SHANDONG University will build a campus in Qingdao. Work will start in October.

    The new campus will open to its first students in 2014.

    According to an agreement, the campus will be built into a first-class university campus mainly for science majors. It will also be built into a high-quality academic and research base, a high-end professional training base and a business incubator.

    It will better serve economic and social development in Qingdao.

    The campus will help the city develop a blue economy and high technology. The city will adopt preferential policies to support the campus.

    The campus will be located in Aoshanwei Township in Jimo. The plans are now on display to solicit public opinion.

    The campus will face the ocean with a boulevard extending toward the pier. It will have a library, museum, international exchange center, theater, international dormitories and a shopping center.

    An international college will aim at introducing an international education system to students and inviting foreign students to study Chinese in Qingdao.

    (Wang Yuanyuan, Zhang Yu)