Shandong Port Group Co Ltd, established on Aug 6, 2019, is currently the world's largest port operator. It is a provincial State-owned enterprise approved by the People's Government of Shandong Province.

The group consisting of Qingdao Port, Rizhao Port, Yantai Port and Bohai Bay Port, operates 21 major ports (port areas) and more than 320 production berths, and has more than 60,000 employees.

Since it was founded, Shandong Port Group has accelerated the process of "three synchronization" of integrated reform, development and planning for the future, and promoted "three integration development".

The group operates in 12 business segments: shipping, trade, logistics, sci-tech, equipment manufacturing, overseas development, financial services, ports construction,city-industry integration, cruise culture & tourism, vocational education and medical & health.

Shandong Port Group has the world's largest 400,000-ton ore terminal, 450,000-ton crude oil terminal, a container terminal capable of porting 24,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) container vessels, and a special terminal capable of berthing 227,000-ton cruisers. It has more than 200 container shipping routes covering more than 180 countries and regions.

In 2020, SPG's cargo throughput topped 1.4 billion tons, with year-on-year growth of 7.5 percent, an annual freight volume growth that ranked it first in the world. Its container throughput exceeded 30 million TEUs, up 6.5 percent year-on-year, the third highest in the world and second in China. Its sea-rail intermodal transportation capacity exceeded 2 million TEUs, continuing to rank first in China.

In the first half of 2021, SPG's cargo throughput reached 758 million tons, achieving a 7.8 percent year-on-year increase. Container throughput was 16.68 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 12.8 percent.

Shandong Port Group actively implements the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and undertakes other such national missions. It actively synergizes the national strategy of serving the country and the BRI, and taking the East-West two-way economic cooperation and the linkage between the land and sea as its development path.