The science and technology commission of Qingdao, Shandong province, announced the construction of 10 major technological innovation centers in the next five years, on Feb 22, in a bid to boost local industry and high-tech enterprises in the city.

The 10 innovation centers will cover the fields of marine, high-speed trains, rubber materials and equipment, intelligent manufacturing, medicine, big data and cloud computing, scientific instruments, new energy vehicles, graphene and virtual reality technology, according to Qingdao's government work report for 2016.

The marine technological innovation center will be aimed at the research of biological medicine, deep sea and marine engineering equipment and marine farming.

The graphene center will focus on improving its application in transparent conductive film, seawater desalination and composite materials.