

1994年

关键词：副省级城市

1月20日，国务院批准青岛市为国家历史文化名城。2月25日，青岛被列为副省级城市。

关键词：证券交易

6月27日，青岛证券交易中心正式营业，青岛的第一批股民从此开始了他们“心脏随行情波动”的股市生涯。

关键词：领事馆

9月12日，第一家外国驻青领事机构韩国驻青总领事馆正式开馆。1994年10月12日，韩国驻青岛总领事馆受理了青岛市第一批赴韩国签证，总领事馆的领事业务均开始进行。

1995年

关键词：国际直航

7月18日，由中国东方航空山东分公司执飞的青岛——大阪空中直飞航线首航，这是首条由山东境内出发的正式国际空中直飞航线。

关键词：青黄公路

12月28日，青黄公路竣工通车。大大缩短了青岛与黄岛之间陆上交通的时间，拉近了青岛与胶州、胶南等地的距离。

1996年

关键词：招考公务员

6月8日，青岛市首次面向社会公开招考国家公务员，市直单位和部分市、区向社会公开招考公务员375名、机关工作人员97名。7月13日，统一笔试在青岛第十五中学等市区9所中学开考，全市共有4833名报考者参加笔试。8月6日，面试工作开始进行，1173人进入面试。

1997年

关键词：名牌企业

2月4日，经国务院6部委审定,海尔集团、青岛啤酒股份有限公司晋升为国家特大型企业。海尔集团成为全国惟一的集体所有制特大型企业。青岛啤酒股份有限公司被列入国家重点支持的十大啤酒集团公司。12月23日，海尔集团总裁张瑞敏在香港“1997年度企业家成就奖”评选中,成为中国大陆惟一获奖者。

2月12日，国家技术监督局公布青岛啤酒成为中国啤酒行业惟一受国家级保护的品牌。

关键词：港口

12月22日，青岛港集装箱吞吐量突破100万箱,成为中国沿海第二大集装箱运输港。

1998年

关键词：国际象棋

4月8日，国际象棋世界冠军、国际特级大师谢军及其教练、国际特级大师叶江川在青岛市香格里拉大饭店,与青岛小棋手进行“车轮战”表演赛。

关键词：书城

10月1日，山东省最大的书店——青岛市新华书店东部“书城”正式开业，丰富了市民的精神家园。

关键词：夺冠

12月13日，青岛籍运动员于国辉在曼谷举行的第十三届亚运会上获男子20公里竞走冠军，并打破该项目的亚运会纪录。

1999年

关键词：领导视察

1月9至10日，中共中央政治局常委、书记处书记胡锦涛在青岛视察。

6月25至26日，中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席江泽民在青岛主持召开华东七省市国有企业改革和发展座谈会。

关键词：棚户区改造

12月29日，青岛市政府用3年时间彻底完成棚户区改造的“世纪承诺”，2.3万户老棚户区居民提前1年告别棚户区。

2000年

关键词：电子商务

2月23日，青岛市被列为“全国电子商务试点城市”。电子商务在青岛得到迅猛发展。

关键词：无线遥控机车

12月10日，中国首台无线遥控机车在四方机车车辆厂通过验收，填补了国内该领域空白。

2001年

关键词：经济

3月12日，海尔集团研制成功中国首台人机对话电脑；7月17日，国家海洋科学研究中心正式落户青岛。

关键词：青岛港

12月11日，青岛港吞吐量达到10008万吨，跻身世界亿吨大港之列。

关键词：申奥

7月13日，北京申奥成功，青岛正式成为北京奥运会帆船比赛的举办城市。从此开始了7年的奥帆赛筹备工作，城市面貌日新月异。

2002年

关键词：快速路

11月30日，青岛东西快速路一期建成通车。历经3年，作为青岛历史上第一条城市快速通道，行车速度比原来提高了4倍。

2003年

关键词：宜居

2月28日，青岛市获得国家建设部评审的2002年度“中国人居环境奖”，标志着青岛市多年的城市建设取得了卓越的成就，成为最适合居住的城市之一。

关键词：中国之最

7月21日，青岛港与世界三大航运巨头签署合资协议，将青岛港前湾码头建成中国最大集装箱码头。青岛港(集团)有限公司与世界第一航运公司丹麦马士基、世界第二航运公司英国铁行和中国第一大航运公司中远集团签约，共同投资8.87亿美元合作经营前湾集装箱码头。

2004年

关键词：帆船之都

5月15日，“帆船之都青岛”徽标发布仪式在北京中华世纪坛举行，青岛开始了打造中国“帆船之都”的城市品牌之路。

关键词：奠基

5月25日，第29届奥运会青岛国际帆船中心开工奠基仪式举行。

6月20日，韩国驻青岛总领事馆新馆奠基仪式举行。

2005年

关键词：信芯

6月26日，青岛海信集团自主开发的国内首款高清晰、高画质数字视频媒体处理芯片与应用技术通过国家信息产业部组织的权威鉴定，这是中国第一款具有自主知识产权并实现产业化的视频芯片，被命名为“信芯”。7月2日，“信芯”在海信被全面投入彩电整机生产，完全代替国外同类产品。

关键词：有线数字电视

9月27日，青岛成为全国首个完成有线数字电视整体转换的城市，同年全市67万用户全部看上数字电视。

关键词：品牌之都

11月6日，青岛市在2005年中国自主创新·品牌高层论坛暨中国品牌经济城市峰会上被授予“中国品牌之都”称号。

2006年

关键词：荣誉

1月10日，青岛市获“2005中国最具风情城市”第一名。

10月19日，青岛市成为全国第一个副省级城市“环保模范城市群”。

关键词：动工

12月27日，胶州湾海底隧道工程正式开工。

12月，酝酿13年、投资90多亿元的青岛海湾大桥正式开建，青岛有史以来投资最大的项目全线贯通后，青岛、红岛、青岛至黄岛的路程将缩短近30公里，拥湾发展的大青岛城市框架也将正式成形。

2007年

关键词：微尘

2月26日，青岛市爱心群体“微尘”当选“感动中国”2006年度人物。

“微尘”起初，是青岛一位数次捐款不留姓名的普通市民；后来，扩散成一个爱心群体；再后来，扩展成一个关爱他人的爱心符号；以“微尘”命名的募捐箱、徽章，走进青岛的大街小巷。

关键词：城市发展战略

11月16日，中共青岛市委十届二次全会提出“环湾保护、拥湾发展”的城市发展战略，“一主三辅多组团”的现代化城市框架建设开始启动。

关键词：争先

12月13日，青岛港跨入全球集装箱大港前十强，货物年吞吐量跃居世界第七位。

12月22日，中国首列国产化时速300千米“和谐号”动车组列车在青岛下线。

2008年

关键词：新客站

8月1日，青岛铁路新客站开通运营。有着100多年历史的胶济铁路全新进入动车时代。

关键词：奥运

8月8日至8月21日，2008北京奥运会青岛赛区9个级别11个奖牌项目的帆船赛在青岛举行。历经7年的精心筹备和13天的精彩比赛，青岛向世界奉献了一场“有特色、高水平”的奥帆赛。奥帆赛是城市百年发展的难得机遇，它对处于全面建设小康社会的青岛起到不可估量的推动作用。

8月14日，中国女子射箭队青岛籍运动员张娟娟，荣获中国射箭队的第一个奥运会冠军。

9月8日，残奥帆赛激情开赛。9日，青岛盲人姑娘吴春苗在女子100米T11级决赛中夺得金牌，并打破残奥会纪录。

1979

On February 8-18, the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee held a working conference on deeply studying and implementing the essence of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh CPC Central Committee'the documents of the Working Conference of the CPC Central Committee and the Working Conference of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee, and arranging the various measures concerning the shift of working emphasis points.

During discussions between May 9 and June 7, Liao Chengzhi, Head of the "China-Japan Friendly Ship" Delegation announced in Shimonoseki City, Japan that Qingdao would establish friendly city relationship with Shimonoseki City. On October 3, the agreement on the friendly relationship between Qingdao City and Shimonoseki City was signed in Shimonoseki. This was the first friendly city Shandong Province had established with the foreign countries.

On July 26-31, Deng Xiaoping, Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Committee, inspected work in Qingdao. At the meeting of secretaries of the CPC provincial and municipal committees held in Qingdao on 28th, Deng Xiaoping delivered a speech with the title of The Fulfillment of Ideological Line and Political Line Should Be Guaranteed by the Organization Line.

1980

In 1980, in areas such as Jiaozhou, Jimo and Pingdu, on the foundation of implementing

contracting out work quotas to groups and paying remuneration according to the quotas, the agricultural production responsibility system of contracting work quotas to families and linking payment with production was implemented and gradually popularized.

From May 13 to July 25, "Pearl"-China's first bulk cargo ship of Qingdao Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd., set off on its maiden voyage to Galveston Harbor in the United States.

In May, the Prefecture Revolutionary Committee was abolished in Qingdao and the Prefecture People's Government was established. On July 21, the Second Session of the Eighth People's Congress of Qingdao City was held, at which it was decided that the Municipal Revolutionary Committee be abolished and the Municipal People's Government was established. Li Bingzheng was elected as mayor.

1981

On March 31, The People's Daily published an editorial entitled Bringing the Performance of Central Cities into Full Play, which pointed out that Qingdao was one of China's coastal central cities for international trade, i.e. one of the 15 economic central cities.

On June 18-23, the Fifth Session of the Eighth People's Congress of Qingdao City was held, at which the Overall Planning of the City of Qingdao was examined and passed. On January 5, 1984, the State Council of China approved this plan. Following that, through breaking the mode of laying stress on the development of traditional industries in the four downtown districts, Qingdao gradually formed a city pattern featuring a reasonable layout structure, moderate scale, convenient transport, rapid communication, abundant energy, comfortable living and a developed economy.

On August 15-22, China's first Sailboard Competition was held at Huiquan Bay in Qingdao.

On October 2, Longshan Hotel-the first underground hotel combining civilian and military facilities-came into use in Qingdao. Afterwards, Longshan Hotel became a fashionable shopping resort for Qingdao citizens and is still in use today.

1982

On April 1, ground was broken for the construction of Shandong Road-a new artery in east downtown Qingdao. On September 30, 1983, the construction was completed. Shandong Road, therefore, became the road engineering project with the largest scale, highest standards, best quality and highest construction speed in the history of Qingdao.

On July 27, 1982, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) officially replied and approved that the Qingdao Station of Civil Aviation could temporarily use the Liuting Airport of the Chinese Navy for civilian aviation transport.

On September 23-29, the ceremony for the complete construction of Shandong Foreign Trade Center and the First Shandong Exported Commodities Fair was held in Qingdao. In subsequent years, this fair became an exported commodities fair as famous as the China Import and Export Fair held in Guangzhou.

In 1982, Qingdao started the trial reform concerning the labor contract system in the urban areas. In December the same year, Huanghai Hotel, the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Boiler Repair Shop, People's Armed Forces Department, and the market management department of the Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau recruited 397 contract labor workers. The "big pot" system was broken among the urban workers.

1983

On July 17, Qingdao successfully developed China's first fully automatic single-yarn strength tester. On September 14, double contrast barium sulfate was successfully developed in Qingdao. These scientific research achievements greatly promoted the development of Qingdao's industrial enterprises.

On December 10, the renovation of Xiaobai Arterial Road was completed and it was opened to traffic. The south-north road was an artery for the entrance and exit of Qingdao. For a long time, it was the only highway leading to Qingdao. In the 21st century, Xiaobai Arterial Road was divided into Chongqing South Road, Chongqing Middle Road and Chongqing North Road.

1984

On June 11, the contract signing ceremony was held for Qingdao TV factory to introduce the TV production line from Panasonic. On October 23, Qingdao Refrigerator Factory and Germany-based Liebherr Corporation signed an agreement on refrigerator technology and economic cooperation.

On July 20, construction of the overpass at Hangzhou Road was started, thus initiating the construction of overpasses in downtown Qingdao.

On September 1, ground was broken for the construction of Qingdao Liuting Airport for civilian use.

On October 20, the State Council of China approved the establishment of Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone.

1985

On July 12, Qingdao University was established.

On November 6, 1985, the State Council of China approved the project of "Diverting Water from the Yellow River to Qingdao". On April 15, 1986, the ground was broken at the rive course renovation site of Taoyuan River in Jiao County (present-day Jiaonan City) for the project of "Diverting Water from the Yellow River to Qingdao". On November 16, the trial of the diversion project was successful.

1986

On August 31, the phone numbers in Qingdao were upgraded from five-digit to six-digit. On August 20, 1995, Qingdao*s local telephone network was constructed and the phone numbers were upgraded from six-digit to seven-digit.

On September 6, Qingdao Post and Telecommunication Bureau started to provide the wireless paging service.

On October 15, the State Council of China approved that Qingdao could be listed separately in national planning.

1987

On April 1, Jiaozhou City was established, which was the first county-level city under the direct jurisdiction of Qingdao City.

On July 15, the taxis in Qingdao started to use taxi meters.

On October 1, construction of the Qianwan Area of Qingdao Harbor was started.

1988

On June 4, Qingdao Securities Company was established.

On October 28, Haitian Hotel-the first four-star hotel in Qingdao-opened for business.

1989

On March 26, Qingdao Municipal Government held a working conference on product quality, at which it was proposed that throughout the city an activity with the theme of creating "Qingdao Golden Flower" would be launched among the industrial products for civilian use.

1990

On November 21, China's first offshore communication optical fibre cable was successfully embedded in the offshore area nearby Qingdao and was put into use.

On December 28, the double tracking railways of JiaoJi Railway were fully open to traffic.

On December 18, the State Council of China approved that Laixi County and Jiaonan County be established as county-level cities and were under the jurisdiction of Qingdao City. Since then, all of the counties under Qingdao City were established as cities. Qingdao, therefore, became the first city agglomeration comprised of two levels of cities nationwide.

1991

On June 23-30, the first Qingdao International Beer Festival was held. Forty-one breweries and more than 100 kinds of beer in China participated in the beer exhibitions.

On September 19, the first batch of China's 10 Famous Trademarks were born. Tsingtao Beer and Qingdao-Liebherr refrigerator ranked among the forefront of the list.

1992

On April 16, the leading group responsible for the development and construction of east Qingdao was established. The development and construction of east Qingdao was jump started.

On August 1, Qingdao High-tech Industry Park open for service.

On November 19, the State Council of China approved the establishment of Qingdao Tariff-free Zone.

On December 19, the National Commission of Science approved the establishment of Qingdao National High-tech Industrial Development Zone.

1993

On May 1, broadcasting began on Qingdao Cable TV Station.

On June 29, Tsingtao Beer Co., Ltd. went public in Hong Kong, becoming the first state-owned enterprises from the mainland of China to go public in Hong Kong.

In August, the Notice on Implementing a Comprehensive Contract System for All employees to Deepen the Reform of Three Systems issued by Qingdao Municipal Government regulated that the comprehensive contract system should be popularized among all of the enterprises throughout city to deepen the reform of three systems.

1994

On January 20, the State Council of China gave approval for Qingdao City to be a national famous city of history and culture. On February 25, Qingdao was listed as a sub-provincial level city.

On June 27, Qingdao Security Exchange Center opened for business.

On September 12, the Korean Consulate in Qingdao-the first foreign consulate in Qingdao, opened for service.

1995

On July 18, the maiden flight between Qingdao and Osaka was launched by Shandong Branch of China Eastern, which was the first international flight starting from Shandong.

On December 28, Jinan-Qingdao Expressway opened to traffic.

1996

On June 8, for the first time, Qingdao recruited civil servants by examinations.

1997

On February 4, officially approved by six state ministries and commissions, Haier Group and Tsingtao Beer Co., Ltd. were upgraded as national extra-large enterprises. Haier Group was the only collective-owned extra-large enterprise throughout the country. Tsingtao Beer Co., Ltd. was listed among the 10 beer group corporations enjoying key support from the state government.

On February 12, the State Bureau of Technical Supervision publicized that Tsingtao Beer was the only brand enjoying national level protection in China's beer trade.

On December 22, the container handling capacity of Qingdao Harbor exceeded one million containers, making Qingdao Harbor the second largest container transport harbor of China's coastal regions.

1998

On October 1, the Eastern "Book City" of Qingdao Xinhua Bookstore-the largest bookstore in Shandong Province-opened for business.

On December 13, at the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok, Yu Guohui from Qingdao won the men's 20-km walk and broke the Asian Games record.

1999

On January 1-9, Hu Jintao, Standing Member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee inspected Qingdao.

On June 25-26, Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of China and Chairman of the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee presided over the talk on reform and development of the state-owned enterprises of seven provinces and municipalities of east China.

On December 29, within three years, Qingdao Municipal Government had fulfilled the "century promise" of completely renovating the shanty blocks. One year ahead of schedule, 23,000 households bade farewell to the shanty blocks.

2000

On February 23, Qingdao was listed as a "National Experimental City for E-commerce." Since then, e-commerce has rapidly developed in Qingdao.

On December 10, China's first wireless remote-control locomotive passed examination and acceptance at Sifang Locomotive Factory, which filled in the domestic blank in this field.

2001

On March 12, Haier Group successfully developed the first human-computer conversation computer. On July 17, the National Center for Ocean Research was established in Qingdao. On December 11, the handling capacity of Qingdao Harbor hit 100.08 million tons, making it rank among the large harbors worldwide with handling capacity exceeding 100 million tons.

On July 13, Beijing succeeded in bidding for hosting the Olympic Games. Qingdao became the host city for the sailing competitions of the Beijing Olympic Games.

2002

On November 30, the first phase of the east-west rapid transmission road opened to traffic.

2003

On February 28, Qingdao was granted the "Chinese Residential Environment Prize" for 2002 by the State Ministry of Construction.

On July 21, Qingdao Harbor signed an agreement with three world shipping giants on jointly building Qianwan Port into the largest container port in China.

2004

On May 15, the release ceremony for the emblem "Sailing City Qingdao" was held at the China Century Altar in Beijing.

On May 25, the foundation laying ceremony was held for the construction of Qingdao International Sailing Center for the 29th Olympic Games.

June 20, the foundation laying ceremony was held for construction of the new Korean Consulate in Qingdao.

2005

On June 26, "Xin Chip"-the first video chip developed by HiSense group with independent intellectual property rights, which could be industrialized-passed the authoritative appraisal of the State Information Industry Ministry.

On September 27, Qingdao became the first city nationwide to have a digital television transmission system. In the same year, 670,000 households throughout the city could all watch digital television programs.

On November 6, Qingdao was granted the title of "Chinese City of Brands".

2006

On January 10, Qingdao ranked first among "China's Most Enchanting Cities in 2005".

On October 19, Qingdao was chosen as the first "Model City Agglomeration for Environmental Protection" among the sub-provincial cities in China.

On December 27, the submarine channel engineering project across the Jiaozhou Gulf was started.

In December, construction of Qingdao Gulf Bridge was started.

2007

On February 26, Qingdao's charity organization "Weichen" was chosen as the figure that

emotionalized China in 2006.

On November 16, the Second Session of the Tenth Congress of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee put forward the city development strategy of "launching protection around the gulf, and developing along the gulf ". The construction of a modern city complex was started.

On December 13, Qingdao Harbor ranked among the top 10 container harbors worldwide. Regarding the cargo handling capacity, Qingdao Harbor ranked seventh worldwide.

On December 22, China's first domestic-made "Harmony" multiple units capable of a speed of 300 kilometers per hour rolled off the production line in Qingdao.

2008

On August 1, the new Railway Station in Qingdao opened for service. The JiaoJi Railway with more than 100 years of history entered the "bullet train" era.

On August 8-21, 11 medal competition programs of nine classes of the sailing competition of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were held in Qingdao.

On August 14, Zhang Juanjuan from Qingdao won the first archery gold medal for China at the Olympic Games.

On September 8, the Paralympic Regatta kicked off in Qingdao. On the 9th, at the Paralympic Games, blind girl Wu Chunmiao from Qingdao won the gold medal in the 100 meters T11 race and broke the Paralympic record.