A drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a view of Zhangbei Bay in Rizhao, east China’s Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
JINAN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — In recent years, Shandong Province has launched initiatives to build beautiful bays through nearshore pollution control, marine ecosystem protection, and coastal environment improvement.
The overall quality of the marine ecology here has continued to improve, and six bays across the province have been recognized as outstanding examples of “beautiful bays” by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
A drone photo taken on Oct. 20, 2025 shows a view of Yellow River Estuary in Dongying, east China’s Shandong Province. (Photo by Zhou Guangxue/Xinhua)A drone photo taken on Oct. 23, 2025 shows workers watering the greenbelt at Sanggou Bay in Weihai, east China’s Shandong Province. (Photo by Li Xinjun/Xinhua)A drone photo taken on Oct. 23, 2025 shows a view of Sanggou Bay in Weihai, east China’s Shandong Province. (Photo by Li Xinjun/Xinhua)People take wedding photos at Lingshan Bay in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 14, 2025. (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)A drone photo taken on Oct. 23, 2025 shows fishermen working at Sanggou Bay in Weihai, east China’s Shandong Province. (Photo by Li Xinjun/Xinhua)A drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows seagulls on the beach of Bajiao Bay in Yantai, east China’s Shandong Province. (Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua)A drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2025 shows a view of Zhangbei Bay in Rizhao, east China’s Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)A drone photo taken on Oct. 21, 2025 shows oriental white storks and Eurasian spoonbills at Yellow River Estuary in Dongying, east China’s Shandong Province. (Photo by Zhou Guangxue/Xinhua)A drone photo taken on Oct. 20, 2025 shows a view of Yellow River Estuary in Dongying, east China’s Shandong Province. (Photo by Zhou Guangxue/Xinhua)■
