On October 20, the Information Office of the Shandong Provincial People's Government held a regular policy briefing to interpret the recently issued Implementation Plan for Building Shandong as a Pioneering Area for a Beautiful China.

Gao Hongyan, Deputy Director-General, First-Class Inspector, and Spokesperson of the Shandong Provincial Department of Transport, stated that Shandong Province has completed benchmark projects such as the Jinan-Weifang Zero-Carbon Smart Highway and the Qingdao Port Green Smart Port, marking the initial formation of a green transportation infrastructure system. The province is actively advancing the construction of photovoltaic and wind power facilities within the transportation sector. As of the end of September, the installed capacity of highway solar photovoltaics reached 919.2 MW, with a green power self-consumption rate of approximately 65%. The installed capacities of solar and wind power at coastal ports reached 93.8 MW and 40.6 MW respectively, with a green power self-consumption rate of approximately 74%. Furthermore, all 88 of the province's first batch of high-power charging demonstration stations for electric heavy trucks were fully completed as scheduled by the end of August, demonstrating remarkable results in policy support and hardware infrastructure.