Output value exceeds 140 billion! Shandong's printing industry is flourishing in multiple areas, with new developments coming in 2026!
The time sequence changes, and the chapters are renewed day by day. "Printing Manager" specially launched the annual inventory special report of "2025, please answer the printing industry". Previously, we focused on the "annual keywords" and the annual "out-of-the-circle action" of Indian enterprises, tracked the development of the industry, and explored the future trend of the industry. Next, based on the dimension of "Regional Printing Industry Annual Answer Sheet", we will successively report on a series of regional printing industry 2025 annual summary and 2026 development prospects.
In 2025, the printing industry in Shandong Province will actively seize new opportunities for innovation and development, and the scale and quality of the printing industry in the province will steadily improve. According to the latest statistics, there are more than 11,000 printing enterprises in Shandong Province with 146,000 employees. Among them, there are 634 publication printing enterprises, 6,122 packaging and decoration printing enterprises, 4,436 other printed material printing enterprises, 9 special printing enterprises for typesetting, plate making and binding, and 243 specialized digital printing enterprises. In 2024, the total industrial output value of the printing industry will be 146.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.8%, and the total profit will be 5.646 billion yuan, unchanged year-on-year. There were 361 printing enterprises above designated size, with a total industrial output value of 69.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.12%.
Looking back on 2025: serving the overall situation and industrial upgrading
1. Actively serve the overall political situation and continuously improve political position and responsibility
In 2025, the printing industry in Shandong Province will closely focus on serving the party and the state center to ensure the political, ideological and cultural security of the printing industry.
In terms of printing guarantee of major political publications, we have made every effort to ensure the printing of major political theme publications such as "Xi Jinping on Governing the Country" (5), "Proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development", and "Suggestions of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China".
In terms of the printing of primary and secondary school textbooks, in the face of the shorter and shorter printing cycles of primary and secondary school textbooks and higher and higher quality requirements, printing enterprises have worked overtime in the coldest and hottest seasons, printing more than 200 million copies of textbooks in two seasons throughout the year, ensuring that the province's primary and secondary school textbooks are "books before class, one book for each person".
2. Grasp the direction of industrial development and lead the innovation and development and transformation and upgrading of enterprises
With the goal of high-quality development, the printing industry in Shandong Province has firmly adhered to the direction of green, digital, intelligent and integrated development, and actively guided printing enterprises to transform to digitalization and intelligence in a variety of ways, and cultivated new momentum for digital printing.
The first is to organize and participate in a number of technical exchanges and learning activities, such as the "Inkjet Technology in China Touring Exchange Conference", "2025 Printing and Packaging Industry Digital Transformation Improvement Class", "2025 Digital Engine - Leading the Future of On-Demand Printing" Digital Printing Technology Exchange Conference, etc., focusing on the development prospects of digital and intelligent equipment and hot topics of industry concern. The second is to steadily promote the construction of the "Shandong Xinhua Intelligent Low-carbon Printing Base" project, and strive to build an intelligent printing highland.
3. Establish a growth mechanism for printing talents and promote the construction of industry talents
The first is to commend the advanced. The winners and advanced collectives of the four types of work (prepress producers, lithographers, digital printers, and post-press binders) of the 8th "Printing Vocational Skills Competition" in Shandong Province were commended. Call on the whole industry to further promote the spirit of model workers, labor spirit and craftsman spirit, and encourage the majority of employees in the printing industry in the province to base themselves on their posts, study technology, and improve their skills. The second is to organize the application of professional and technical titles in printing engineering. The third is to do a good job in the training of students in the "Xinhua Printing Class" order class. Strengthen work exchanges between associations, schools and enterprises, keep abreast of students' learning and internship dynamics, and coordinate and solve difficulties and problems encountered in teaching and internship.
Award Ceremony of the 8th Shandong Province Printing Industry Vocational Skills Competition
4. Build an exchange platform and continuously create a brand for industry technology exchange and enterprise cooperation
In March 2025, the 2025 Shandong International Printing, Packaging, and Paper Industry Exhibition was successfully held, attracting more than 300 well-known domestic and international equipment and material suppliers. The exhibition covered an area of over 40,000 square meters, comprehensively showcasing cutting-edge technologies in printing, packaging, and paper industry equipment. The successful holding of the exhibition played a positive role in strengthening external exchanges and cooperation, grasping the forefront development trends of printing technology and equipment, and supporting the upgrade, quality improvement, and accelerated growth of Shandong's printing industry. The influence of the "ShanYin (International) Printing, Packaging, and Paper Industry Exhibition" in the industry continues to grow.
The 2025 Shandong International Printing, Packaging, and Paper Industry Expo Highlights
5. Upholding the Service Principle and Continuously Enhancing the Cohesion of the Association
First, the association is committed to providing enterprises with comprehensive and multi-level quality services. Throughout the year, the Shandong Printing Association organized member units to participate in 16 exhibitions and technical exchange events; it also organized member units to take part in inter-provincial association competitions such as the 'Precision Daka Cup' and the 'Pinghu Yinghou Cup' to enhance employees' technical skills through competition and exchange. Second, information exchange. All governing units of the association receive subscriptions to the magazine "Printing Technology" so that member units can promptly stay informed about the latest industry developments; a "Work Bulletin" is compiled each quarter to keep everyone updated on the association's activities. Third, the association successfully completed its leadership transition and formed a new board of directors, laying a solid organizational foundation for the better development of the association. Fourth, the development of member units has received widespread recognition. In the "2025 Top 100 Chinese Printing and Packaging Enterprises" selection, nine enterprises from Shandong were listed; in the 45th-anniversary celebration of the China Printing Technology Association's "Tribute to Model of the Times" event, 11 units from Shandong were awarded the honor of "Outstanding Member Unit."
The second council of the fifth session of Shandong Printing Association
Looking forward to 2026: continue to struggle, pioneer and innovate
2026 is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan". The printing industry in Shandong Province will adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 20th Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China, and be guided by the national and Shandong Province's "15th Five-Year Plan" development plan and the "Three-Year Action Plan for the Digitalization of the Printing Industry". In the new year, the printing industry in Shandong Province will focus on the following key aspects:
1. Strengthen political guidance and lead the development of the industry to serve the overall political situation
First of all, adhere to the party's leadership over printing work. Organize the whole industry to deeply study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, consciously compare with the "15th Five-Year Plan" of the country and Shandong Province, find out the development positioning of the industry, solve development problems, and promote high-quality development.
Second, firmly serve the overall political situation. With the key task of printing excellent publications, we will make every effort to do a good job in the printing of the party's innovative theoretical works, important documents and documents of the party and the state, especially the important works of General Secretary Xi Jinping and other major theme publications, as well as party newspapers and magazines at all levels. At the same time, we will make every effort to do a good job in the printing of primary and secondary school textbooks in the province's spring and autumn, especially the unified textbooks of the three subjects, to help complete the printing task with high quality.
Finally, actively serve "reading for all". Adhere to the first priority of social benefits, cooperate with the implementation of the State Council's "Regulations on the Promotion of National Reading", drive printing enterprises in the province to develop and apply new technologies, new carriers, new facilities, etc., and inject printing momentum into the construction of national reading and a scholarly society.
2. Take digital intelligence empowerment as the starting point to promote the high-quality development and transformation of the printing industry
Advocate for the implementation of the printing industry digitalization action plan. Increase the study and publicity of the "Three-Year Action Plan for the Digitalization of the Printing Industry", and guide enterprises to grasp the overall goals, key tasks and implementation paths of the digital and intelligent construction of the printing industry in the next three years.
Carry out various forms of matchmaking meetings, training courses, and reports to promote the transformation and application of cutting-edge technological achievements such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and big data, and promote the digital transformation of the whole chain of the printing industry. contact the government and the market to promote enterprises to plan and make good use of policy dividends, and accelerate technological transformation and equipment renewal; carry out related activities such as supply and demand docking, industry-university-research and application, promote cooperation and exchanges between upstream and downstream enterprises, and help enterprises stabilize orders and expand markets; Adhere to problem-oriented, goal-oriented, and effect-oriented, and promote experience through in-depth enterprise investigation and research, release of innovative practice cases, on-site observation meetings, etc., and accelerate the formation and development of new quality productivity.
Through a series of measures, we will promote the docking of the industry with new strategies, new policies and new situations, integrate with new models, new technologies and new formats, and effectively achieve new results in reform and development.
3. Concentrate on the construction of industry talent team to provide strong support for the high-quality development of the printing industry
On the one hand, adhere to the cultivation of talents through competition. Through the 9th Shandong Printing Industry Vocational Skills Competition, we not only select technical experts, but also carry out full-post training, so that the spirit of craftsmen can be inherited and carried forward in the industry. On the other hand, build a printing talent evaluation system in Shandong Province. With the "Shandong Printing Industry Industry-University-Research Integration Development Alliance" as the platform, the qualification of senior workers is carried out to provide a career growth platform for employees of printing enterprises in the province.
Carry out precise training simultaneously. Relying on the continuing education platform, continue to do a good job in the enrollment and training of printing "order classes" and new apprenticeships, and assist enterprises in solving the problems of recruitment difficulties and labor shortages; Carry out customized training in combination with the needs of digital transformation, focusing on improving the intelligent equipment operation and digital process management capabilities of employees in the printing industry, and reserve high-quality talents for the development of the industry.
4. Actively organize activities and continuously expand the space for exchanges and cooperation in the industry
Focusing on the development direction of "green, digital, intelligent and integrated" printing industry, organize printing enterprises in Shandong Province to visit and learn demonstrations and exhibitions of various new technologies, new processes, new materials, new equipment and new standards at all levels, and learn from enterprises with advanced levels of digitalization and intelligence.
Actively call on printing enterprises in Shandong Province to participate in the Shanghai "Full Printing Exhibition". At the same time, actively participate in the training and product quality inspection of printing product quality standards, and improve the standardization level of printing products in Shandong Province as a whole. In addition, do a good job in the 2026 Shandong International Printing and Packaging Industry Exhibition and other related work.
Continue to struggle, pioneer and innovate! In the new year, the printing industry in Shandong Province will accelerate the formation and development of new quality productive forces, and open a new situation to accelerate the high-quality development of the printing industry.