On September 28, 2017, in the list of the second batch of special towns in Shandong Province:
Qingdao Oriental Culture Town on the list!

   With a total investment of 20 billion yuan, the Oriental Culture and Small Town Project will build a national 5A level cultural brigade comprehensive size demonstration scenic spot in accordance with the "One Three Districts" model, plan to build Lingshan Wei Memory, Qi Yu Culture Market, and special scenic spots, and build a fairyland coast tourism bright spot. New District cultural landmarks.

The characteristic town is a development space platform that is different from administrative division units and industrial parks and has clear industrial positioning, cultural connotation, tourism characteristics and certain community functions.

特The planned area of a characteristic town is generally controlled at about 3 square kilometers, and the construction area at the initial stage is generally controlled at about 1 square kilometer. The city design runs through the entire process of planning and construction of a characteristic town and shapes its distinctive features.

The investment in fixed assets in the characteristic towns of the Western economic uplift zone and industrial towns such as information technology, finance, tourism and leisure, cultural creativity, and processing of agricultural and sideline products shall not be less than 2 billion yuan, and the annual investment shall not be less than 400 million yuan.

Dongfang Culture Town is located in the west of Xiaozhu Mountain. Dongfang Culture Town is dedicated to creating Oriental cultural and creative tourism destinations for the world, Oriental aesthetic inspiration sites for the standards, and holiday standard mountain night travel destinations, combining with Xiaozhu Mountain ecological tourism resources. Fully excavate cultural connotations, We will focus on building cultural, tourism, ecological, leisure, leisure and vacation tourism industry and small towns.