Shandong province has made great strides in its all-round development over the past decade, according to leading officials at a news conference held on Aug. 20th in the provincial capital of Jinan.

The past ten years have been a journey of overcoming challenges and forging ahead. Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, Shandong has made remarkable achievements in social and economic development.

Shandong has solved many constraints and contradictions on development and over many unprecedented difficulties and challenges. Shandong has witnessed its best-quality development and undergone greatest changes in its urban and rural areas in the past decade, and local people have also benefited the most in the ten years.