2025-12-23 05:58:09
Source: Qingdao Daily/Guanhai News
Today is Tuesday, December 23, 2025
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●Recently, a reporter from Guanhai News learned that the 2026 Qingdao Carrot, Lantern Festival, and Sugar Ball Club has entered the preparatory stage. The festival will last for 16 days from the first day of the Lunar New Year (February 17) to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month (March 4) in 2026. It will present a winter event that combines tradition and trend for citizens and tourists.Details>>>
●The National Symposium on Cultural Talents and the Commendation Conference for Advanced Collectives and Individuals in the National Propaganda System were held in Beijing on the 20th. One group and two individuals in Qingdao were commended.Details>>>
●On December 22, the Qingdao Municipal Natural Resources and Planning Bureau issued a pre-approval announcement. The project is located at No. 126 Tailiu Road, Shibei District. The Qingdao Badminton and Swimming Management Center is responsible for the construction planning. The construction plan is to demolish the original idle shooting range and build a new badminton training hall on the north side of the center, with a new construction area of 1,708.5 square meters.Details>>>
●The construction of the Guanlu Reservoir recently ushered in a key breakthrough. The three main projects of the dam, pumping station and connecting line were successfully completed. A large-scale water conservancy project with a height of more than 20 meters and a storage capacity of over 200 million square meters was built. It is expected to start filling the reservoir and storing water in July next year, which will provide another “double insurance” for the city to “quench its thirst”.Details>>>
●On December 22, the reporter learned from Shandong Railway Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. that the construction of the Wesu high-speed railway to Qingdao connection line has ushered in new progress. The first over-kilometre tunnel on the entire line, the Tiezhushan Tunnel, has been successfully completed.Details>>>
●On the morning of December 22, the Chinese Navy’s 989 formation, composed of the Changbaishan ship, the Zhenghe ship and the Xiangqianjin 1 ship, successfully completed its comprehensive offshore internship mission and goodwill visits to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and successfully returned to a military port in Qingdao, Shandong Province.Details>>>
●A few days ago, the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism officially announced the fourth batch of provincial tourism and leisure blocks, including Mangrove Coastal Tourism and Leisure Block and Licun District Licun Tourism and Leisure Block.Details>>>
●Recently, the Shandong Provincial Social Organization Assessment Level List was announced, including 12 5A-level organizations, 15 4A-level organizations, 9 3A-level organizations, and 2 2A-level organizations.Details>>>
●The cold air began to affect Shandong Province from north to south during the day on the 23rd, and the temperature dropped significantly. The cooling range in most areas was 4 to 6°C. On the morning of the 25th, the temperature dropped to the lowest, -8 to -6°C in the mountainous areas of northwest Shandong, central Shandong and the inland peninsula, and -4 to -2°C in other areas.Details>>>
●Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the “Notice on Doing Relevant Work During the New Year’s Day and Spring Festival in 2026”.Details>>>
●The reporter learned from the National Development and Reform Commission that the domestic refined oil price adjustment window will open at 24:00 on December 22. From 24:00 on December 22, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be reduced by 170 yuan and 165 yuan per ton respectively. It will cost 6.5 yuan less to fill a 50-liter fuel tank with No. 92 gasoline.Details>>>
●At about 10:00 on December 22, as the G9785 “Fuxing” train left Guangzhou Baiyun Station, the Guangzhou-Zhanjiang high-speed railway was put into operation. The fastest train from Guangzhou Baiyun Station to Zhanjiang North Station can be reached in 1 hour and 32 minutes. The time and space distance between the Beibu Gulf urban agglomeration and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been greatly reduced.Details>>>
Editor in charge: Wang Yanan
