On December 30, 2016, Dongying Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology in Shandong province forwarded the 13th Five-Year Development Plan on industrial quality brand of Shandong province to its direct subordinate and relevant organizations at county and district.
 
  According to the plan, there are 5 major tasks for tire industry: 
  1. Popularize the process with automation, intelligentization and informatization; 
  2. Improve product performance, environmental friendly and safe features, functional level; 
  3. Accelerate new type of high performance fiber applications such as tire cord, profiled wire, carbon fiber and aramid fiber; 
  4. Realize tire endurance, high tire retreading and high performance; 
  5. Enhance tire brand value.
 
  In addition, the plan calls for improving product quality, safety, reliability and practicability in the special-purposed synthetic rubber, graphene, carbon nanotubes and other advanced and cutting-edge new materials. 
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