From Zibo City Development and Reform Commission, the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance have jointly issued a notice, formally approved the declaration of Zibo City, "Zibo City, a new functional ceramic materials industry cluster development pilot 2014--2016 year rolling implementation plan." Zibo City, has become one of the first regional cluster development of strategic emerging industries of ten pilot cities. The state will allocate special funds, provinces, municipalities will also arrange corresponding proportion of matching funds, to take the risk of compensation, equity investments, financing guarantees, etc., focused on the field of new functional ceramic materials innovation platform construction projects and major industrial technology development project support .
Next, the state will have new functional ceramics industries in the start-up period, growth of small and medium enterprises to be listed on the priority list. Zibo City will be "high-end materials, high-end industry," joint development as a strategic masterstroke, concentrate superior resources to promote the new functional ceramics industry cluster development. After three-year rolling strive to support the development, to achieve the 2016 novel functional ceramics industry output value 85 billion yuan, 18 billion yuan of profits leading industries, R & D investment volume reached 5.8 percent share, initially laid Zibo City in domestic new functional ceramic materials Status of industrial application of technological innovation and industrial center, breaking the international monopoly of key technologies.
As a transition stage of development is in the old industrial city of Zibo City approved the construction of the national strategic emerging industries regional cluster development pilot city for the promotion of strategic new industry cluster development, foster regional industrial upgrading and economic growth, new power, promote the transformation and upgrading of old industrial cities and the sustainable and healthy development is a major policy opportunities.
