"This is preparing to introduce a new product - a new type of medical accessories, it is isolated from seaweed alginate as raw material." A technician holding a 10 cm square of medical accessories briefed reporters , "is such a market price has been sold for more than $ 80, to the enterprise value than the original production of algae feedstock doubled 10 times!"

Reporters found recently in an interview with Huangdao district, as a traditional industries in the area, featuring seaweed marine industry by being the development and production of high value-added, high-tech content of new products, get rid of the simple processing of raw materials to industry chain of high-end forward, the west coast of the blue to become a powerful motor of economic development.

"Construction of marine power of Chinese dream, Huangdao District, industrial transformation and upgrading has brought great golden opportunity." Development and Reform Bureau Deputy Director Zhang Xiushan Huangdao District, said Huangdao seaweed processing industry for more than 40 years of history, now the world's largest production base for seaweed processing, integrated processing capacity of more than two thirds of the total size. "But the industry suffered in recent years the development of the 'ceiling' in the new technology, new product after another global context, relying on the processing of raw materials has been impossible to generate higher profits, the only transformation and upgrading, in order to break cocoon rebirth. "

Reporters learned about the nurturing of new products, recently established a new marine biological materials, four marine laboratory bio-fertilizers, marine functional foods and cosmetics ocean, and with the domestic and international famous R & D team research. At present, the annual output of 100,000 tons of seaweed bio-fertilizer, 1,000 tons of new bio-polymer materials, 5,000-ton marine functional health food ingredients to build a new project has been opened, and was listed as the Qingdao municipal key projects rapidly advancing. Relying on state-level enterprise technical centers, National Center for Scientific Research seaweed under construction, two laboratory building to achieve the main cap, academic exchange center, academician workstation promoted simultaneously.
 
To speed up the seaweed featuring marine industry bigger and stronger, Huangdao District planning and construction area of ​​5,000 acres of marine industry park. At present, the park has gathered marine industry 12 enterprises, all of the above-scale enterprises, the formation of deep processing industry. In 2012, the area of ​​marine biotechnology industry output value of 5.483 billion yuan. 2015, will initially be built a set of marine functional food ingredients, marine drugs, seafood processing, marine cosmetics, marine medical dressings specialized production in one of the intensive development of the park, the annual output value of over 10 billion yuan.