According to the plan of "strengthening Shandong by way of education", the provincial educational department approved 386 projects as Shandong's key construction projects for the 11th five-year pl an, among which Qingdao's universities procured 72 key projects, 39 key labs, and 2 social science projects.

During the 11th five-year plan period, related provincial department will carry forth the "rewarding the good and eliminating the bad and keeping a rolling-type development" mechanism, and energetically encourage those effectual ones and improve those inferior ones, or cut off their funds, at the worst.