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2.4 Green development promotion measures have been strengthened.
The green development has obtained significant achievements after
pollution control and emission reduction, ecological protection and
supervision of environmental protection were carried. In 2017, the emission
of major pollutants declined consistently. For example, the reduction rate of
SO2 reached to 30%, and the proportion of generation amount of new
energy to the total generation amount accounted for 7.45%, rising 2
percentage points on the year-on-year basis. The coverage rate of forests
was kept above 40% and the success rate of water quality in collective drink
water resources successively remained 100%. All these achievements play a
vital role in promoting green development.

4. Discussion and Conclusion
There are some shortcomings in high-quality development, especially
compared with national advanced cities.
1. R&D investments are insufficient and the overall soft strength for high-
quality development is limited. In light of R&D investment and a macro
background of innovation-driven development and technology-driven
industry, the proportion of R&D investments to the GDP of Qingdao is
insufficient. The number of invention and patent applications in recent three
years has decreased year by year, which reflects that the philosophy,
capability and funds in technological innovation have not yet matured.

2. Industries with high-pollution, high energy-consumption and high
emission take higher proportion in real economy. The strategic orientation
and policy docking of high-quality development are currently inaccurate.
There are sufficient plans, strategies and policies in Qingdao's industrial
development, yet departments and sectors usually go with their own pace
and way, causing large dispersion of plans, strategies and policies.

3. The fairness of private economy and market competition are yet to be
perfected, and the market vitality for high-quality development still needs to
be improved. The market vitality in Qingdao is insufficient and private
economy is not strong enough. There are still some phenomena hindering
market unification and fair competition in some industries and fields.

4. There is a significant gap between urban and rural development. The
degree of coordination of high-quality urban development still needs to be
uplifted. Qingdao's main difference between urban and rural development
reflects on the development achievement of non-urban areas, namely the
imbalance between urban and rural areas. Therefore, the utilization rate of

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